
Stories by Christina Mackenzie
Wide-ranging document states bold ambition but lacks details for implementation, analysts say.
By Christina Mackenzie
Arquus CEO Emmanuel Levacher said that in order to meet the objectives of the “war-time economy” called for by President Emmanuel Macon, mainly to produce more equipment, faster and cheaper, “we need visibility to enable us to anticipate and would rather have a firm contract to produce one vehicle a month for 30 months than lots of small contracts.”
By Christina Mackenzie
The French military recently narrowed a field of 19 competitors to two in a race for hundreds of small, deadly UAVs.
By Christina Mackenzie
Under pressure from local industry and international allies, the Swiss government is considering measures to relax its rules on the re-export of arms.
By Christina Mackenzie
Gen. Stéphane Mille held a wide-ranging discussion with reporters, talking Ukraine, drones, nuclear deterrence and a new fighter jet strategy.
By Christina Mackenzie
Ukrainian Minister of Defense Oleksii Reznikov traveled to Paris for talks with counterparts, and came away with more firepower.
By Christina Mackenzie
The announcement comes amid reports that the US is close to saying Abrams are Kyiv-bound as well.
By Christina Mackenzie
A big investment in intelligence agencies is a “nice surprise,” a former military intelligence chief told Breaking Defense.
By Christina Mackenzie
Boris Pistorius, a lawyer by trade, has been serving as State Minister of Interior and Sports in the Lower Saxony state government since 2013.
By Christina Mackenzie
France is looking at operating in “higher airspace,” loosely set at between 20-100 km above sea-level, which is too high for aircraft to operate in, too low for satellites to orbit in.
By Christina Mackenzie
“This is a sign the three governments are managing escalation using a ‘boil the frog’ kind of strategy by gradually increasing support to Ukraine not through grand gestures but by adding different pieces of equipment, in intervals,” said analyst Ed Arnold.
By Tim Martin and Christina Mackenzie
One analyst described the final agreement between Dassault and Airbus as clearly a “French victory, a German capitulation.”
By Christina Mackenzie
Under the Ringtausch program, Germany has sent newer equipment to Slovakia, Greece, Slovenia and the Czech Republic, with those countries shifting older gear to Ukraine.
By Christina Mackenzie

Wide-ranging document states bold ambition but lacks details for implementation, analysts say.
By Christina Mackenzie
Arquus CEO Emmanuel Levacher said that in order to meet the objectives of the “war-time economy” called for by President Emmanuel Macon, mainly to produce more equipment, faster and cheaper, “we need visibility to enable us to anticipate and would rather have a firm contract to produce one vehicle a month for 30 months than lots of small contracts.”
By Christina Mackenzie
The French military recently narrowed a field of 19 competitors to two in a race for hundreds of small, deadly UAVs.
By Christina Mackenzie
Under pressure from local industry and international allies, the Swiss government is considering measures to relax its rules on the re-export of arms.
By Christina Mackenzie
Gen. Stéphane Mille held a wide-ranging discussion with reporters, talking Ukraine, drones, nuclear deterrence and a new fighter jet strategy.
By Christina Mackenzie
Ukrainian Minister of Defense Oleksii Reznikov traveled to Paris for talks with counterparts, and came away with more firepower.
By Christina Mackenzie
The announcement comes amid reports that the US is close to saying Abrams are Kyiv-bound as well.
By Christina Mackenzie
A big investment in intelligence agencies is a “nice surprise,” a former military intelligence chief told Breaking Defense.
By Christina Mackenzie
Boris Pistorius, a lawyer by trade, has been serving as State Minister of Interior and Sports in the Lower Saxony state government since 2013.
By Christina Mackenzie
France is looking at operating in “higher airspace,” loosely set at between 20-100 km above sea-level, which is too high for aircraft to operate in, too low for satellites to orbit in.
By Christina Mackenzie
“This is a sign the three governments are managing escalation using a ‘boil the frog’ kind of strategy by gradually increasing support to Ukraine not through grand gestures but by adding different pieces of equipment, in intervals,” said analyst Ed Arnold.
By Tim Martin and Christina Mackenzie
One analyst described the final agreement between Dassault and Airbus as clearly a “French victory, a German capitulation.”
By Christina Mackenzie
Under the Ringtausch program, Germany has sent newer equipment to Slovakia, Greece, Slovenia and the Czech Republic, with those countries shifting older gear to Ukraine.
By Christina Mackenzie