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 MartinNew 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.
Asked about the timeline floated by an L3Harris official, a NATO spokesperson told Breaking Defense the alliance is still assessing “the way ahead.”
By Tim Martin
Poland is underway with a massive spending spree to modernize its military, from tanks to surveillance planes.
By Lee Ferran
“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 Rumors suggested Poland would purchase Saab’s GlobalEye, but for now Warsaw is buying an older model.
By Bartosz Głowacki
A Boeing official tells Breaking Defense that the company is making strides on issues around the training jet’s ejection seat.
By Michael Marrow
The new contracts between the two sides build on a series of land based orders signed together since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, including “several thousand” Next generation Light Anti-tank Weapon (NLAW) systems and Carl-Gustaf M4 recoilless rifles.
By Tim Martin
Modernizing our supply chain is a national security imperative
Closing supply chain gaps in innovating technology will reposition the industrial base to be a strategic source of value.
From Gripen fighters to MANPADS, the Swedish firm sees “this [period] as just the beginning of defense spending increases in Europe,” said CEO and President Micael Johansson.
By Tim Martin
Boeing, which bid aggressively to win the Red Hawk contract in 2018, has paid the price of its fixed-cost structure, which a company spokesperson said has amounted to approximately $1.1 billion in charges.
By Michael Marrow
The companies hope their intercontinental partnership will expand sales of their own jets and increase collaboration on existing orders.
By Michael Marrow
“I would say that maybe in the last quarter we started seeing some effects specifically from the tragic war in Ukraine,” said Saab CEO Micael Johansson.
By Tim Martin
The NLAW system offers protection against main battle tanks that can be targeted at a range up to 800 meters.
By Tim Martin
The scramble rate of Hungarian Gripen fighter jets has not changed significantly since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, though all number of Russian aircraft have been intercepted, Hungarian commander says.
By Tim Martin
“Our decision to select this option is based on the analysis by the Czech Armed Forces, which clearly articulates that only the most advanced fifth generation fighters will be able to meet mission requirements in future battlefields,” Czech Defence Minister Jana Černochová said.
By Valerie Insinna
