NATO’s Communications and Information Agency supported the first cyber readiness test at Exercise Dynamic Mariner 25. During the two-week event, NCIA cyber experts and NATO’s Rapid Reaction Team defended exercise networks against simulated cyber threats in real time. Cyberattack Simulation NATO said the agency fielded personnel from its Communications and Information Systems services support unit...
The U.K. Defence Science and Technology Laboratory has completed testing the capability of several designs for a hypersonic’s future propulsion system. Done in collaboration with the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory, Britain’s Hypersonic Weapons Programme aims to equip warfighters with hypersonic weapon technology by 2030, providing them with an operational advantage. “This milestone represents a...
The European Commission has approved Safran USA’s acquisition of a portion of the actuation business from RTX’s Collins Aerospace, but it has imposed specific conditions to address competition concerns. After being notified in February, the Commission investigated in collaboration with the U.K. Competition and Markets Authority and the U.S. Department of Justice. The investigation revealed...
Norway has proposed acquiring 24 additional K9 Thunder self-propelled howitzers as part of a $1.6 billion rearmament initiative to modernize its armed forces. According to the government, the new batch of 155 mm units will form a new artillery battalion within the planned Finnmark Brigade near the Russian border. Army Recognition reports that the move...
The U.K. Defence Science and Technology Laboratory and Australia’s Defence Science and Technology Group have agreed to synthesize their capabilities in modular technology to jointly develop advanced subsystems for weapons at reduced costs. Under the partnership, the two organizations will integrate Dstl’s Modular Weapons Testbed concept with the plug-and-launch modular technology of DSTG’s SHARKTOOTH small...
Thales Alenia Space has secured a $56.4 million contract to help extend the operational life of the European Satellite-Based Augmentation System, or EGNOS. Under the Life Extension Phase 1 contract, awarded by the European Union Agency for the Space Programme, the company will support critical system upgrades and infrastructure improvement efforts, particularly initiatives that would...
QinetiQ featured its Banshee Whirlwind unmanned aerial vehicle at a live-fire exercise, Exercise Sharpshooter, to test the capability of the United Kingdom’s Type 45 destroyer HMS Dauntless to shoot down a drone swarm. The Banshee Whirlwind UAV is fitted with the company’s proprietary CASPA payload for enhanced stabilization and digital autopilot. Integrated GPS and digital...
Six Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft from the British Royal Air Force have joined Gripen jet fighters from the Swedish Air Force for their first NATO enhanced air policing mission since Sweden joined the alliance in 2024. The U.K. government said the RAF jets arrived in Poland on Wednesday to team up with their Swedish counterparts in...
French Armed Forces Minister Sebastien Lecornu said France wants a new iteration of the European Union’s Act in Support of Ammunition Production, Defense News reported. The European Commission provided $540 million in funding ASAP to boost the supply of defense material among European allies. Lecornu disclosed Paris’ call for a new ASAP-like program in a...
Greece has announced a $27 billion defense modernization plan over the next decade, focusing on advanced warfare technologies. According to an AP News report, Defense Minister Nikos Dendias said a key element of the overhaul is the Achilles Shield air defense system, developed primarily in response to regional tensions with Turkey. He added that Greece...
