Pentagon seeks to boost competition in shrinking defense contractor base

Pentagon seeks to boost competition in shrinking defense contractor base

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Biden administration released a report on Tuesday detailing recommendations to boost competition in its defense industrial base because rapid consolidation has created a national security risk. The number of aerospace and defense prime contractors to the Defense Department – ​​a group known as the defense industrial base – has shrunk from … Read more

Defense Secretary Austin Heads to Europe as Putin Readies Ukraine Invasion Force

Defense Secretary Austin Heads to Europe as Putin Readies Ukraine Invasion Force

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will travel to Europe on Tuesday for meetings with NATO leaders as Russia added more military forces around Ukraine’s border for an invasion that is expected any day. Austin will first meet with NATO defense ministers in Belgium, and then travel to Poland on the alliance’s eastern flank, where he will … Read more

In Ukraine, even peace accords can be a Russian weapon

In Ukraine, even peace accords can be a Russian weapon

Press play to listen to this article In their frenzied diplomatic effort to dissuade Russia from a new invasion of Ukraine, Western leaders are pinning renewed hope on the long-stuck Minsk peace accords. The Minsk agreements, first negotiated in 2014 and 2015, were intended to bring an end to the war with Russian-backed separatists, then … Read more

Prosecutors sought call, email records of Bannon attorney, defense team claims

Prosecutors sought call, email records of Bannon attorney, defense team claims

“Nowhere in the Government’s production was a copy of a court order authorizing the Government’s actions, nor was there a copy of any subpoena for the records, nor was there even any application for a court order or for authorization from the Department of Justice for subpoenas intended to obtain defense counsel’s personal and professional … Read more

Boris Johnson: U.K., U.S. not exaggerating Russian threat to Ukraine

Boris Johnson: U.K., U.S. not exaggerating Russian threat to Ukraine

LONDON – Britain and the United States are not trying to exaggerate the threat of a Russian invasion of Ukraine, Boris Johnson said as he warned Moscow was trying to “redraw the security map of Europe”. The British Prime Minister is in Kiev for crisis talks with the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. At a joint … Read more

U.K. toughens sanctions regime to target Russia over Ukraine

U.K. toughens sanctions regime to target Russia over Ukraine

LONDON, April 20 (Reuters) /PRNewswire/ — Britain has unveiled a plan to hit more Russian individuals and companies with sanctions if Moscow goes ahead with an invasion of Ukraine. The UK has had an independent sanctions regime since its full exit from the EU in late 2020 – but under current rules it has only … Read more

Giants could bring Patrick Graham back to lead defense

Giants could bring Patrick Graham back to lead defense

Imagine if the Giants could add an exciting offensive spirit and also keep their defensive leader and seemingly be better prepared for the 2022 season to score more points and remain stingy to give them up? That could happen. Friday night’s hire of Brian Daboll as their head coach gives the Giants what they’ve been … Read more