Defence News: Here is a summary of significant articles published on ForeignAffairs.co.nz on May 13, 2025.
MIL-OSI USA: Murphy, Schatz, Coons, Booker Joint Statement On Qatar Luxury Jet Gift To Trump
US Senate News: Source: United States Senator for Connecticut – Chris Murphy May 12, 2025 WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), Chris Coons (D-Del.), and Cory Booker (D-N.J.), all members of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, on Monday released the following joint statement on reports that President Trump will accept a luxury […]
MIL-OSI Security: 3d MLR Concludes Balikatan 25, Prepares for Kamandag 9
Source: United States INDO PACIFIC COMMAND NORTHERN LUZON, Philippines — Exercise Balikatan 25, the 40th iteration of the long-standing annual exercise between the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the U.S. military, has officially concluded. As U.S. Marines, Soldiers, Airmen, Australian Defence Force, and Japanese Self-Defense Force servicemembers, along with those from 16 observer nations, […]
MIL-OSI Security: USINDOPACOM Deputy Commander Emphasizes Deterrence, Defense, and Diplomacy at Indo-Pacific Security Forum
Source: United States INDO PACIFIC COMMAND HONOLULU, Hawaii — U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Joshua M. Rudd, deputy commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, speaks with retired Australian Defence Force Brigadier Ian Langford, executive director of Security and Defence PLuS, during the Indo-Pacific Security Forum in Honolulu, May 12, 2025 MIL Security OSI –
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Blackburn, Colleagues Introduce Bill to Safeguard Transit Operations Against Chinese Influence
US Senate News: Source: United States Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn) WASHINGTON, D.C – Today, U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), John Cornyn (R-Texas), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), Rick Scott (R-Fla.), Tina Smith (D-Minn.), and Gary Peters (D-Mich.) introduced the Safeguarding Transit Operations to Prohibit (STOP) China Act, which would protect domestic transit operations and supply chains from […]
MIL-OSI United Kingdom: British Ambassador meets with Minister of Defence
Source: United Kingdom – Executive Government & Departments World news story British Ambassador meets with Minister of Defence English Español de América Latina Ambassador Juliana Correa met with the Minister of Defence of Guatemala Henry David Saenz on May 9. Ambassador Correa and Minister Saenz met to discuss defence cooperation and shared priorities, including regional […]
MIL-OSI USA: Reed Statement on Qatar Gifting Luxury Plane to President Trump
US Senate News: Source: United States Senator for Rhode Island Jack Reed WASHINGTON, DC – Today, after President Trump announced that he would accept a luxury plane as a gift from the Qatari royal family to be used as Air Force One, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), the Ranking Member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, […]
MIL-OSI New Zealand: Peace Action Wellington Statement – Mahia: now a US nuclear base?
Source: Peace Action Wellington 13 May 2025 – The US military has indicated it wants to increase the number of space launches from Rocket Lab’s launchpad on the Mahia Peninsula including launching satellites involved in nuclear command-control-and-comms. “This raises serious questions about compliance with New Zealand’s Nuclear Free legislation,” said Valerie Morse, member of Peace Action […]
MIL-OSI USA: Boozman, Cotton, Womack Announce $141 Million Additional Investment for Ebbing Air National Guard Base
US Senate News: Source: United States Senator for Arkansas – John Boozman WASHINGTON––U.S. Senators John Boozman (R-AR), Tom Cotton (R-AR) and Congressman Steve Womack (R-AR-03) announced that they secured $141 million in new investments for Ebbing Air National Guard Base to further its capacity as host of the F-35 Foreign Military Sales mission. This funding […]
MIL-OSI Video: The Howitzer in Action
Source: United States Department of Defense (video statements) @usarmysoldiers conduct a live-fire exercise with an M119A3 Howitzer in the @centcomarea of responsibility. For more on the Department of Defense, visit: http://www.defense.gov https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1c5YADd49dI MIL OSI Video –
MIL-OSI USA: The Intercept: Trump Army Appointee Should Sell His Anduril Stock, Sen. Warren Demands
US Senate News: Source: United States Senator for Massachusetts – Elizabeth Warren May 08, 2025 Sen. Elizabeth Warren is calling for President Trump’s pick for Under Secretary of the Army to sell his stock in a defense contractor that experts say would pose a clear conflict of interest. In a federal ethics agreement first reported […]
MIL-OSI USA: VIDEO: Amid Potential Army Budget Cuts, Senator Peters Presses Army Undersecretary Nominee on the Impact to Michigan’s Defense Facilities
US Senate News: Source: United States Senator for Michigan Gary Peters Published: 05.12.2025 WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Gary Peters (MI) underscored the importance of Michigan’s defense production assets during a confirmation hearing in the Armed Services Committee for Michael A. Obadal, President Trump’s nominee to be Under Secretary of the Army. Obadal’s nomination comes as […]
MIL-OSI: 3D Systems Reports First Quarter 2025 Financial Results
Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI) ROCK HILL, S.C., May 12, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — 3D Systems Corporation (NYSE:DDD) announced today its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2025. Revenue of $95 million as growth in new hardware systems and related services was offset by a decline in materials sales driven primarily by inventory management in […]
MIL-Evening Report: Trump heads to the Gulf aiming to bolster trade ties – but side talks on Tehran, Gaza could drive a wedge between US and Israel
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Asher Kaufman, Professor of History and Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame President Donald Trump and Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman attend the G20 Summit in Japan in 2019. Eliot Blondet/AFP via Getty Images President Donald Trump will sit down with the Saudi crown prince […]
MIL-OSI USA: Congressman Don Davis Joins Global Security Leaders at the London Defence Conference 2025
Source: US Congressman Don Davis (NC-01) London, U.K. — Congressman Don Davis (NC-01), a U.S. Air Force veteran and the vice ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee, participated in a panel at the London Defence Conference 2025 entitled “Facing China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea (CRINK),” focused on emerging threats to the post-World War II […]
MIL-OSI USA: Shaheen Statement on U.S. and People’s Republic of China’s Tariff Reversal
US Senate News: Source: United States Senator for New Hampshire Jeanne Shaheen (Washington, DC) – U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee and a top member of the U.S. Senate Armed Services and Small Business Committees, released the following statement on the United States’ and the People’s Republic […]
MIL-OSI NGOs: Central African Republic: Former rebel leader Sayo’s arrest a reminder of the urgent need for justice for past crimes
Source: Amnesty International – Reacting to the opened judicial procedure against Armel Sayo, the former leader of the rebel armed group Revolution and Justice (RJ), Marceau Sivieude, Amnesty International’s Interim Regional Director for West and Central Africa, said: “Armel Sayo’s arrest should serve as a reminder that the atrocities committed between 2014 and 2019 by […]
MIL-OSI Europe: Text adopted – 2023 and 2024 reports on Serbia – P10_TA(2025)0093 – Wednesday, 7 May 2025 – Strasbourg
Source: European Parliament The European Parliament, – having regard to the Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States of the one part, and the Republic of Serbia, of the other part(1), which entered into force on 1 September 2013, – having regard to Serbia’s application for membership of the EU of 19 December 2009, – having regard […]
MIL-OSI Europe: Text adopted – 2023 and 2024 reports on Kosovo – P10_TA(2025)0094 – Wednesday, 7 May 2025 – Strasbourg
Source: European Parliament The European Parliament, – having regard to the Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, of the one part, and Kosovo, of the other part(1), which entered into force on 1 April 2016, – having regard to Kosovo’s application for membership of the European Union of 15 December 2022, – having regard […]
MIL-OSI Europe: Text adopted – A revamped long-term budget for the Union in a changing world – P10_TA(2025)0090 – Wednesday, 7 May 2025 – Strasbourg
Source: European Parliament The European Parliament, – having regard to Articles 311, 312, 323 and 324 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), – having regard to Council Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2020/2093 of 17 December 2020 laying down the multiannual financial framework for the years 2021 to 2027(1) and to the joint declarations agreed between […]
MIL-OSI Europe: Highlights – SEDE discusses EU security and resilience & European Defence – Committee on Security and Defence
Source: European Parliament SEDE_20240124.jpeg © Adobe Stock On 14 and 15 May, SEDE will hold its next meeting. SEDE Members will notably discuss with the EEAS and Commission representatives, the implementation of the EU Action Plan on cable security and actions taken to increase EU security and resilience against threats posed to the Union’s critical […]