PARIS — French defense export orders had their second-best year ever in 2024, rising to more than €18 billion (US$18.6 billion) on demand for Rafale fighter jets and submarines, Armed Forces Minister Sébastien Lecornu told troops in his traditional New Year’s address in Paris on Tuesday.
Lecornu called for 2025 to be a new record year, driven by france defense exports of surface vessels…
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — A U.S. Navy warship will make a port call next week in Cambodia, China’s close ally in Southeast Asia, the first such visit in eight years, according to a Cambodian statement Friday.
Cambodia’s Ministry of National Defense said the littoral…
US Army unit in Poland the first to field new rocket system
January 6, 2025
A Germany-based artillery brigade is now the first Army unit fully equipped with the service’s next-generation Multiple Launch Rocket System.
In November, soldiers with the 41st Field Artillery Brigade in Grafenwoehr, Germany, completed the replacement of their legacy…
Soldiers with the 10th Mountain Division, which is currently deployed in Romania, recently became the first Army unit to field the service’s newest reconnaissance drones. The 317th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, out of Fort Drum, New York, employed the Skydio and GhostX systems during training operations at Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base, Romania, according to an Army…
The Air Force will set a new path for how it will fight air wars during the first year of the next Donald Trump presidency, which will have ramifications for decades to come. The Air Force struggled for much of 2024 to figure out how — and even whether — to proceed with…
The Navy and Air Force are now cleared to resume flying their grounded V-22 Ospreys after conducting inspections on a crucial gearbox in the tiltrotor aircraft, and some are already back in the air.
The military temporarily stopped flying some Ospreys on Dec. 9 after a near…
Outgoing Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall on Thursday downplayed Elon Musk’s recent pronouncements that crewed fighters are obsolete in the era of drones, and suggested the billionaire industrialist learn more about the military.
“I have a lot of respect for Elon Musk as an engineer,” Kendall said during a webcast with the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies. “He’s not a…
Army, Navy conduct key hypersonic missile test
December 18, 2024
The Army and Navy on Thursday completed a successful all-up round test of the Common Hypersonic Glide Body, potentially paving the way for the services to begin fielding the long-awaited system.
The glide body was developed jointly between the two services. The Army plans to…
WARSAW, Poland — Polish Defense Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz has signed a deal to purchase an undisclosed number of MQ-9B Sky Guardian drones for the Polish Armed Forces. The new unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) will be part of the military’s new component to be…
Defense firms follow Lithuania’s allure of making ammo sans red tape
December 18, 2024
MILAN — Lithuania’s offer to lower administrative hurdles for foreign defense companies seeking to set up shop in the Baltic state has found several takers in major Western defense manufacturers.
The response comes after the Lithuanian government approved new legal amendments aimed at simplifying and shortening the procedures required for international companies to build local plants for…
