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The arms sales are likely to further sour already tense ties between Washington and Beijing.

As close U.S. ally Australia gears up to counter China's growing influence in the Indo-Pacific region, global defence contractors this week showed off advanced drones, long-range missiles and military communications satellites at its biggest air show.

European countries have become far more ready to invest in defence and security in the wake of the war in Ukraine, the head of Italy's defence and aerospace group Leonardo said on Thursday.

Depuis Dakar ce mardi, Sébastien Lecornu a plaidé pour "une mise en stimulation" de l'industrie de la défense française, afin d'assurer "l'autonomie stratégique" du pays.

Varsovie vise des dépenses militaires de près de 4 % de son PIB, un record au sein de l'Otan, et veut doubler l'effectif de son armée. Pour la Pologne, où Joe Biden se rend ce mardi, la menace russe s'inscrit dans le long terme.

Serbia said on Tuesday it would buy loitering munitions, a type of drone that flies to a target and detonates, from the United Arab Emirates, signalling a further distancing from longtime ally and arms supplier Russia.

The number of small business participating in the American defense-industrial base declined by more than 40% in the past decade.

OTTAWA — The head of the NATO military alliance threatened to raise the heat on Canada and other laggards on Wednesday as he called on member countries to…

European demand for U.S. weaponry is soaring, but instead of big-ticket items like jets and tanks, shopping lists are focused on cheaper, less-sophisticated items such as shoulder-fired missiles, artillery, and drones that have proven critical to Ukraine's war efforts.