ROME — Europe’s three big space operators have announced a merger of their space businesses to take on competitors like Elon Musk’s Starlink. Airbus, Thales and Leonardo will pool their space efforts in a new company employing 25,000 staff with an an annual turnover of about €6.5 billion ($7.5 billion) and a three-year order backlog, the firms said on Thursday.
“The combination is…
Should the Army bring back the Pentomic Division?
October 23, 2025
In the late 1950s, when everyone expected World War III to go nuclear, the U.S. Army had to contemplate operating on a battlefield sprouting atomic fireballs.
This put Army planners in a dilemma. Military theory said that forces had to be concentrated to overwhelm the enemy…
Zelenskyy heads north for possible Swedish arms deal
October 23, 2025
MILAN — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited Sweden on Wednesday to discuss a “defense export,” according to the Swedish government, widely expected to be related to a potential deal involving Gripen fighter jets.
Zelenskyy met with Swedish Prime Minister…
Ukraine unveils upgraded sea drone for Black Sea strike missions
October 23, 2025
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s state security service has unveiled an upgraded sea drone it says can now operate anywhere in the Black Sea, carry heavier weapons and use artificial intelligence for targeting.
Ukraine has used the unmanned naval drones to target Russian shipping and infrastructure in the Black Sea. The Security Service of Ukraine, known by its Ukrainian acronym SBU, has…
In a war, the US Army could destroy China’s ports. Should it?
October 22, 2025
If America goes to war with China, rocketry may be the U.S. Army’s most important contribution. A conflict across the vast Pacific would be waged primarily by air and sea forces, backed by small contingents of ground troops.
But while the Army may not storm Shanghai in a…
Army, Marine Corps vehicles not ready for combat, watchdog finds
October 22, 2025
The majority of ground combat vehicles used by the U.S. Army and Marine Corps are not ready to take part in missions due to a lack of maintenance and shortages of spare parts, warns a congressional watchdog.
Vehicles that regularly fail to meet their expected standards of…
CANJUERS, France — KNDS, the French-German maker of the Leopard tank and Caesar cannon, is mulling a stock market listing to facilitate growth and corporate partnerships, with a potential timing for the middle of next year, according to a company spokesperson.
An initial public offer is one of several options under consideration, with nothing decided for now, KNDS spokesman Gabriel Massoni told…
This ‘Black Hawk Down’ hero is now the namesake of Fort Gordon
October 21, 2025
Nearly 32 years have passed since Master Sgt. Gary I. Gordon handed a rifle and remaining rounds of ammunition to Black Hawk pilot Chief Warrant Officer 4 Michael Durant at the helicopter’s wreckage site, said, “Good luck,” and waded into a sea of swarming Somali…
The Secretary of the Army is working to right an eight-decade wrong.
Last month, Dan Driscoll posthumously promoted seven second-generation Japanese American soldiers, known as Nisei, to the rank of second lieutenant.
The men, all former University of Hawaii Army Reserve…
PARIS — Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and America’s use of economic force to achieve goals signal the end of a world order based on respect of sovereignty and crisis resolution through negotiation, and indicate the resurgence of empires, French Army Chief of Staff Gen. Pierre Schill said.
The world is experiencing a turning point that may be at least equivalent to the end of the Cold War, and…
