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.
By Colin Clark“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.
By Tim Martin“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.
By Colin ClarkAs 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.
By Christina MackenzieTamaki 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.
By Justin KatzThe drill won’t include US naval assets, but American trainers are on hand to advise the Lebanon-led exercise series.
By Agnes HelouAs a result of the procedure, the Perle is now 75 meters long, more than a meter longer than it was pre-surgery.
By Christina MackenzieSwitzerland 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.
By Tim MartinThe 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.
By Christina MackenzieIn addition to Brussels’s nascent inclusion in the fighter project, the French president revealed other, major joint weapons investments.
By Christina MackenziePatrick Gaillard, director general of the company, told Breaking Defense that the prototype “was finished just a few weeks ago and hasn’t yet flown.”
By Christina MackenzieAn 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 MartinIn 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
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