The Center for Strategic and International Studies has released a report recommending that the United States and South Korea develop a new mechanism to advance their cyber defense cooperation. According to the study, cyber defense cooperation options are limited under the two countries’ Mutual Defense Treaty, as currently being pursued through the U.S.-South Korea Strategic...
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Opinion: Europe Must Replicate NATO Model to Ensure Defense, Tech Competitiveness
Europe needs to emulate NATO’s approach to establishing a competitive sovereign defense and technology sector, Wendy Anderson and Martijn Rasser wrote in an opinion piece on Breaking Defense. Anderson is a national security leader with over two decades of experience, most recently as a senior vice president at Palantir and previously chief of staff at...
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France Asks FCAS Partners to Rethink Project Work-Sharing
France has asked Germany and Spain to reconsider the industrial work-sharing on the Future Combat Air System project, the French Directorate General for Armament told Defense News on Wednesday. The proposal aims to keep the project on schedule for a next-generation fighter to enter service in 2040. According to the defense procurement agency, the program...
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UK and France Forge New Defense Agreement for Advanced Weaponry Development
The United Kingdom and France have signed an agreement to increase the procurement of MBDA’s Storm Shadow cruise missiles. Known as SCALP in France, the Storm Shadow is a low-observable, long-range air-launched missile derived from the French Apache anti-runway missile. As part of this defense industrial cooperation, production lines at Stevenage will be upgraded, boosting stockpiles...
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Netherlands, Norway F-35s to Support Airspace Monitoring in Eastern Europe
The Netherlands has confirmed that some of its F-35 fighter jets will join their counterparts from Norway to support a NATO command. The Potomac Officers Club’s 2025 GovCon International Summit on Oct. 16 will bring together leaders from the U.S. military, government and commercial sectors to discuss the challenges of global cooperation in defense amid...
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Dell Technologies Issues Recommendations for EU AI Action Plan
Dell Technologies has released a strategic blueprint with recommendations for the European Union to prepare the deployment of an artificial intelligence action plan. The document, titled “Dell Technologies Blueprint for Making Europe an AI Continent,” outlines suggestions to establish Europe as a leader in the responsible rollout of AI-enabled solutions. “This is a defining moment,”...
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Saab CEO: Europe Needs Its Own Golden Dome
Europe needs its own version of President Donald Trump’s Golden Dome project to allow the region to gain a sovereign integrated enemy cell defense system with short-, medium- and long-range capabilities, said Saab CEO and President Micael Johansson. In an interview with Time during the recently concluded Shangri-La Security Dialogue in Singapore, Johansson expressed his...
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US, South Korea, Japan, Belgium Participate in Red Flag-Alaska 25-2
Airmen from Belgium, Japan, South Korea and the United States participated in a recently concluded multinational flight operations exercise to improve interoperability and ensure combat readiness. Held for two weeks at Eielson Air Force Base in Alaska, the Red Flag-Alaska 25-2 military exercise involved over 1,500 service members and about 70 aircraft. Throughout the training,...
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UN Set to Form Space Situational Awareness Expert Group
The United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space has approved a proposal from the United Arab Emirates to create an expert group on space situational awareness. The UAE’s plan, which was submitted to the committee in February, got the green light during a COPUOS meeting in Vienna last week, according to an...
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Australia to Acquire Additional RTX Missiles Under $2.12B Investment
Australia has committed to acquiring up to $2.12 billion in additional stocks of advanced medium-range missiles, improving the Australian Defence Force’s aerial strike and defense capabilities as laid out in Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s 2024 National Defence Strategy. The purchase will be made through the United States’ Foreign Military Sales program. The Ministry of Defence...