France to increase defense spending by $42 billion, mulls new tank effort
"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.
France sets up ‘urgent’ $9.8B munitions top-up package
Paris also plans to launch a new platform dubbed France Munitions to act as a wholesale buyer of weapons for both the French Armed Forces and export customers.
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Germany marks April deadline to rescue FCAS fighter project from collapse: Reports
Amid an intense row between Airbus and Dassault over New Generation Fighter leadership and workshare, it remains to be seen how a compromise could unfold.
Iran conflict shines a light on UK’s ‘stretched’ naval capabilities: Analysts
As France sends armada to aid in defensive operations, Britain opts for a much lighter maritime footprint – by choice or necessity.
Europe leads global arms imports market as demand surges: SIPRI report
Ukraine, Poland and the United Kingdom were the three biggest European weapon system importers between 2021 and 2025, said SIPRI.
‘New status quo’: Germany reaches for European conventional military dominance
Analysts noted that after decades of underinvestment, Berlin is flipping the script by moving ahead with a seismic increase in defense spending, set to hit a high mark in 2029 of €150 billion a year.
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Macron calls to increase French nuclear arsenal, team with Germany and others on ‘deterrent’
"We cannot be satisfied with our current trajectory and I owe the nation the absolute assurance that our nuclear deterrence remains credible," French President Emmanuel Macron said.
‘SCAF is dead’: Sixth-gen Franco-German fighter is all but over, officials and analysts say
Comments from German Chancellor Friedrich Merz may represent the unofficial pulling of the plug on the effort to produce a sixth-gen fighter for France, Germany and Spain
FCAS may survive, but next-gen fighter negotiations all but dead: Industry source
The idea of a Franco-German-Spanish sixth-gen fighter is all but dead, an industry source said on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference.
Top German labor union, aerospace group call for FCAS pullout in another blow to program
The longer industry problems persist, the greater the risk of delay or outright breakup for the Franco-German-Spanish fighter program.
Breaking Defense announces Breaking Defense Europe, a new, distinct, European edition
Breaking Defense Europe will launch May 4 with Tim Martin and Elisabeth Gosselin-Malo as co-editors.
‘Preparing for war:’ At French naval conference, a grim realism
France and its allies need to consider the reality that high-intensity conflict is likely in the near future, top officials said this week.
Sweden weighs Franco-British nuclear weapons cooperation
"I say that when we joined NATO, we are fully involved in all discussions, including those in Europe revolving around nuclear weapons," Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said.
France taps Loft Orbital to develop nation’s first ‘sovereign’ SAR satellite
The program is aimed at providing "a critical technology for the armed forces and for France’s strategic autonomy," according to Loft's announcement today.
Europe’s time to shine in space? 2026 preview
Germany is sprinting to pump up its military space systems, perhaps changing the balance of power in setting European-wide priorities.