Long before the Middle East was plunged into a new Israel-Gaza conflict, plenty of geopolitical plates had shifted, with major defense deals in the balance.
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Overmatch is fleeting and while traditional acquisitions can’t always keep up with new threats, a different and approved practice can.
The integrated USV system is meant to demonstrate command and control capabilities, and provide marine security features including situational awareness and automatic threat detection.
By Agnes Helou
Terrorist groups have evolved in the past two decades, some growing powerful enough that they are now seeking to transform into political actors.
By Riad Kahwaji
The opening of the base signifies Egypt’s determination to assert itself as a regional naval power with vast capacities and challenge efforts by its competitors like Turkey to expand their area of influence and control oil and gas rich zones of the Mediterranean.
By Chyrine Mezher
It is more of a repositioning rather than a withdrawal and “does not reflect any political orientation similar to the one to withdraw troops from Afghanistan,” strategic expert and political researcher Abdullah Al Jenaid tells Breaking Defense.
By Chyrine Mezher
Over the next few years, attacks against critical infrastructure will continue to be a primary concern as industries figure out the best way to defend against threat actors.
By Chyrine Mezher
Unlike previous conferences designed to provide training, weapons or military hardware, the meeting was centered on finding ways to bolster the cohesion, resilience, and stability of the Lebanese Armed Forces.
By Chyrine Mezher
AI can make logistics data as valuable as intelligence or operational data for mission success
Valuable intelligence insights can be gleaned from logistics or flight-test data when artificial intelligence or machine learning is applied.
While U.S. increases FMF to $120-million, France prepares international conference to assist the Lebanese Armed Forces whose budget was wiped out by collapse of country’s economy.
By Riad Kahwaji
BEIRUT: Egypt’s latest agreement to buy 30 new Rafale jets will open prospects for other arms deals with France, experts tell Breaking Defense. “As part of the same agreement, Egypt will probably acquire additional military equipment including FalconEye observation satellite and A330 multi-role tanker transport (MRTT) aircraft manufactured by Airbus,” military researcher and defense analyst…
By Chyrine Mezher
The deal reinforces the company’s commitment to developing a sustainable knowledge and innovation-based economy in line with the UAE’s Vision 2030, CEO of Abu Dhabi Ship Building told Breaking Defense.
By Chyrine Mezher
Egyptian sources tell Breaking Defense that this may not be the last Rafale purchase. Egypt is now eying the Rafale F4. “We are looking to increase the (overall) number to 72 or 100 units, depending on Egypt’s financial capacity.”
By Chyrine Mezher
Egypt’s geo-strategic location and status as largest Arab power makes it a vital partner to the U.S. military, even with Egyptian diversification policy that includes acquiring Russian jets.
By Riad Kahwaji
“The Saudis might be demonstrating that they can go to other sources and solutions for air defense through building on the worsening of US-Turkish relations, at the heart of which is US unhappiness over Turkish acquisition of the Russian S-400 air defense system,” Yezid Sayegh, senior fellow at the Carnegie Middle East Center, says.
By Chyrine Mezher
“The U.S. continues to systematically state its commitment to the defense of Saudi Arabia so I don’t think arms transfers in general will completely stop,” Yasmine Farouk, Middle East expert at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, says.
By Chyrine Mezher
