Tag: Defense

Israel to sell PULS systems to Greece for $750 million

(Tzally Greenberg - Defense News) Israel will supply PULS rocket artillery systems to Greece for $750 million (€650 million), the Israeli Defense Ministry announced...

This missile just proved itself in Iran. The US needs more, ASAP

(Ryan Brobst and Bradley Bowman - Defense One) Pentagon officials report that the ground-launched Precision Strike Missile—PrSM for short—made a successful combat debut in...

US poised to accept new F-35s without radars, sources say

(Michael Marrow, Valerie Insinna and Diana Stancy - Breaking Defense) Starting this fall, all new F-35 Joint Strike Fighters delivered to the American military...

Israel’s Elbit reveals military contract to put high-powered laser weapon on aircraft

(Seth J. Frantzman - Breaking Defense) Israel’s Elbit Systems recently revealed it has received a contract from the Israeli Ministry of Defense to put...

India seeking to join European sixth-generation fighter program: Reports

(Mike Yeo - Breaking Defense) India has expressed an interest in joining one of the two ongoing European sixth-generation fighter programs, according to local...

What is the Pentagon’s ‘Space Data Network,’ and why does it matter for Golden Dome?

(Theresa Hitchens - Breaking Defense) The Space Force’s effort to develop a complex Space Data Network (SDN) of military and commercial satellites is beginning...

Air Force counter-drone lab requests ideas to track and kill small UAS

(Patrick Dawson - Breaking Defense) The Air Force is on the hunt for ways to defend against small drones, posting a pair of Requests...

Texelis, Scata team up on medium-heavy vehicle that can do drone defense

(Elisabeth Gosselin-Malo - Defense News) French company Texelis Defense and Finnish defense manufacturer Scata have partnered to develop new combat vehicle made entirely in...

Japan’s new ‘ugly duckling’ electronic-warfare aircraft takes to the sky

(Gordon Arthur - Defense News) Japan’s new electronic-warfare aircraft, converted from a Kawasaki C-2 tactical cargo hauler, took to the sky for its maiden...

US Marine designs Corps’ first NDAA-compliant 3D-printed drone

(Zita Ballinger Fletcher - Defense News) The U.S. Marine Corps has pioneered a 3D-printed first-person view drone that is easy to assemble, ready for...

Shield AI, ST Engineering join forces on fine-tuning drone swarms

(Elisabeth Gosselin-Malo - Defense News) American drone company Shield AI plans to integrate its AI-enabled software into Singaporean manned-unmanned-teaming applications, enabling the coordination of...

Singapore is in line to get its first F-35 fighters later this year

(Gordon Arthur - F-35) Singapore is slated join the F-35 operator club once the first of its Lockheed Martin F-35B fighters enter service later...

Rutte is wrong about European defense

(Domènec Ruiz Devesa and Emiliano Alessandri - Politico) When NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte told the European Parliament the continent can’t defend itself without the...

EU may need 100,000-strong army, says defense commissioner (Politico)

European Union Defense Commissioner Andrius Kubilius has said the bloc should consider establishing a standing military force of 100,000 troops and overhaul the political...

Philippine Navy scrambles to shield vital undersea cables from spies (Leilani Chavez – Defense News)

The Philippine Navy is exploring ways to monitor subsea cables as part of larger efforts to protect underwater infrastructure from sabotage and spying. Numerous...

L3Harris hones DoD focus with sale of civil space propulsion unit (Theresa Hitchens – Breaking Defense)

L3Harris Technologies’ move to sell a majority stake in its civilian space propulsion unit to private equity firm AE Industrial Partners, represents yet another...