John Cockerill says it is targeting an annual turnover of €1 billion ($1.1 billion) with this acquisition.
By Christina MackenzieFuture inevitability of quantum computers is a security problem today
‘Store Now, Decrypt Later’ attacks must be thwarted now with Zero Trust cybersecurity.
Sebastien Lecornu, the French armed forces minister, said the order “is excellent news for our sovereignty, our security and our armed forces who will benefit from extra Rafales with modernised operational capacities.”
By Christina Mackenzie
Alliance expansion might force Russia to reassess a strategic calculus around a war beyond Ukraine’s borders, but tough questions around just how long Kyiv can defend itself are beginning to be asked.
By Tim Martin
A simmering dispute between London and Berlin over exporting Eurofighter Typhoons to Saudi Arabia could pave the way for Dassault’s rival Rafale offer to succeed, Eric Trappier suggested.
By Christina Mackenzie
The joint effort to get a sixth-gen stealth fighter in the air by 2035 is to be headquartered in the UK, while a Japanese official will be the first program leader.
By Michael Marrow
“France is a power in the Pacific, it’s a power in Europe and it’s a multilateral power, and this is a very important partnership to Australia,” Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong said.
By Colin Clark
Once Brussels joins the program, details about the role it will play at both a funding and an industrial level are expected to be shared.
By Tim Martin
A major overhaul is coming in software for missile warning
Space Systems Command’s FORGE program is the first, major missile-warning software modernization effort in 20 years.
“There is a good working atmosphere and the deliverables are being delivered,” Major General Jean-Luc Moritz said of the French-German-Spanish future fighter system project.
By Christina Mackenzie and Tim Martin “Germany is sticking to the joint [FCAS] project with France and Spain,” said a German MoD spokesperson. “Media reports that Germany is pulling out are false.”
By Tim Martin and Christina Mackenzie
Led by a core team of industry partners including MBDA, Leonardo, Thales, Roxel, Safran and CEA, technology areas are designed to support a variety of use cases which include tactical and deep strike, surface and force protection, and air dominance.
By Andrew White
“They need us, and we need them…” France’s new naval chief of staff, Adm. Nicolas Vaujour, told journalists of Australia and its AUKUS partners.
By Christina Mackenzie
After a high-level meeting, both stressed a separate European Defense Fund effort is no competition for the Main Ground Combat System.
By Christina Mackenzie
Germany is not the first European country to join, but as a political and economic center of the continent, Berlin’s move could convince several others to follow suit.
By Theresa Hitchens
“When you deal with a partner nation (Japan) you have to learn how they’re set up. And, also, in this case there’s obviously a language barrier,” Lt. Col. Jon “Ghost” White, who commands the 366th Air Base Squadron, told Breaking Defense.
By Colin Clark
