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12 February

Taiwan Detects 62 Chinese Aircraft as US Ships Transit Waters

Taiwan said it detected 62 Chinese military aircraft near the self-ruled island this week, as two US ships sailed through the sensitive Taiwan Strait.

11 February

Joe Saballa

Lockheed, Boeing Heat Up Race for Next-Gen US Military Comms Satellite

Lockheed Martin and Boeing have significantly stepped up their efforts in the race to deliver next-generation military communications satellites to the US Space Force.

11 February

The new NOM4D space manufacturing program plans to develop new designs and materials for building large structures on orbit and on the moon. NOM4D will explore using advanced materials ferried from Earth and in-situ resources from the lunar surface.

Rojoef Manuel

California Firm to Support In-Space Structure Assembly Demo for DARPA

Space services company Momentus has received a contract to aid the demonstration of a large-scale structure assembly in Earth’s orbit for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.

11 February

Staff Writer With AFP

Trump Suggests Ukraine ‘May be Russian Someday’

US President Donald Trump floated the idea that Ukraine “may be Russian someday,” as his Vice President JD Vance gears up to meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

11 February

Staff Writer With AFP

N.Korea Slams ‘Hostile Military Act’ After US Submarine Visits South

North Korea accused the US of a "hostile military act" after a US Navy submarine docked in arch rival South Korea to replenish supplies.

11 February

Staff Writer With AFP

Pentagon Halts Trans Enlistment, Transition Treatment for US Troops

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has issued a memo preventing transgender people from joining the US military.

10 February

Germany's first P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft fully painted at Boeing's Seattle facility

Christine Casimiro

Boeing Rolls Out First P-8A Poseidon for Germany

American aircraft manufacturer Boeing has unveiled Germany’s first out of eight ordered P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft (MPA) at its Seattle facility.

10 February

The first Polish F-35A Lightning II flight was executed at Ebbing Air National Guard Base, Arkansas, Jan. 31, 2025. This is the first Polish F-35A sortie to be flown, marking a historic milestone for the 33rd Fighter Wing and Foreign Military Sales program

Christine Casimiro

First Polish Pilot Flies F-35

A Polish fighter pilot has flown an F-35A Lightning II aircraft for the first time at Ebbing Air National Guard Base in Fort Smith, Arkansas.

10 February

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (L) and U.S. President Donald Trump shake their hands during a bilateral meeting at the White House in Washington D.C., United States of America, on February 7, 2025. ( The Yomiuri Shimbun ) (Photo by Nanako Sudo / Yomiuri / The Yomiuri Shimbun via AFP)

Staff Writer With AFP

US-Japan South China Sea Statement ‘Attacks and Smears China’: Beijing

Beijing said on Monday that a joint statement by the United States and Japan condemning its "provocative activities" in the contested South China Sea "attacks and smears" China.

10 February