by | Sep 9, 2024 | Security
PARIS — The Netherlands plans to bolster its armed forces by reconstituting a tank battalion, buying more F-35 fighter jets and adding anti-submarine frigates as the NATO member seeks to field a more credible military force capable of deterring an attack. The Dutch...
by | Sep 5, 2024 | Security
BERLIN — Germany’s military has received the first IRIS-T SLM air defense system for its own forces after prioritizing the weapon’s production for Ukraine since the Russian invasion in 2022. “A new chapter of European air defense is shaping up,” Chancellor Olaf Scholz...
by | Sep 5, 2024 | Security
MILAN — Seven NATO countries completed an Iceland-based exercise aimed at defending vital underwater lines of communication and sea routes against conventional military threats and acts of sabotage. The annual exercise Northern Viking wrapped up on Sept 3. after 11...
by | Sep 4, 2024 | Security
The U.S. Air Force “underestimated” the complexity of building a sprawling network of launch centers and other ground infrastructure for its next nuclear missile, which led to severe projected cost overruns, the service’s acquisition chief said Wednesday. Most of the...
by | Sep 4, 2024 | Security
The U.S. Marine Corps is testing out an autonomous system inspired by a “narco-boat” to bolster resupply efforts, as the service focuses on island hopping and projecting power from land to sea, according to the head of the Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory. In...
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...
