by | Feb 28, 2024 | Security
BERLIN — Germany will purchase up to 49 Skyranger 30 air defense systems from Rheinmetall for a total of almost €600 billion, or $650 billion, the company announced in a press release this week. The Skyranger 30 weapons stations will be mounted onto the Bundeswehr’s...
by | Feb 28, 2024 | Security
MILAN — The French government’s military-procurement agency has placed an order for thousands of Saab multispectral camouflage nets designed to conceal troops formations’ electromagnetic signature on the battlefield. The Direction Générale de l’Armement announced in a...
by | Feb 27, 2024 | Security
Britain has opened up bids for its New Medium Helicopter program as the nation’s modernization program moves into a major new phase, the Defence Ministry announced Tuesday. The U.K. expects to award a contract in 2025 to build the new helicopters, the ministry said....
by | Feb 27, 2024 | Security
SINGAPORE — A French firm that deploys artificial intelligence to observe Chinese and Russian military activity says it is integrating video footage gathered by drones into its algorithms for detecting adversaries’ military movements. Paris-based Preligens, founded in...
by | Feb 27, 2024 | Security
BERLIN — The Austrian military will receive 36 air defense systems for its Pandur EVO wheeled armored vehicles. The country’s minister of defense, Klaudia Tanner, announced the deal worth about half a billion Euros last week. It will make Austria the first country to...
by | Feb 27, 2024 | Security
Without U.S. aid, Ukraine cannot defend its current lines, let alone liberate more territory, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned on Sunday, shortly after Kyiv’s troops were forced to withdraw from the eastern city of Avdiivka amid a severe ammunition shortage. Yet...
by | Feb 27, 2024 | Security
PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron left open the option of putting European troops on the ground in Ukraine, saying nothing should be ruled out to defeat Russia’s aggression against the country. Macron said the issue of sending troops to Ukraine was among topics...
by | Feb 26, 2024 | Security
BERLIN — The Austrian military will receive 36 air defense systems for its Pandur EVO wheeled armored vehicles. The country’s minister of defense, Klaudia Tanner, announced the deal worth about half a billion Euros last week. It will make Austria the first country to...
by | Feb 26, 2024 | Security
South Korea and the United States flew advanced stealth fighters in a joint missile-interception drill Friday over the Korean Peninsula, South Korea’s air force said, an apparent response to a spate of weapons tests this year by rival North Korea. North Korea has...
by | Feb 26, 2024 | Security
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand — With South Korea’s KF-21 fighter jet nearing mass production, the country is looking to incorporate unmanned technology that can operate alongside the Air Force’s fleet. The military’s growing interest in manned-unmanned teaming comes amid...
