"We further found that sustainment in [many Eastern Flank countries] is the real and serious gap: maintenance capabilities, logistical limitations stemming from poor transportation infrastructure ...,” one of the authors of the report told Breaking Defense.
In 2025, Kyiv rose to become the 4th largest importer of Italian military equipment, up from outside the top 10 the year prior, with exports reaching €349 million ($409 million).
As missions stretch farther and comms grow less reliable, predictive software could become the edge that keeps missions afloat.
According to experts, the success of this new sea-air integration setup will create further headaches for Russian kamikaze drones.
NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander Transformation (ACT) Adm. Pierre Vandier told Breaking Defense that lessons from the Ukraine war and the Iran conflict are driving an air surveillance reframe.
Finnish President Alexander Stubb said during his visit to Washington that Ukraine is in a much better place than it has been at any stage of the war thus far.
Defense Minister Hanno said that, given the diminishing battlefield utility of heavy equipment, it is not “reasonable to replace” CV90s over the next decade.
Government can’t stop to update systems, so modernization has to happen without interruptions.
The government-to-government deal is expected to bring Finland's total K9 inventory to over 200 systems.
The plan to oust Roberto Cingolani came only three weeks after the official presented his ambitious 2026-2030 industrial plan in Rome.
"We need an interim tank, that is likely going to be a KNDS Germany or KNDS France platform," said French Armed Forces Minister Catherine Vautrin.
Italy is set to become the first European operator of the TB3, beyond Turkey.
As “dirty” RF and contested environments proliferate, autonomy increasingly depends on resilient positioning.