France to invest €500 million in artillery propellant production

PARIS — French explosives maker Eurenco will invest €500 million (U.S. $535 million) to restart explosive powder production and boost output of artillery propellants, said French President Emmanuel Macron during a visit to the company’s site in Bergerac on Thursday....

South Korean military paves way for robotic vehicles in its ranks

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand — As its military looks to tap new technologies to compensate for a dwindling conscript force, South Korea has launched a tender to procure unmanned ground vehicles for the nation’s Army and Marines Corps. A tender published by the Defense...

Israel F-15 sale in jeopardy as congressional support wanes

A key Democrat on Tuesday said he is noncommittal about approving an $18 billion F-15 sale to Israel, even as centrist members of the party who previously supported unrestricted military aid to the country become increasingly skeptical amid the humanitarian crisis in...