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UUVs: Three Areas to Watch in 2024

Jan. 19, 2024
WASHINGTON --- 2023 marked a significant year in the development and application of unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs). The defense sector saw several...
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WASHINGTON --- Budget delays persist in Washington, and lawmakers are now working on a third stopgap spending measure to prevent a partial government ...
PARIS --- Arquus and Nexter, French vehicle builders, have signed a contract worth €15 million ($16 million) to conduct a “pre-design” study for a light...
A Panama-flagged cargo ship navigating the Black Sea on its way to a Danube River port to load grain, a crucial export commodity for war-hit Ukraine, ...
LONDON --- Defence Analysis will hold its mitts up straightaway: what we outline here is very much what might be called, “the right of arc”, the extreme...
PARIS --- In a keynote speech delivered at the “Gesellschaft für die Sicherheitspolitik” conference on Nov. 27, the chairman of the Germany's conservative...
PARIS --- The campaign for the Presidential election has begun in Indonesia, and the first political debate between the three candidates has not eluded...
WASHINGTON --- On November 19, the Bahamas-flagged commercial vessel Galaxy Leader was boarded via helicopter and hijacked before being taken to the...
PARIS --- The examination of the 2024 Budget has given French senators the opportunity to again distance themselves from two military programs being...
“War has returned to Europe. Germany and its allies once again confront a military threat. The international order is being attacked in Europe and around...
The Russo-Ukrainian War has shattered the perception that Vladimir Putin is the leader of a military superpower. In nearly two years of fighting, Russia...
WASHINGTON --- The White House has been increasingly pressuring Congress to pass stalled legislation to support Ukraine's war against Russia, saying...
The U.S. Navy submarine force structure calls for 66 SSN attack submarines (all classes) with a remote possibility of up to 72 SSNs. The projected...
Days after announcing his decision to run in the March 2024 presidential elections, Russian President Vladimir Putin visited the navy shipyard in the ...
WARSAW --- The high growth of sales registered by local defence firms is driven by the war in Ukraine, growing defence budgets, and the military...
After a challenging FY23, ThyssenKrupp has laid the groundwork for a transformed company in the year ahead. For the company’s 2023 fiscal year ended...
As the war in Ukraine nears the two-year mark, the frontlines have been defined by increasing stagnancy as the Ukrainian counteroffensive collides with...
PARIS --- France in 2022 won arms export orders worth an “exceptional” €26.97 billion ($28.79 billion), more than double the €11.72 billion booked in ...
PARIS --- A series of recent newspaper articles (notably The Times, Financial Times and Forbes) has claimed that Germany is ready to lift its ban on...
PARIS --- “An exceptional threat to the essential interests of defense and national security." These pretty strong and scary words were used to justify...
PARIS --- Several key submarine competitions are being held hostage by upcoming general elections in several countries. High stakes also deeply depend...
Switzerland's government on Wednesday gave final approval to export 25 Leopard 2 battle tanks back to Germany, re-selling them to the original manufacturer...
MUNICH, Germany --- Europe’s Future Combat Air System (FCAS) will see next-generation manned jets flying alongside unmanned remotely piloted carriers ...
PARIS --- “The war economy isn’t just a slogan” said Sebastien Lecornu, the French Minister of Defense, during an official visit to Nexter’s factory in...
PARIS --- For many decades, the position of defence minister in Germany was the worst in government, with the promise of being side-lined and ultimately...
As the world faces another full-scale war in the Middle East, and the Ukraine conflict continues with little sign of conclusion, lurking beneath the...
PARIS --- No corvettes, no submarines, but 32 F-35 as the top priority. Nothing from Europe, but top priority to the United States: this briefly sums ...
Some have lost a limb or their life, others their freedom. But in multiple cases, Russian contract soldiers and their families have received none of the...
PARIS --- Recent data published by the Polish Ministry of Finance show that defence policy is creating massive and accelerated debt, giving the impression...
SEOUL --- In a high-stakes race, South and North Korea are vying for success in launching their first homegrown military spy satellites, backed respectively...
The Space Force finds itself constrained at the start of FY24, as a continuing resolution stands in the way of planned growth for both the fledgling...
Pentagon leaders sold the concept of the F-35 to Congress and the American people by saying it would be an affordable replacement for the F-16 in the ...
On October 24th, a People’s Republic of China (PRC) J-11 fighter came within 10 feet of a U.S. B-52 bomber during an intercept in international airspace...
JERUSALEM --- Since Israel activated the Iron Dome in 2011, the cutting-edge rocket-defense system has intercepted thousands of rockets fired from the...
WARSAW --- A historic parliamentary election took place in Poland on 15 October with a record turnout of 74.4%, the highest since the fall of communism...
PARIS --- Symbol of the “Turkish new century” and the expansion of its defence industry on the export markets, the UAV (SiHA in Turkish) TB2, masterminded...
The MGM-140 ATACMS (Army Tactical Missile System) has entered combat, again. This time, the ATACMS is making its first appearance in Ukraine. This is ...
PARIS --- This past week, the German aerospace lobby (BDLI) and its current president, Airbus Defense and Space CEO Michael Schöllhorn, recalled that ...
Ukraine is ramping up its counter-offensive just as the US announces it has completed delivery of 31 M1 Abrams tanks ahead of schedule. Ukrainian tank...
Over $9 billion will be spent into the next decade on the Joint All-Domain Command and Control (JADC2) program, a sweeping R&D effort of the U.S. ...
PARIS --- Since 2018, Hungary has become the Eldorado of Rheinmetall: year after year, the Düsseldorf-based defence group has clinched at least eight ...
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