Reflecting on the decision to add the six MRSS vessels to 22 other Royal Navy ships on order or in build, UK defence secretary Grant Shapps said, “this is a golden age for British shipbuilding.”
By Tim MartinAI 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.
Canadian Defence Minister Bill Blair said his German counterpart approached him about joining the German-Norwegian submarine package.
By Aaron Mehta and Justin Katz
Pål Jonson said if a “concrete proposal” was presented for allied countries to send personnel, Sweden would “take it into review.”
By Justin Katz
Andrei Belousov will be the third in a series of Russian Defense Ministers with no military experience and no background in national security matters.
By Reuben Johnson
The various suppliers were all picked to join a Hypersonic Technologies and Capability Development Framework (HTCDF) agreement, making them eligible to compete for eight lots worth a maximum value of £1 billion ($1.3 billion) over the next seven years.
By Tim Martin
The national security advisor to the Estonian president is the latest NATO nation official to weigh into the debate over the wisdom of foreign forces in Ukraine, while a senior British officer said it’s still “not a path that the [UK] Prime Minister wants to go down.”
By Lee Ferran
Three four-star US Army generals this week weighed in with their opinions about finding the right balance between conventional and high-tech munitions – but the answers aren’t easy.
By Ashley Roque
Military innovation and savings: Go commercial
DoD uses FAR Part 12 acquisitions to save hundreds of millions of dollars in “of a type” systems like civil landing systems with applicability to military aircraft.
Terms of the acquisition include the shipbuilder paying a fixed fee of €300 million ($323 million), and “based on certain growth assumptions,” an additional €115 ($124 million) directly relating to performance of the underwater armaments business this year.
By Tim Martin
German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius encouraged allies, including the US, to “arrive” at military expenditure of 3 percent GDP – though declined to put forward a timeline for such change to occur.
By Tim Martin
The head of the Estonian Scouts, among the first who would be called to fend off an invasion, said the “biggest part that’s going to change” is how the unit fights with and against drones.
By Lee Ferran
NATO has established eight different capability coalitions designed to get critical systems or ammo into Ukrainian hands quickly. Here’s a deep dive into how they’re all faring.
By Tim Martin
Though Estonia’s chief of defense told Breaking Defense the idea has fallen by the wayside, a key lawmaker in Tallinn said it’s time to consider a “coalition of the willing” to go into Ukraine.
By Lee Ferran
“We do have indications that this was the suspected work of a malign actor and we cannot rule out state involvement,” Grant Shapps, UK defense secretary told lawmakers.
By Tim Martin
Gen. Micael Byden, Supreme Ccmmander of Sweden’s military, sat down with Breaking Defense during a recent visit to Washington.
By Aaron Mehta
