At the end of September, London hosted an AUKUS summit for the very first time, bringing together UK Defence Secretary John Healey, US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, and Australian… Continue reading "AUKUS Leaders Meet in London; Announce Implementation Progress and Next Steps"
This week, Canadian Minister of National Defence Bill Blair travelled to Washington to meet with US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin. Blair brought attention to some of the key focusses… Continue reading "Canadian Defense Minister Discusses Future Direction of Canadian Defense Investments"
Throughout December, an Australian delegation including Defense Mnister Richard Marles and Foreign Minister Penny Wong has been visiting capitals across the Pacific. This included trips to the US and Japan… Continue reading "American and Japanese Deployments to Australia to be Expanded"
On 7 December, Australian Defense Minister Richard Marles and UK Defense Secretary Ben Wallace met with their US counterpart Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin in Washington. This is the first… Continue reading "Trilateral AUKUS Defense Ministers Meeting Held for the First Time"
On 13 October, the US finally unveiled the long-awaited unclassified 2022 National Security Strategy. The document does a much better job at defining priorities than many of its predecessors; the… Continue reading "US Releases 2022 National Security Strategy"
On December 13, US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin met his Lithuanian counterpart Defense Minister Arvydas Anusauskas at the Pentagon. The two men signed a new agreement on reciprocal defense… Continue reading "US and Lithuania Sign Interoperability Agreement as Lithuanian Tensions with Russia and China Escalate"
Back in December, the US Navy published its “Annual Long-Range Plan for Construction of Naval Vessels” which included plans for a navy of 355 manned vessels by the 2030s and… Continue reading "US Navy Updates Long-Range Shipbuilding Plan"
Following the initial reveal of Biden’s proposed $715 billion FY2022 defense budget, congressional hearings quickly got underway. On 8 June, the Senate Armed Services Committee presided over a hearing concerning… Continue reading "What the DoD is Highlighting in the Congressional Budget Hearings"
On Friday, the Department of Defense (DoD) revealed details on the White House’s fiscal year 2022 Defense Budget request. With $715 billion for the DoD, and $753 billion when including… Continue reading "Biden’s $715 billion 2022 Defense Budget Proposal Revealed"
Talking before the House of Representatives’ Appropriations Defense Subcommittee, National Guard Bureau chief General Daniel Hokanson revealed that plans for the establishment of the Space National Guard are nearly finalized.… Continue reading "Space National Guard Coming Soon"