Greece builds first locally made combat drone

MILAN — Greece has announced its first domestically build combat drone, the Grypas, with the initial scaled aircraft expected by 2025. In September, the Hellenic Aerospace Industry in cooperation with the Aristotle, Thessaly and Democritus universities presented...

Indian lab teams up with France’s Naval Group on submarine tech

NEW DELHI — An Indian defense laboratory and French company Naval Group are teaming up to integrate fuel cell-based air-independent propulsion systems in Kalvari-class submarines. As part of the agreement made on Monday between Naval Materials Research Laboratory and...

US defense industry unprepared for a China fight, says report

WASHINGTON ― The U.S. defense-industrial base is not ready for a battle over Taiwan, as it would run out of key long-range, precision-guided munitions in less than one week, according to a new report by the Center for Strategic and International Studies. U.S. military...

Documents reveal secret customer of Hero-30 kamikaze drones

MILAN— The Italian special forces is the undisclosed European NATO member set to receive Hero-30 loitering munitions this year as an “urgent mission requirement,” according to recently published contract documents. In September, German company Rheinmetall and its...