[ad_1] PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii—A lower-than-expected defense budget for 2025 won’t affect Germany’s military presence in the Indo-Pacific region “in any way,” and will not stop the country from meeting its pledge to spend 2% of its gross domestic product on defense, German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said Wednesday. Standing on the deck of the German ...

[ad_1] TOKYO—A first-ever gathering of defense chiefs from Japan, South Korea, and the United States here produced a trilateral security agreement, “grave concern” over increasing Russian-North Korean cooperation, and vague opposition to “unilateral attempts to change the status quo”—a reference to China and Taiwan.  Separately, the United States and Japan announced a new effort to ...

[ad_1] LONDON—Boeing’s defense business will take a fresh charge on the Air Force One program this quarter as the company works through major challenges while building the presidential jets, the division’s head said on Sunday.  Expect continued bleeding when Boeing reports its financial standing in its second-quarter earnings call next week as it goes “through ...

[ad_1] The Internet Exchange Point of Nigeria (IXPN) in collaboration with Interconnect Clearinghouse Nigeria Limited (ICN) recently convened Network operators in Port Harcourt for a forum focused on the latest peering and interconnectivity trends. The objectives of this event tagged ‘Connectivity Engagement Forum’ was to sensitize and promote the integration/ connectivity of these networks and ...

[ad_1] HONOLULU—Corrosion of military aircraft and vehicles is a multi-billion dollar problem for the Pentagon. But a local technology company says they’ve figured out a way to overcome it using nanotechnology—and now Lockheed Martin has partnered with them to develop and use the coating on the aircraft it makes for the military. “Aircraft that fly ...

[ad_1] At the Washington summit this week, NATO plans to launch a new command to lead the coordination of security assistance and training to Ukraine. This would be the alliance’s first major new operation since the end of the mission in Afghanistan, and, according to some reports, is intended to reduce risk to Ukraine if support from the ...

[ad_1] The Pentagon is attempting “to be less hard to work with” on data and IT projects, its chief digital officer said recently. One way is to hold a series of industry days, starting in mid-July, Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer Radha Plumb said Wednesday at the AWS Summit. But her office has also taken larger steps recently. Last ...

[ad_1] The Pentagon agency that vets federal employees hasn’t worked hard enough to protect its IT systems and the sensitive personnel data they store, according to a watchdog report. “While [the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency] has taken steps to prepare for managing security risks to [the National Bureau of Investigations Services system] and legacy ...