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How two SATCOM companies are responding to Starlink’s dominance

Posted by September 15, 2023

LONDON — With SpaceX’s Starlink constellation dominating the space-based communications market, longstanding satellite operators are positioning themselves

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UK armaments director Andy Start readies ‘massive’ acquisition changes

Posted by September 11, 2023

LONDON — Critics complain Britain’s defense procurement effort is broken. Andy Start, the CEO of the Defence Equipment & Support (DE&S) arm of the M

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Rafael inks news deal to put Trophy system on UK’s…

Posted by September 11, 2023

MILAN — An Israeli defense company has signed a contract with the British Defence Ministry for the third and final integration of the Trophy active protection

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UK, Italy, Japan companies eye novel sensor mix for GCAP…

Posted by September 11, 2023

ROME — As the trinational Global Combat Air Program fighter program accelerates, partners Japan, Italy and the U.K. are planning to define the sensor hardware

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British forces to get new rifles designed in the US

Posted by September 7, 2023

LONDON — The British military is turning to the ArmaLite rifle to boost the lethality of some of its specialist forces, according to a deal announced Sept. 7.

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Europe’s PowerPoint panzer: Can Berlin and Paris pull off a…

Posted by September 7, 2023

COLOGNE and STUTTGART, Germany — Tanks had fallen somewhat out of fashion — that is, before Feb. 24, 2022, when Russian tanks lined up to invade Ukraine. Co

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Indonesia buys 12 Anka drones from Turkey’s TAI business

Posted by August 7, 2023

JAKARTA, Indonesia — Indonesia has bought 12 surveillance and reconnaissance drones worth $300 million from Turkish Aerospace Industries to be used by its mil

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Who will defend critical space infrastructure if not the Space…

Posted by July 19, 2023

Recently, the U.S. Navy thwarted Iranian Navy attempts at seizing a few merchant tankers in the Gulf of Oman. During one incident, the U.S. Navy received a dist

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UK defense chief muses about replicating cluster munitions’ edge

Posted by July 13, 2023

MILAN and COLOGNE, Germany — The debate over U.S. cluster munition deliveries to Ukraine has ignited a fresh look in the British military at a capability that

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Lawmaker summons Pentagon official over canceled travel software

Posted by July 3, 2023

WASHINGTON ― The Pentagon’s abrupt decision to cancel a new travel management system meant to replace its antiquated software has drawn scrutiny from the Ho

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