If all options are exercised under the contract, the European nations will buy a combined total of 1,000 Patriot Guidance Enhanced Missiles (GEM-T), according to manufacturer RTX.
By Tim MartinThe restart will involve BAE Systems UK and US-based supply chain, and first deliveries are expected in 2025.
By Tim MartinBreaking Defense counts policy-makers, defense practitioners and industry titans among its dedicated readership, but we’re not above enjoying a broader appeal from time to time.
By Lee FerranOnce entry has been approved, Stockholm is widely expected to make a substantial military contribution to NATO, especially across air and sea domains.
By Tim MartinRussia also turned to the Middle East in November, pitching up at the Dubai Air Show to drum up business, and though no orders or contracts were publicly announced, an industrial presence featuring some of the country’s leading defense companies made a lasting impression.
By Tim MartinAn administration official said it’s “very central to our strategy” to think about “how do we take that next step in disrupting Russia’s attempts to be able to produce the weapons systems, the industrial goods that it needs to prosecute its war?”
By Lee FerranThe Army spent 2023 looking for ways to refill its weapon stockpiles, preparing for future conflicts and welcoming a new chief.
By Ashley RoqueAlliance 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 MartinIn 2023, the US Army eyed ways to better support troops in the Indo-Pacific region, and ways to restructure its formations for the future.
By Ashley RoqueLong before the Middle East was plunged into a new Israel-Gaza conflict, plenty of geopolitical plates had shifted, with major defense deals in the balance.
By Agnes HelouThe report offers up a detailed account of the high cost the US is likely to pay for “allowing Russia to win” in Ukraine, largely based around the Pentagon forced into bolstering defense and deterrence against a “renewed” Russian threat.
By Tim MartinThe task “will be unlike any previous former battle zone,” Henrik Faerch, CEO of the Danish mine clearing firm Damasec, told Breaking Defense.
By Reuben JohnsonTactics and technology advance so fast that a drone that’s cutting-edge today will be obsolescent in two months, Ukrainian and NATO officers say.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.Bruno Even, CEO of Airbus Helicopters said the company “will ensure” the helicopters are delivered against Germany’s tight program schedule, which includes a first aircraft delivery next year.
By Tim Martin