by | Jul 15, 2024 | Security
CHRISTCHURCH, News Zealand — India unveiled a prototype Zorawar light tank this month, as defense officials seek nimbler armored fighting vehicles suitable for the mountainous terrain along the border with China, where violence broke out in mid-2020. Delhi released a...
by | Jul 15, 2024 | Security
COLOGNE, Germany — Pan-European missile maker MBDA is positioning itself as the prime candidate for developing a long-range European strike missile meant to elevate the continent’s deterrence posture following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the ongoing war there....
by | Jul 15, 2024 | Security
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 –...
by | Jul 12, 2024 | Security
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...
by | Jul 12, 2024 | Security
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...
by | Jul 11, 2024 | Security
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...
by | Jul 11, 2024 | Security
Bollinger Shipyards announced Thursday that its Pascagoula Mississippi shipyard now exceeds 1,000 employees, touting the milestone as it gears up to make the first heavy icebreaker in the U.S. in more than 50 years – vessels Washington is keen to produce more of as it...
by | Jul 11, 2024 | Security
It’s been a busy two months of travel for Lithuania’s defense minister. In June, Laurynas Kasčiūnas traveled to Singapore for the Shangri-La Dialogue, Asia’s largest defense conference — and one, since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, that’s seen far more...
by | Jul 11, 2024 | Security
Raytheon has won a second contract this year, worth $1.2 billion, to provide major Patriot air and missile defense system components to Germany as the country sends additional Patriot systems to Ukraine. Raytheon received a previous contract — for the same amount —...
by | Jul 11, 2024 | Security
MILAN — Switzerland is moving to formalize its membership in the European Sky Shield Initiative, a step that officials and analysts believe is in line with the country’s neutrality stance thanks to the project’s procurement focus and some special wording. Through its...
