Security

How Europe’s next-generation combat jet aims to catch the AI wave

BERLIN — Mainland Europe’s Future Combat Air System, an ambitious effort to field a suite of warplanes and drones in the 2040s, could become the first large-scale defense program with artificial intelligence fully baked in. A consortium of Germany, France and Spain –...
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Italian Air Force eyes Airbus tankers after dropping Boeing planes

ROME — Italy is mulling a competition to find a new tanker aircraft after suspending plans to buy six new Boeing KC-46 tankers, sources have told Defense News. The competition, which could be held this year, will likely see the Airbus A330 MRTT tanker in contention to...
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Slovenia picks howitzers, air defense systems and armored vehicles

WARSAW, Poland — Slovenia is advancing plans to buy new artillery systems, air defense systems and armored vehicles, with French and Finnish defense groups expected to play a major role in the country’s acquisition plans, the Slovenian Ministry of Defence has...
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Issa urges House colleagues to learn from South China Sea crises

Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Ca., urged his fellow members of Congress to educate themselves on the crises within the South China Sea region and protect international law. The first keynote speaker at the Center for Strategic and International Studies’ Fourteenth Annual South...
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