Amsterdam plans on acquiring four diesel-electric submarines equipped with US Tomahawk long range missiles to provide a “niche capability within NATO and the EU,” a spokesperson for Netherlands State Secretary of Defense Van der Maat, told Breaking Defense in a statement.
By Tim MartinWhat’s new in naval radars and missiles: Defending the Pacific
Defending U.S. naval forces in the Pacific, Red Sea, and elsewhere require a range of systems from close-in weapons to anti-ballistic missiles.
Industry collaboration and development activities will be carried out through a Hypersonic Technologies and Capability Development Framework Agreement valued at £1 billion ($1.3 billion) over seven years.
By Tim Martin
Overall, defense spending for the year was largely boosted by a £4.1 billion ($5.3 billion) increase in capital expenditure, though there were other marginal jumps in Defense Equipment and Support (DE&S), and inventory spending.
By Tim Martin
“I’m not going to talk about sizes [of companies under consideration] but of course we have a pipeline when it comes to important countries like the UK, US and we will also maybe look at Germany,” said Micael Johansson, CEO of Saab.
By Tim Martin
RUSI’s Justin Bronk has an idea of what Europe should be doing to help the US in the Indo-Pacific, and it doesn’t include sending the Charles De Gaulle.
By Barry Rosenberg
Author John Deni argues that at the NATO Summit, “there was little significant movement on several key issues, leaving much on the table for the alliance’s 75th birthday summit next year in Washington, DC.”
By John Deni
New Army mounted system won’t play favorites when it comes to C5ISR, EW and A-PNT
The CMOSS Mounted Form Factor will facilitate tech insertion for new capabilities while co-existing with the Mounted Family of Computer Systems.
“So we don’t have nearly what we had at the heart of the Cold War. Now you add that we’re giving a lot of munitions away to the Ukrainians — which I think is exactly what we need to do — but now we’re getting dangerously low and sometimes, in some cases even too low that we don’t have enough,” said Gen. James Hecker.
By Michael Marrow
Though the delay does not fundamentally threaten Sweden’s membership, it could raise concerns among NATO partners that Turkey will use it as a bargaining chip to elicit new political or military concessions.
By Tim Martin
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By Raytheon
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky said that when he meets US President Joe Biden today, he will “raise” a request for long range weapon supplies, though did not mention any weapon specifically.
By Tim Martin
“We are proceeding [with additional funding] because we are convinced it is necessary and the only right thing to do is support Ukraine for as long as it takes,” said Boris Pistorius, Germany’s minister of defense.
By Tim Martin
“Ukraine needs to see the light at the end of the tunnel, it needs to feel motivated that one day it will be welcomed into our [NATO] family,” said Czech Republic President Petr Pavel.
By Tim Martin
While far from the official last step for Sweden’s NATO membership, the transmission of Sweden’s Accession Protocol to the Turkish Grand National Assembly all but removes any doubt that the northern European nation will become the alliance’s 32nd member.
By Tim Martin and Aaron Mehta
Analyst Joshua Huminski argues the US should push Europe to become more independent in the defense space, even at the expense of American defense contractors and American influence on the continent more generally.
By Joshua Huminski