Oct. 14 (UPI) -- The U.S. Navy's guided missile destroyer USS Porter arrived in Odessa, Ukraine, as a part of the 6th Fleet's Black Sea operations.

Oct. 14 (UPI) -- The Royal Singapore Air Force, with fighter planes but little space for an airbase, celebrated its 10th year of training operations in Idaho.

Oct. 14 (UPI) -- The NATO Military Committees meeting in Brussels on Monday called for a commitment to defense and deterrence in space following a presentation from U.S. Space Command Gen. John Raymond.

Oct. 14 (UPI) -- The first landings and takeoffs of Britain's F-35Bs on the aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth were a success, the British Defense Ministry said, and a step toward its carrier strike capability becoming operational.

Oct. 14 (UPI) -- Electric Boat Corp. was awarded a $434.3 million contract for lead yard support, development and design efforts on Virginia-class submarines, but the deal comes a month after Congress raised concerns about the program.

Oct. 11 (UPI) -- Israeli defense contractor Elbit Systems announced the sale of over 1,000 THOR mini-drones to an unnamed Southeast Asian country in a $153 million deal.

Oct. 11 (UPI) -- South Korea plans to purchase 20 more F-35 fighter planes from the United States, its arms procurement agency announced.

Oct. 11 (UPI) -- A permanent headquarters of the U.S. Army's forward-deployed 1st Infantry Division was opened in Poznan, Poland, with a ceremony, the Defense Department said.

Oct. 11 (UPI) -- ImSAR LLC was awarded a $7.2 million contract for work on payload systems and communications packages of the RQ-21 Blackjack unmanned aerial system.

Oct. 11 (UPI) -- The U.S. Navy established a new wing to integrate the CMV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft into fleet operations.

Oct. 10 (UPI) -- The U.S. Air Force reactivated its 420th Flight Test Squadron at Edwards Air Force Base for all planning and execution of flight and ground testing for the new B-21 Raider bomber.

Oct. 10 (UPI) -- The U.S. Air Force Recruiting Service joined the Army by surpassing its 2019 recruiting goal, with more than 34,000 airmen enlisting as the branch employed its Total Force approach for the first time.

Oct. 9 (UPI) -- U.S. Army Europe announced the largest deployment to Europe of U.S. personnel in 25 years, with an multinational training exercise it named Defender-Europe 20.

Oct. 9 (UPI) -- Norway will increase its 2020 defense budget by $218 million, the government announced, but it does not include participation in NATO's missile defense system.

Oct. 9 (UPI) -- When the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford finishes construction, only two of 11 weapons elevators are likely to be working, the shipbuilder said.

Oct. 9 (UPI) -- BAE Systems announced a $148.3 million contract with the U.S. Army on Wednesday to upgrade M88A1 heavy-lift vehicles.

Oct. 9 (UPI) -- Democrats in Congress expressed concern that the United States will withdraw from the 1992 Open Skies Treaty, which allows unarmed surveillance flights by 34 signatory nations to help verify arms control agreements.

Oct. 8 (UPI) -- The Naval Sea Systems Command has approved the Navy's only Saturation Fly Away Diving System for sustained operations up to 30 days.

Oct. 7 (UPI) -- U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's weekend visit to Greece yielded a revised defense agreement and a warning to Turkey.

Oct. 7 (UPI) -- U.S. Army troops participating in Europe's Atlantic Resolve mission in Eastern Europe will rotate beginning Thursday, U.S. Army Europe announced.