-

EU-wide weapon buying boosts bloc’s defense spending to record in 2023
European Union countries increased defense spending by 10% to a record €279 billion ($293 billion) last year, according to the European Defence Agency.
-

KNDS, Europe’s biggest tank maker, names Safran veteran Alary as CEO
The company faces competition from rival and partner Rheinmetall, which is pushing a competing offer for the delayed Main Ground Combat System.
-

NATO draws up plans for its own fleet of naval surveillance drones
Officials envision fielding a network of drone-based sensors for keeping tabs on vital undersea cables and pipelines in the Baltic and Mediterranean seas.
-

Italy’s small defense firms ride high amid military spending boon
Family-run firms have long been the backbone of Italian capitalism, pushing the country to become the eighth biggest manufacturing power in the world.
-

US will send Ukraine $725M in counter-drone tech, anti-personnel mines
President Biden has pledged to spend all of the military assistance funds Congress approved earlier this year for Ukraine before his administration ends.
-

Germany’s Scholz is in Ukraine for his first visit in 2 1/2 years
The chancellor’s visit comes ahead of an early German election expected in February.
-

Desertion threatens to starve Ukraine’s forces at a crucial time
Facing every imaginable shortage, tens of thousands of Ukrainian troops, tired and bereft, have walked away from combat and front-line positions.
-

Poland readies $740 million fund to jump-start ammunition production
Leaders in Warsaw want to cooperate more closely with Slovakia on the production of 155mm artillery rounds.
-

Criminal probe launched after US Air Force spots drones over UK bases
The U.S. Air Force has reported several incursions recently at four bases where it operates in England.
-

How NATO make-believe artillerists get comfy with a real-world foe
“At times, the cold and Arctic-like conditions found here can be more threatening to soldiers than combat situations,” said one Finnish officer.
-
EU-wide weapon buying boosts bloc’s defense spending to record in 2023
European Union countries increased defense spending by 10% to a record €279 billion ($293 billion) last year, according to the European Defence Agency.
-
KNDS, Europe’s biggest tank maker, names Safran veteran Alary as CEO
The company faces competition from rival and partner Rheinmetall, which is pushing a competing offer for the delayed Main Ground Combat System.
-
NATO draws up plans for its own fleet of naval surveillance drones
Officials envision fielding a network of drone-based sensors for keeping tabs on vital undersea cables and pipelines in the Baltic and Mediterranean seas.
-
Italy’s small defense firms ride high amid military spending boon
Family-run firms have long been the backbone of Italian capitalism, pushing the country to become the eighth biggest manufacturing power in the world.
-
US will send Ukraine $725M in counter-drone tech, anti-personnel mines
President Biden has pledged to spend all of the military assistance funds Congress approved earlier this year for Ukraine before his administration ends.
-
Germany’s Scholz is in Ukraine for his first visit in 2 1/2 years
The chancellor’s visit comes ahead of an early German election expected in February.
-
Desertion threatens to starve Ukraine’s forces at a crucial time
Facing every imaginable shortage, tens of thousands of Ukrainian troops, tired and bereft, have walked away from combat and front-line positions.
-
Poland readies $740 million fund to jump-start ammunition production
Leaders in Warsaw want to cooperate more closely with Slovakia on the production of 155mm artillery rounds.
-
Criminal probe launched after US Air Force spots drones over UK bases
The U.S. Air Force has reported several incursions recently at four bases where it operates in England.
-
How NATO make-believe artillerists get comfy with a real-world foe
“At times, the cold and Arctic-like conditions found here can be more threatening to soldiers than combat situations,” said one Finnish officer.
-
EU-wide weapon buying boosts bloc’s defense spending to record in 2023
European Union countries increased defense spending by 10% to a record €279 billion ($293 billion) last year, according to the European Defence Agency.
-
KNDS, Europe’s biggest tank maker, names Safran veteran Alary as CEO
The company faces competition from rival and partner Rheinmetall, which is pushing a competing offer for the delayed Main Ground Combat System.
-
NATO draws up plans for its own fleet of naval surveillance drones
Officials envision fielding a network of drone-based sensors for keeping tabs on vital undersea cables and pipelines in the Baltic and Mediterranean seas.
-
Italy’s small defense firms ride high amid military spending boon
Family-run firms have long been the backbone of Italian capitalism, pushing the country to become the eighth biggest manufacturing power in the world.
-
US will send Ukraine $725M in counter-drone tech, anti-personnel mines
President Biden has pledged to spend all of the military assistance funds Congress approved earlier this year for Ukraine before his administration ends.
-
Germany’s Scholz is in Ukraine for his first visit in 2 1/2 years
The chancellor’s visit comes ahead of an early German election expected in February.
-
Desertion threatens to starve Ukraine’s forces at a crucial time
Facing every imaginable shortage, tens of thousands of Ukrainian troops, tired and bereft, have walked away from combat and front-line positions.
-
Poland readies $740 million fund to jump-start ammunition production
Leaders in Warsaw want to cooperate more closely with Slovakia on the production of 155mm artillery rounds.
-
Criminal probe launched after US Air Force spots drones over UK bases
The U.S. Air Force has reported several incursions recently at four bases where it operates in England.
-
How NATO make-believe artillerists get comfy with a real-world foe
“At times, the cold and Arctic-like conditions found here can be more threatening to soldiers than combat situations,” said one Finnish officer.



