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Future Armored Vehicles – Weapon Systems Event Becomes a Webinar

With the current coronavirus situation, SMi, the organizers of Future Armored Vehicles Weapon Systems Conference decided to shift the...

Italy joins Britain’s Tempest combat aircraft program

Italy is expected to join a nascent British effort to build a sixth-generation fighter jet, expanding that program’s membership club to three...

MDA taps industry to build interceptor to defend against hypersonic threats

The U.S. Missile Defense Agency is tapping industry to design and build an interceptor capable of defending against regional hypersonic weapons threats,...

Rheinmetall to supply training technology for German Army’s Puma IFVs

Rheinmetall will supply the German Army with the AGDUS training and simulation technology for the mechanised infantry units using the Puma IFV.

British IFV Boxer shows the limits of standardization

In the British defense minister’s recent surprising decision to choose the Artec Boxer as the new Royal Army IFV, military observers have...

MIV-Boxer, does “Made in the UK” still have a fighting chance?

Defense secretary Gavin Williamson to purchase German military equipment directly came with the promise that the odd choice will create additional jobs...

Bulgarian army modernization entering rough patch

The tender around the modernization of the Bulgarian army, in dire need of an upgrade, is entering the political phase… The unusual...

Airbus protests U.S. Navy helicopter trainer award to Leonardo

Airbus Helicopters is formally protesting the U.S. Navy’s decision to have Leonardo Helicopters build its new training aircraft, halting production of the...

The European Union is running in circles in pursuit of “digital sovereignty”

The European Union is running in circles in pursuit of “digital sovereignty.” There are no bronze medals in the...

EU defence consolidation underway

The appointment of Sylvie Goulard, in November of 2019, is yet another token of seriousness from EC president Ursula von der Leyen,...

Litigation disrupting Germany’s new frigate contract

After having lost the contract for Germany’s new warships to a Dutch competitor, ThyssenKrupp and German Naval Shipyards have decided to launch...

Exploring no man’s land: ESA and EDA pushing the frontier together

After a second extension, the administrative agreement between the European Space Agency (ESA) and the European Defense Agency (EDA) is enabling the...