The United States signed off on arms exports worth $192.3 billion over the past year, a full 13 percent increase from the previous year -- even as the Trump administration keeps pushing hard to sell more weapons, more quickly, to more allies overseas.
A Russian fighter plane gave a US surveillance plane an unexpectedly rough ride on Monday, part of an increase in tensions in the Black Sea.
It’s about improving existing platforms with autonomy, and applying AI, edge computing, quantum encryption, and sensor fusion.
The Vice President joined Mattis, the Centcom chief, and Trump's NATO Ambassador in slamming Russian and Chinese moves. The push comes just before a major White House report takes even more specific aim at China's industrial policies.