Turkish defense firm Aselsan is advancing its Steel Dome system and eyeing potential exports, according to CEO and President Ahmet Akyol. Speaking to Breaking Defense during the 2025 International Defence Exhibition & Conference in Abu Dhabi, Akyol highlighted the system’s potential for sales to its NATO allies and neighboring Gulf nations. Akyol stressed Aselsan’s readiness...
Europe needs a significant military upgrade to defend itself against Russia, irrespective of U.S. involvement, according to a joint report by the European think tank Bruegel and the Kiel Institute for the World Economy. The report outlines that Europe’s immediate priority must be the continued support for Ukraine, whose military currently serves as the most...
Denmark‘s Ministry of Defence has announced the establishment of an Acceleration Fund to increase military spending by $7 billion in 2025 and 2026. The initiative has the support of the Danish government and parties regulating Copenhagen’s defense budget. The ministry said that with this funding, Denmark’s defense budget is expected to exceed 3 percent of...
The European Commission is set to launch the Copernicus Sentinel-4 satellite in the summer of 2025, expanding the Copernicus constellation to support the region’s efforts to combat air pollution. Once deployed, Sentinel-4 will partner with a payload in EUMETSAT’s MTG-Sounder satellite to provide continuous air quality monitoring and meteorological observations. The latest spacecraft to join...
Nokia and EDGE Group subsidiary KATIM have signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate on secure telecommunications networks for defense and mission-critical applications in the United Arab Emirates. Under the agreement, Nokia and KATIM will collaborate on developing and providing military 5G and portable 5G solutions that meet stringent security and reliability requirements for the...
Forward Slope Inc. has secured a $15 million contract from the U.S. Navy Naval Sea Systems Command to deliver a command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance system to enhance maritime domain awareness in support of the Egyptian Navy. FSI, a San Diego-based technology and services provider, outbid four other companies to win this...
U.K. Defence Secretary John Healey said the U.K. and Norwegian governments are looking to forge a new defense agreement to strengthen security in the European region. The announcement was made during Healey’s visit to Norway, where he conferred with Norwegian Defence Minister Tore Sandvik in the High North near the Russian border. The British defense...
Milrem Robotics, EM&E Group and Thales Belgium have signed a memorandum of understanding to pursue defense robotics opportunities in the United Arab Emirates. The agreement will initially focus on combining EM&E’s SECUTOR remote weapon station and Thales’ 70 mm rocket systems with Milrem’s THeMIS unmanned ground vehicle. Thales said the integration seeks to enhance THeMIS’...
NATO’s air force capability coalition has advised Sweden to postpone sending Saab’s JAS 39 Gripen multirole fighter jets to Ukraine until after the deployment of F-16s in the country is implemented, a defense ministry official told Breaking Defense on Wednesday. The alliance requested the delay to avoid overloading Ukrainian pilots with different aircraft types, which...
The European Commission is poised to act on proposals aimed at relaxing budget rules to enable European Union member states to boost defense spending, according to Executive Vice President Valdis Dombrovskis. Ahead of a meeting of EU finance ministers in Brussels, Dombrovskis emphasized that the EC plans to work on specific modalities in the coming...
