All domain C2, data sharing key for Talisman Sabre: US 3-star

All domain C2, data sharing key for Talisman Sabre: US 3-star
All domain C2, data sharing key for Talisman Sabre: US 3-star

The new Combined Joint Network Operations Security Center (CJ-NOSC) “gives us the ability [to] collaborate along with our partners, which hasn’t existed before,” US Lt. Gen. Xavier Brunson, commander of Army I Corps, told Breaking Defense.

New missiles, radars: French and Italian Horizon-class frigates to receive $1.6B mid-life upgrades

New missiles, radars: French and Italian Horizon-class frigates to receive $1.6B mid-life upgrades
New missiles, radars: French and Italian Horizon-class frigates to receive $1.6B mid-life upgrades

“The [Horizon-class] ships as they are right now, do not have an anti-ballistic missile defense capability, so that is the main improvement,” Enrico Gottardo, Bids Director at Naviris, told Breaking Defense.

All-Domain operations key focus of vast Aussie Talisman Sabre exercise

All-Domain operations key focus of vast Aussie Talisman Sabre exercise
All-Domain operations key focus of vast Aussie Talisman Sabre exercise

“We’ve just seen an awesome demonstration of firepower here, from different weapons platforms, from different nations. But importantly, all used the same battlefield command and Strategy Center to aim for those targets,” Lt. Gen. Greg Bilton, the Australian Defence Force’s chief of joint operations, said.

India, France increase defense ties with new Rafale jet and submarine buys

India, France increase defense ties with new Rafale jet and submarine buys
India, France increase defense ties with new Rafale jet and submarine buys

As part of Modi’s visit to France, the two countries released a document entitled “Horizon 2047,” about the future collaboration between the two sides — including on defense issues. 

For its own long-term security, US must support a more autonomous European defense

For its own long-term security, US must support a more autonomous European defense
For its own long-term security, US must support a more autonomous European defense

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.

‘Deepening’ Russia-China partnership ‘to stay for the foreseeable future,’ Japanese diplomat warns

‘Deepening’ Russia-China partnership ‘to stay for the foreseeable future,’ Japanese diplomat warns
‘Deepening’ Russia-China partnership ‘to stay for the foreseeable future,’ Japanese diplomat warns

Tamaki Tsukada, chargé d’affaires at the embassy of Japan to the US, downplayed the tussle over a Pacific NATO office but said Indo-Pacific democracies and Western nations must tighten their own ties.

Lebanese navy kicks off maritime Resolute Union drill, with US advisors and new participants

Lebanese navy kicks off maritime Resolute Union drill, with US advisors and new participants
Lebanese navy kicks off maritime Resolute Union drill, with US advisors and new participants

The drill won’t include US naval assets, but American trainers are on hand to advise the Lebanon-led exercise series.

France’s Frankensub: How a damaged nuclear sub was repaired with leftover parts

France’s Frankensub: How a damaged nuclear sub was repaired with leftover parts
France’s Frankensub: How a damaged nuclear sub was repaired with leftover parts

As a result of the procedure, the Perle is now 75 meters long, more than a meter longer than it was pre-surgery.

Neutral nations Austria and Switzerland agree to join European Sky Shield Initiative

Neutral nations Austria and Switzerland agree to join European Sky Shield Initiative
Neutral nations Austria and Switzerland agree to join European Sky Shield Initiative

Switzerland made clear that it will “examine” areas where co-operation can be strengthened, with a plan to specifically address information exchange and training for the US-made Patriot air defense system, of which it ordered five units in June 2021. 

What is MBDA’s ‘Expendable Remote Carrier,’ the unmanned aide for the SCAF next-gen fighter?

What is MBDA’s ‘Expendable Remote Carrier,’ the unmanned aide for the SCAF next-gen fighter?
What is MBDA’s ‘Expendable Remote Carrier,’ the unmanned aide for the SCAF next-gen fighter?

The 400 kilogram, four-meter-long carrier “could be launched from any platform: an aircraft, a ship, a submarine, a vehicle or a drone,” MBDA’s Jean Judde de Larivière said.

Belgium to join Franco-German-Spanish SCAF next gen fighter effort

Belgium to join Franco-German-Spanish SCAF next gen fighter effort
Belgium to join Franco-German-Spanish SCAF next gen fighter effort

In addition to Brussels’s nascent inclusion in the fighter project, the French president revealed other, major joint weapons investments.

New French drone, Aarok, unveiled at Paris Air Show

New French drone, Aarok, unveiled at Paris Air Show
New French drone, Aarok, unveiled at Paris Air Show

Patrick Gaillard, director general of the company, told Breaking Defense that the prototype “was finished just a few weeks ago and hasn’t yet flown.”

Onera, France’s DARPA, bets on Espadon hypersonic fighter concept for 2050 flight

Onera, France’s DARPA, bets on Espadon hypersonic fighter concept for 2050 flight
Onera, France’s DARPA, bets on Espadon hypersonic fighter concept for 2050 flight

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.

FCAS? SCAF? Tempest? Explaining Europe’s sixth-generation fighter efforts

FCAS? SCAF? Tempest? Explaining Europe’s sixth-generation fighter efforts
FCAS? SCAF? Tempest? Explaining Europe’s sixth-generation fighter efforts

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.