President Trump on Feb. 5 said that he wants the U.S. to negotiate a new strategic-arms treaty after the lapse of the last major nuclear pact with Moscow. But he said nothing about how he hopes to constrain Russian, Chinese, and U.S. nuclear forces in the months or years that it might take to draft a new nuclear pact.
President Trump and President Xi Jinping of China had a lengthy phone call on Feb. 4 during which, Mr. Trump said, the two leaders discussed a wide range of issues—including Iran, the war in Ukraine, and soybeans—ahead of Mr. Trump’s visit to China this spring. ... But the call, which Mr. Trump enthusiastically described as “excellent” and “long and thorough,” included a warning from Mr. Xi about an issue that Mr. Trump has tiptoed around: the future of Taiwan.
The U.S. and Russia agreed Feb. 5 to reestablish high-level military dialogue for the first time in more than four years in another sign of warming relations between the two countries since President Donald Trump returned to office and sought to end the war in Ukraine.
The Defense Department’s Golden Dome program office is tackling the “real challenge” of “affordability” via acquisition reform, with a key focus on spurring development of artificial intelligence, according to a senior Pentagon official.
As the MQ-28A Ghost Bat drone heads toward operational capability with its launch customer, Australia, Boeing has provided details about the changes incorporated in the upcoming Block 3 version. The company also says it’s pursuing sales for the MQ-28 elsewhere in the Indo-Pacific region, specifically.
President Trump said Feb. 5 he has had “productive” discussions with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer over the Chagos Islands, which house a U.S.-British military base on Diego Garcia, the archipelago’s largest island.
The Pentagon could further accelerate its technology purchasing if the services’ emerging-tech budget requests flowed through the office of the defense undersecretary for research, the Government Accountability Office says in a new report. ... Unsurprisingly, the proposal was not well received by the services.
Sweden’s Saab appears to be capitalizing on deteriorating political relations between the U.S. and Canada by pushing for Ottawa to fly its Gripen E/F fighter jets along with U.S.-made F-35s, and offering domestic production to sweeten the deal.
L3Harris expects a U.S. Air Force production decision on a C-130H cockpit modernization program this year as it pitches the Avionics Modernization Program Increment 2 (AMP Inc. 2) to more international operators of the Hercules.
In a wide-ranging interview with Military.com, former Senior Enlisted Advisor Ramón “CZ” Colón-López reflected on leadership, service, and why he felt compelled to write “Carnivore Leadership.”
