by | Sep 4, 2024 | Security
KIELCE, Poland — Israel’s Elbit Systems hopes that three Nordic states will buy the company’s Iron Fist active protection system for their military fleets after Sweden-based BAE Systems Hägglunds ordered it for installation on CV90 infantry fighting vehicles in...
by | Sep 4, 2024 | Security
KIELCE, Poland — Polish defense company WB Group has presented an expanded portfolio of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) at this year’s MSPO defense industry show here, responding to the rising interest in long-range strike capabilities by Poland’s military, but also...
by | Sep 4, 2024 | Security
PARIS — The Netherlands picked Israeli firm Rafael Advanced Defense Systems to supply an upgrade for the country’s more than 200 medium-range anti-tank missile launchers that will boost combat range, for an investment of as much as €250 million ($277 million). The...
by | Sep 4, 2024 | Security
KIELCE, Poland — Polish Deputy Prime Minister and National Defence Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz said he intends to sign contracts worth about PLN 2 billion ($515 million) with foreign and domestic manufacturers during the four-day MSPO defense industry show in...
by | Sep 3, 2024 | Security
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — As Iran threatens to attack Israel over the assassination of a Hamas leader in the Iranian capital, its long-vaunted missile program offers one of the few ways for Tehran to strike back directly, but questions loom over just how much of a...
by | Sep 2, 2024 | Security
WARSAW, Poland — Last October’s general election triggered a change in government in Poland, but it has not dented Warsaw’s appetite for new weapons. As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine continues to drive Poland’s military modernization efforts, domestic and foreign...
by | Sep 1, 2024 | Security
It was their most challenging mission. U.S. Army soldiers in the 7th Transportation Brigade had previously set up a pier during training and in exercises overseas but never had dealt with the wild combination of turbulent weather, security threats and sweeping...
by | Aug 31, 2024 | Security
KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy fired the commander of the country’s air force Friday, four days after an F-16 warplane that Ukraine received from its Western partners crashed during a Russian bombardment and killed the pilot. The order to...
by | Aug 30, 2024 | Security
The newest F-35 Joint Strike Fighters are now able to carry out more elaborate training missions, but the government is withholding millions of dollars in payment to Lockheed Martin until the jets can fight in combat. Lockheed Martin has upgraded the software in its...
by | Aug 30, 2024 | Security
The Defense News opinion piece of 10 Aug. by John Nagl and Daniel Rice ignores the historical experience of cluster munition use while calling on the 23 NATO states currently party to the Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM) to withdraw and resume production of these...
