Elbit to supply British Army with Magni-X drones

JERUSALEM — The U.K. has awarded a contract to Elbit Systems to supply the British Army with Magni-X drones, the company announced Thursday. The micro-unmanned aerial system will be provided to the Defence Ministry under a deal with the subordinate Defence Equipment...

Will the Ukraine war slow Russia’s Arctic push?

MILAN, Italy — Unmanned technologies could offer the West an opening to catch up with Russia, bogged down in Ukraine, in establishing a foothold in the warming Arctic, according to issue experts. The sea ice covering the Arctic ocean is melting at an alarming rate of...

EU inaugurates first mainland satellite launch port

KIRUNA, Sweden — The European Union wants to bolster its capacity to launch small satellites into space with a new launchpad in Arctic Sweden. European officials and Swedish King Carl XVI Gustaf inaugurated the EU’s first mainland orbital launch complex on Friday...

NATO spy planes heading to Romania to monitor Russian activity

BUCHAREST, Romania — NATO said Friday it plans to deploy three surveillance planes to Romania next week to perform reconnaissance missions and to “monitor Russian military activity ” within the 30-nation military alliance’s territory. The airborne warning and...

Did anyone say ‘war fatigue’ about Ukraine?

This has not been the winter Vladimir Putin wished for. The Russian president expected temperatures to plummet, and with them Ukrainian resolve as well as Western resilience. None of this has happened. France’s recent decision to deliver tank-killing armored combat...