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Citing missile mismatch, Lockheed snarls at HIMARS challenge in Europe

Defense News - 14:24 Jun 18, 2024

"If Germany was to opt for PULS, they could not gain access to our missiles,” a Lockheed Martin exec said, referring to a competing system from Elbit.
France preps Europe’s fastest classified supercomputer for defense AI

Defense News - 11:44 Jun 18, 2024

French defense leaders plan a leading role in mastering AI, considered to be a key differentiating factor among tomorrow's armed forces.
France rethinks military light-drone acquisition as Army falls behind

Defense News - 10:51 Jun 18, 2024

French defense leaders seek ways to short-circuit the military-acquisition bureaucracy, as drones remake the battlefield in Ukraine.
Leonardo seeks global firms to build, tweak its new attack helicopter

Defense News - 06:37 Jun 18, 2024

The company's AW249 will be able to control unmanned aerial vehicles using large screens and helmet displays inspired by the U.S. F-35 combat jet.
Pentagon’s contracting speed lane sometimes no faster, says watchdog

Defense News - 20:30 Jun 17, 2024

The "middle-tier acquisition" pathway is running into some of the same issues affecting the Pentagon's regular contracting process, a report found.
How many F-35s to buy? Draft defense bills disagree

Defense News - 19:40 Jun 17, 2024

This would be the third differing approach to F-35 purchases lawmakers have proposed for fiscal 2025, which will have to be reconciled at some point.
Defense Innovation Unit seeks systems to counter Red Sea drone attacks

Defense News - 18:54 Jun 17, 2024

The program, dubbed Counter NEXT, aims to quickly test counter UAS prototypes and field them on naval vessels around the globe.
MBDA unveils AI-based Ground Warden tool for finding hidden targets

Defense News - 18:47 Jun 17, 2024

MBDA makes a similarly named platform, the Sky Warden, which is a counter-drone system designed to control a large range of sensors and effectors.

Tags: MBDA
Hezbollah-launched missiles hit Israeli military vehicle factory

Defense News - 18:03 Jun 17, 2024

The Plasan firm makes vehicle-protection products and components, and it also operates factories in France and the United States.
Hanwha eyes Norway, Sweden for rocket artillery sales

Defense News - 17:07 Jun 17, 2024

Safran and Thales are developing competing proposals in response to a French demand for a rocket system.
Latvia-led drone coalition for Ukraine gains more funding, members

Defense News - 15:51 Jun 17, 2024

France and Italy are the latest countries to join a group devoted to rushing unmanned aerial vehicles to help Ukraine in its defense.

Tags: Ukraine
Israel revives trebuchet, a catapult variant forces are using at border

Defense News - 15:23 Jun 17, 2024

The weapon’s purpose is to launch beyond fortifications, like that separating Israel from Lebanon.

Tags: Israel
Battle tank concepts mushroom at Paris arms show

Defense News - 15:14 Jun 17, 2024

Industry frenemies KNDS and Rheinmetall presented new ideas for a main battle tank at the Eurosatory trade show in Paris.

Tags: Paris
Aselsan CEO Akyol talks export strategy, embargoes, air defense

Defense News - 14:00 Jun 17, 2024

The Turkish defense firm is a key element of the government's strategy to build a an autonomous defense sector.
Robot craze in Russia-Ukraine war shines light on their drawbacks

Defense News - 13:00 Jun 17, 2024

Experts say the deployment of unmanned ground vehicles in combat remains a costly affair in terms of labor and their vulnerabilities.
GM Defense eyes $1 billion European market for tactical vehicles

Defense News - 12:25 Jun 17, 2024

The company hopes to piggy-back on a planned resurgence in Europe for trucks and SUVs.
Anduril to build factory to increase Dive-LD unmanned systems capacity

Defense News - 04:01 Jun 17, 2024

The facility will eventually be able to make up to 200 Dive-LD autonomous underwater vehicles a year.

Tags: Dive-LD
French Army head Schill talks force modernization, Ukraine war lessons

Defense News - 14:00 Jun 16, 2024

"Hyper-lethality" on the battlefield has prompted fresh thinking in armor design and the resiliency of command posts, according to Gen. Pierre Schill.
What to look out for at Eurosatory, Europe’s biggest defense show

Defense News - 06:55 Jun 16, 2024

The 2024 show takes full measure of the war in Ukraine, after a 2022 edition marked by the shock of Russia’s invasion months prior.
US Army names air defense system after soldier killed in Vietnam

Defense News - 18:00 Jun 15, 2024

The Army is naming its short-range air defense system after Sgt. Mitchell William Stout, who saved lives in Vietnam.

Tags: Vietnam

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