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German Defense Minister: Restart conscription, pursue 3 percent GDP on defense
German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius encouraged allies, including the US, to “arrive” at military expenditure of 3 percent GDP – though declined to put forward a timeline for such change to occur.
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Fincantieri acquires Leonardo’s undersea armaments business worth up to $447...
Terms of the acquisition include the shipbuilder paying a fixed fee of €300 million ($323 million), and “based on certain growth assumptions,” an additional €115 ($124 million) directly relating to...
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Swedish DefMin: No plans to send personnel to Ukraine right now
Pål Jonson said if a “concrete proposal” was presented for allied countries to send personnel, Sweden would “take it into review.”
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UK Royal Marines to acquire 6 new multirole support ships, cost yet to be...
Reflecting on the decision to add the six MRSS vessels to 22 other Royal Navy ships on order or in build, UK defence secretary Grant Shapps said, “this is a golden age for British shipbuilding.”
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UK reveals development of low cost Radio Frequency Directed Energy Weapon
The new weapon system, beams radio waves to “disrupt or damage” electronic equipment of enemy vehicles “causing them to stop in their tracks or fall out of the sky,” according to the UK Ministry of...
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No ‘big appetite’ in Finland for ‘boots on the ground’ in Ukraine: Official
“I think this policy is widely shared by the NATO nations, as far as I understand, that we do all we can support Ukraine, but I don’t see as big enthusiasm [for] getting NATO directly involved, boots...
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Laser weapons and future tanks: European Defense Fund to spend $1.3B on 54...
Development of more novel weapon systems includes the second phase launch of the Tactical Advanced Laser Optical Systems (TALOS) project (TALOS-TWO), designed to support a long term target of...
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Saab teases future fighter demonstrator concepts, awaits direction from Sweden
Sweden has yet to tell the defense firm exactly the capabilities it needs, but Saab knows “they want us to be fast and quick,” a senior company official said.
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Once a key behind-the-scenes player on a Cold War stage, US Embassy Helsinki...
Expecting relatively calm assignments in Finland, embassy officials could not have predicted how Russia’s invasion of Ukraine would change the country they were posted to and the job they’d be called...
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Swedish Air Force eyes more weapons, people to deliver ‘robust’ dispersed...
Sweden’s focus on dispersed operations remains consistent with efforts to increase readiness amid Russia’s war in Ukraine, with freedom of maneuver seen as key to undermining an enemy’s plan of attack.
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In first, Sweden to supply ASC 890 surveillance aircraft to Ukraine, rolls...
The Swedish Ministry of Defence said that the surveillance aircraft will offer Ukraine “an entirely new capability for airborne radar reconnaissance and combat control against targets in the air and at...
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Stoltenberg ‘welcomes’ moves to allow Ukraine to ‘hit back’ inside Russian...
“It makes sense to adapt any restrictions that would make it impossible for Ukrainians to hit back against artillery positions, missile positions in Russia, directly attacking Ukrainian forces or...
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Netherlands refutes ‘relaxed requirements’ allegation for new subs, US worry...
A pair of news reports caused enough commotion in The Hague that the Ministry of Defense felt compelled to push back in a letter to lawmakers.
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Boeing urges France not to ‘discount’ P-8 as it plots ATL2 replacement
Though Paris seems committed to going with a European solution, a Boeing exec told Breaking Defense the company has “informally” had discussions with stakeholders in France.
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Airbus reveals futuristic wingman concept, teams with German startup Helsing...
Under the terms of the co-operation agreement, Airbus intends on providing “its expertise in the interaction of unmanned and manned military aircraft,” while Helsing will “contribute its AI stack of...
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Diehl close to FEANIX drone deal with Germany, says project lead
The German Armed Forces said it could neither confirm nor deny the talks, but said it is “in constant communication with the industry about possible relevant developments in the defense sector.”
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MQ-9B: A proven multi-mission, multi-domain UAS scaled to protect Europe and...
[Sponsored] Flying MQ-9B in place of larger maritime patrol aircraft costs less and extends the sensing and endurance possible alongside those high-value platforms.
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Leonardo and KNDS pull plug on main battle tank and IFV cooperation
“The parties did not manage to agree on [Leopard] configuration and consequently, talks about Leonardo’s strategic participation in KNDS have also fallen short,” Frank Haun, CEO of KNDS NV, said in a...
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Netherlands says first Embraer C-390 delivery from joint buy with Austria is...
Dutch State Secretary of Defence Christophe Van der Maat said that an original 2026 delivery timeline “turned out not to be feasible due to cooperation with Austria and negotiations with the...
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Germany’s Rheinmetall plans Lynx IFV production in Ukraine in ‘near future,’...
Additionally, Rheinmetall is in talks with Ukrainian suppliers in a bid to form a new joint venture for in country production of artillery ammunition.
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