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11 April

Sweden to Invest $36M in Bomb Shelters, Civil Defense

Sweden's government is investing $36 million in strengthening its bomb shelters, emergency services, and civil defense after warning the country to prepare for war.

11 April

Europe

Staff Writer With AFP

Ukrainian Parliament Approves Army Mobilization Law

Ukrainian lawmakers approved an army mobilization bill to bolster troop numbers against Russia, a day after a clause allowing long-serving soldiers to return home from the front was scrapped.

11 April

Sea

181207-N-LN093-1003 SAN DIEGO (Dec. 7, 2018) The guided-missile destroyer Pre-Commissioning Unit (PCU) Michael Monsoor (DDG 1001) transits the San Diego Bay. The future USS Michael Monsoor is the second ship in the Zumwalt-class of guided-missile destroyers and will undergo a combat availability and test period. The ship is scheduled to be commissioned into the Navy Jan. 26, 2019, in Coronado, Calif. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jasen Moreno-Garcia/Released)

Rojoef Manuel

HII to Upgrade Vertical Launch System Capabilities of US Navy Ships

HII has received a contract to explore and produce enhanced capabilities for vertical launching systems used by US Navy ships.

11 April

Land

Rojoef Manuel

Australia, Rheinmetall Ink Contract to Export Boxers to Germany

Canberra and Rheinmetall Defence Australia have signed a production contract to deliver locally-developed Boxer vehicles to Germany.

11 April

Air

Joe Saballa

US Air Force Secretary to Flight-Test AI-Operated F-16

US Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall is set to fly in a newly-configured F-16 fighter aircraft operated by artificial intelligence (AI).

11 April

Technology

Joe Saballa

Ursa to 3D Print New Missile Motor for US Navy

Ursa Major has entered into an agreement with the US Navy to produce a new, 3D-printed solid rocket motor for the Standard Missile program.

11 April

Technology

A newly renovated and modernized maintenance facility project was completed and placed into operation recently at U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Command’s Tobyhanna Army Depot Forward Repair Area-Europe on Panzer Kaserne in Kaiserslautern, Germany. Pictured here is some network equipment being tested and maintained at the maintenance facility. (Cameron Porter)

Rojoef Manuel

US Army Revamps Depot-Level Equipment Maintenance Center in Germany

The US Army has opened a renovated military facility in Germany to support depot-level maintenance for warfighter equipment in Europe.

11 April

Asia Pacific

Myanmar soldiers seen marching in formation.

Staff Writer With AFP

Myanmar Troops Withdraw From Border Town Following Clashes

Myanmar junta troops stationed in an embattled border town have withdrawn from their positions, a spokesman for a Myanmar ethnic armed group and a Thai official said.

11 April

Americas

Staff Writer With AFP

Guyana Buys Military Patrol Vessel Triggering Rebuke From Venezuela

Guyana has bought a military patrol vessel from French shipbuilder Ocea, triggering a rebuke from Venezuela, which claims an oil-rich region of Guyana as its own.

11 April

Middle East