Defence News: Here is a summary of significant articles published on ForeignAffairs.co.nz on June 19, 2025.
MIL-OSI USA: Chairman Wicker Leads SASC Hearing on the FY26 Defense Budget with Senior Pentagon Leadership
US Senate News: Source: United States Senator for Mississippi Roger Wicker Watch Video Here WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, today led a hearing to receive testimony from the Pentagon’s senior leaders on the department’s fiscal year 2026 budget. In his opening remarks, Chairman Wicker praised […]
MIL-OSI New Zealand: Amnesty International – Urgent need to protect civilians amid unprecedented escalation in hostilities between Israel and Iran
Source: Amnesty International As more and more civilians bear the cruel toll of the terrifying military escalation in Iran and Israel since 13 June 2025, and amid threats of further escalation in the conflict, Amnesty International is urging the Israeli and Iranian authorities to abide by their obligations under international humanitarian law to protect civilians. […]
MIL-OSI USA: Senators Coons, Schumer, Murray, Reed, Warner statement on President Trump’s actions in the Middle East
US Senate News: Source: United States Senator for Delaware Christopher Coons WASHINGTON – Ranking Senate Defense Appropriator Chris Coons (D-Del.), Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), Senate Appropriations Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Senate Armed Services Ranking Member Jack Reed (D-R.I.), and Senate Intelligence Committee Vice Chairman Mark Warner (D-Va.) today released the following statement […]
MIL-OSI USA: Ernst Secures Victory to Prevent Sexual Assault in the Military
US Senate News: Source: United States Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) Published: June 18, 2025 DoD has appointed an official to oversee sexual assault prevention and has already begun updating Senator Ernst. WASHINGTON – After years of her work, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), a combat veteran, secured a key victory to prevent sexual assault in […]
MIL-OSI New Zealand: New Russia sanctions target enablers of war, including Russia’s ‘shadow fleet’
Source: New Zealand Government Foreign Minister Winston Peters has announced new sanctions on crucial enablers of Russia’s illegal war against Ukraine. This latest round of sanctions targets actors involved in Russia’s military-industrial complex, supporters from North Korea, Iran, and Belarus, as well as vessels that are part of Russia’s ‘shadow fleet’. “New Zealand must continue […]
MIL-OSI USA: Castro Statement on Israel-Iran Conflict
Source: United States House of Representatives – Congressman Joaquin Castro (20th District of Texas) June 18, 2025 SAN ANTONIO, TX — Today, Congressman Joaquin Castro (TX-20), a senior member of both the House Foreign Affairs Committee and the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, released the following statement on the Israel-Iran conflict: “I represent Military City, […]
MIL-OSI USA: King Blasts Defense Secretary for Presenting Incomplete FY26 Pentagon Budget
US Senate News: Source: United States Senator for Maine Angus King WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, in a hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), U.S. Senator Angus King (I-ME) blasted the Department of Defense (DoD) for not presenting the committee with a full year 2026 fiscal budget that fully reflects the department’s funding priorities and […]
MIL-OSI: Narda-MITEQ Awarded Prototype to Optimize Power Dividers in Growler Aircrafts for DoN
Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI) LOS ANGELES, June 18, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) Program Manager Air (PMA)–265 and Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane), in partnership with NSTXL through the S²MARTS OTA, have announced a prototype award to optimize Power Dividers for the EA–18G aircraft. NAVAIR is qualifying a new design […]
MIL-OSI USA: RELEASE: Senator Mullin Blasts Democrat Hypocrisy in Hegseth Hearing, They ‘Should Be Ashamed’ for the Last Four Years
US Senate News: Source: United States Senator MarkWayne Mullin (R-Oklahoma) RELEASE: Senator Mullin Blasts Democrat Hypocrisy in Hegseth Hearing, They ‘Should Be Ashamed’ for the Last Four Years Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Markwayne Mullin (R-OK), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, slammed Democrats for their hypocritical lines of questioning towards Secretary Pete Hegseth at today’s hearing to examine the Department […]
MIL-OSI USA: Kaptur, Corps Of Engineers, City Of Vermilion, And Erie Metroparks Celebrate Completion Of West Pier Repair And Start Of East Pier Repair
Source: United States House of Representatives – Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) Port Clinton, Ohio — Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, the US Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District, City of Vermilion, and Erie Metroparks celebrated the completion of construction on a multi-year repair […]
MIL-OSI Security: Defense News: Acting Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jim Kilby Visits Black Sea Technologies in Baltimore, Observes Small Unmanned Surface Vehicle Operations and Advanced Manufacturing Facility
Source: United States Navy Acting Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jim Kilby visited the BlackSea Technologies (BlackSea) headquarters and production facilities in Baltimore, June 18, to see first-hand how BlackSea supports the U.S. Navy’s Small Unmanned Surface Vehicles (sUSV) program and how it plans to continue to expand its capabilities to support fleet operations. MIL […]
MIL-OSI USA: Welch Shares Video Urging Congress to Oppose U.S. Involvement in Netanyahu’s War with Iran: “I do not want the United States to get involved in another Mideast war.”
US Senate News: Source: United States Senator Peter Welch (D-Vermont) WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) today shared a video voicing his concerns about potential involvement by the United States in the Israel-Iran conflict, urging Senators of both parties to strongly oppose allowing Netanyahu to pull the U.S. into yet another forever war […]
MIL-OSI USA: Secretary of Defense Hegseth Testifies Before Senate Committee on Base Defense, Importance of Air Superiority in Conflicts
US Senate News: Source: United States Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) ***Click here to download video. Click here for audio.*** WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) held a hearing today to review the U.S. Department of Defense’s (DOD) budget request for Fiscal Year 2026. During the hearing, members received testimony from Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth; Chairman […]
MIL-OSI New Zealand: Sustainable Business – 17th Climate Change & Business Conference: Where Ambition Meets Action
Source: Sustainable Business Council Aotearoa New Zealand’s premier Climate Change and Business Conference returns in 2025, bringing together global and local leaders to accelerate climate action and business innovation. The conference is taking place on 8-9 September at the Viaduct Events Centre in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland. This year’s theme Ambition. Accountability. Action. promises to inspire and […]
MIL-OSI USA: Kennedy, Tim Scott, colleagues introduce bill to protect U.S. secrets from foreign adversaries
US Senate News: Source: United States Senator John Kennedy (Louisiana) WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Senate Banking Committee, today joined Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) and 10 colleagues in introducing the Protect Our Bases Act, which would strengthen the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States’ (CFIUS) ability to review foreign land […]
MIL-OSI USA: Energy Department Announces New Pathway to Test Advanced Reactors
Source: US Department of Energy WASHINGTON— The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced the start of a new pilot program to expedite the testing of advanced nuclear reactor designs under DOE authority outside of the national laboratories. In accordance with President Trump’s Executive Order, Reforming Nuclear Reactor Testing at the Department of Energy, DOE issued […]
MIL-OSI USA: ICYMI: From the Paris Air Show, Shaheen Pens Wall Street Journal Op-Ed Warning Trump’s Trade Policy Threatens Our National Defense and Global Alliances
US Senate News: Source: United States Senator for New Hampshire Jeanne Shaheen (Washington, DC) – After co-leading a bipartisan Congressional delegation to the Paris Air Show, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) wrote an opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal warning that President Trump’s trade policy threatens American national defense and global alliances. In her […]
MIL-OSI USA: ICYMI: Shaheen Presses Hegseth on Protecting American Troops in the Middle East and the Importance of International Agreements, Secures Secretary’s Commitment to Investigate Hiring Delays at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
US Senate News: Source: United States Senator for New Hampshire Jeanne Shaheen (Washington, DC) – U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee, today questioned U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth in his first appearance before the Committee since being confirmed to lead the Pentagon in January. As […]
MIL-OSI USA: Senators Ricketts and Kaine Introduce the AUKUS Improvement Act
US Senate News: Source: United States Senator Pete Ricketts (Nebraska) WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Pete Ricketts (R-NE) and Tim Kaine (D-VA) introduced the AUKUS Improvement Act. Building upon the bipartisan, AUKUS-enabling legislation in the FY24 National Defense Authorization Act, the AUKUS Improvement Act will further streamline defense industrial base collaboration and co-production between the United States, Australia, and the United Kingdom. […]
MIL-OSI: Red Cat Holdings Announces Closing of $46.75 Million Registered Direct Offering of Common Stock
Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI) SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, June 18, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Red Cat Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: RCAT) (“Red Cat” or “Company”), a drone technology company integrating robotic hardware and software for military, government, and commercial operations, has successfully closed the previously announced registered direct offering with certain institutional investors for the purchase and […]