Adm. Ben Key, First Sea Lord of the Royal Navy, made his comments hours after Sweden stated that an undersea telecommunications cable between Sweden and Estonia had been damaged.
By Tim MartinModernizing our supply chain is a national security imperative
Closing supply chain gaps in innovating technology will reposition the industrial base to be a strategic source of value.
While the new Russian satellite didn’t get super close to any others, its behavior “could be considered unfriendly,” said Slingshot’s Audrey Schaffer, who until recently served as the director of space policy at the National Security Council.
By Theresa Hitchens
“A specific step was to start negotiations with the aim of achieving the lowest possible price and at the same time the shortest possible delivery date,” said Jana Cernochova, Czech Republic’s minister of defense.
By Tim Martin
Army acquisition chief Doug Bush said in the future the service’s LASSO drone program will see “entry points for other vendors, potentially, because there’s so much innovation in that space.”
By Ashley Roque
US Army Special Operations Command’s Lt. Gen. Jonathan Braga credits successful information operations with the defection of 17,000 Russian soldiers.
By Lee Ferran
The agreement between FMV and BAE Systems Hägglunds signals the “implementation of a preliminary contractual design,” representing the “first step to defining the configuration and program of the combat vehicles that will replace the Combat Vehicle 9040C donated to Ukraine.”
By Andrew White
“If we have to do like most of America does, and tighten our belts a little bit, we may have to push a project or two to the left,” Marion Whicker, Army Materiel Command’s executive deputy to the commanding general, told Breaking Defense.
By Ashley Roque
New Army mounted system won’t play favorites when it comes to C5ISR, EW and A-PNT
The CMOSS Mounted Form Factor will facilitate tech insertion for new capabilities while co-existing with the Mounted Family of Computer Systems.
“What we’re seeing now is that the current war in Ukraine illustrates that we need to be capable of staying in the fight for a longer duration and that requires volume,” Lars Lervik, chief of staff of the Norwegian Army, told Breaking Defense.
By Tim Martin
Morten Brandtaeg, CEO of Norway’s Nammo, said that 10- to 15-year production contracts should be agreed “because that’s what it takes” to sustain industry investments.
By Tim Martin
Stockholm has instructed the Swedish Armed Forces to “thoroughly” analyze and report on the impact of “defence capabilities, defence economy and other defence activities and planning,” relating to the supply of Gripens to Kyiv.
By Tim Martin
The move comes as any further Ukraine aid on Capitol Hill is snarled by yesterday’s votes to remove Kevin McCarthy as speaker of the House.
By Justin Katz
“We’re cognizant of the fact Russia is retaking a lot of positions that they used to have in the Arctic,” said Pål Jonson, Sweden’s defense minister. “There is a degree of militarization…and we have to respond to that.”
By Tim Martin
Ukraine has said it will use the US-made tanks sparingly, and analysts told Breaking Defense they’re unlikely to make an immediate strategic impact — unless there’s a breakthrough.
By Tim Martin
The Defense Intelligence Agency previously took the lead on reporting Russia’s use of Iranian weapon systems in Ukraine.
By Lee Ferran
