An Espandon model has already undergone wind tunnel testing, but the end goal of developing an aircraft capable of flying “beyond Mach 5” won’t happen for decades.
By Tim MartinEnterprise-wide training: the Army’s $3.5B program for multi-service combat readiness
The competition for Warfighter Training and Readiness Solutions will bring together training networks, combat training centers and live ranges across the DoD enterprise.
In which the Breaking Defense team attempts to explain the differences between the UK-led FCAS, the Franco-German-Spanish FCAS, the UK-Italian-Japanese GCAP and all the other sixth-generation fighter development efforts in Europe.
By Tim Martin
Wide-ranging document states bold ambition but lacks details for implementation, analysts say.
By Christina Mackenzie
French Maj. Gen. Cyril Carcy told Breaking Defense that his intelligence office can “no longer focus on a 60-degree angle between Western Africa and the Middle-East dictated by the fight against terrorism.”
By Murielle Delaporte
Berlin’s new arms package for Ukraine, Germany’s largest to date and valued at €2.7 billion ($2.95 billion), covers 200 reconnaissance drones, 30 Leopard 1 A5 tanks, 20 Marder armored personnel carriers, over 100 combat vehicles, 18 self-propelled Howitzers and four IRIS-T SLM medium range air defense systems.
By Tim Martin
“We recently terminated a contract with Airbus Helicopters to purchase H225 helicopters,” Muammar Abdulla Abushehab, defense and security industry affairs sector chief for the Tawazun council, said in a May 8 interview.
By Agnes Helou
ROC-X – The solution to organic precision strike capabilities
At AUSA Global Force 2024, IAI will present integrated, AI-driven combat systems – both manned and unmanned – that are opening new opportunities on the battlefield.
Arquus CEO Emmanuel Levacher said that in order to meet the objectives of the “war-time economy” called for by President Emmanuel Macon, mainly to produce more equipment, faster and cheaper, “we need visibility to enable us to anticipate and would rather have a firm contract to produce one vehicle a month for 30 months than lots of small contracts.”
By Christina Mackenzie
The French Navy unveiled its newest nuclear-powered aircraft carrier design during the EuroNaval trade show in October.
By Justin Katz
The French military recently narrowed a field of 19 competitors to two in a race for hundreds of small, deadly UAVs.
By Christina Mackenzie
Even with the rise of digital analysis for weapon development, nothing can replace old-fashioned wind tunnels for real-world testing of cutting-edge platforms.
By Christina Mackenzie
The French Ministry of Defense declined to tell Breaking Defense whether the “new standard” referred to a full MkIII upgrade or a less ambitious plan.
By Tim Martin
Greece plans on acquiring three ships while retaining an option for a fourth, with industry competitors committing to supporting local shipbuilding as part of their bids.
By Tim Martin
Patrice Caine sat down with Breaking Defense at IDEX 2023 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
By Agnes Helou
In this op-ed, Lt. Gen. Bertrand Toujouse lays out the modernization plans for his service, as France looks towards the era of Great Power Competition.
By Lt. Gen. Bertrand Toujouse