Representatives of United Nations-adjacent disarmament agencies have highlighted the benefits of and concerns over the accessibility of artificial intelligence, unmanned systems and other emerging technologies. On the sidelines of a recent meeting of the United Nations General Assembly’s First Committee, Hong Li of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons highlighted how large language...
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US Approves Possible $105M Sale of Military Air Traffic Radars to Poland
The U.S. Department of State has greenlit a potential sale of mobile ground control approach systems to Poland worth an estimated $105 million. Poland seeks to purchase GCA systems with UHF radios, interrogators, test equipment, navigation tools, spare parts and technical documents. Training and other logistical and program support are also part of the package....
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Canada Needs to Double Defense Spending to Meet NATO Target by 2032
The Canadian government has committed to achieving NATO’s military spending target of 2 percent of gross domestic product by 2032, but the Office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer, or PBO, said defense spending would need to reach $58.79 billion – twice the projected amount for 2024 to 2025 – to meet the target. Canada’s defense...
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SpaceRISE Wins EU Satellite Contract Offer
SpaceRISE, a consortium comprising Eutelsat, Hispasat and SES, has secured a concession contract offer on the European Union’s multi-orbit satellite connectivity system. The European Commission said the consortium’s contract tasks for the EU’s Infrastructure for Resilience, Interconnectivity and Security by Satellite, or IRIS², will tap the services of a core team of subcontractors composed of Thales...
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Israeli Company Rafael to Equip Germany’s Leopard 2 Tanks With TROPHY Active Protection System
Israeli defense technology company Rafael Advanced Defense Systems will provide its TROPHY active protection system to Germany for installation on its fleet of Leopard 2 tanks historically manufactured by Krauss-Maffei Wegmann. On Wednesday, the two countries’ defense ministries inaugurated the first of the tanks to be equipped with the APS. The installation, part of an...
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Australia Taps Thales as Strategic Partner for Ammunition Production
The Australian government has selected Thales Australia as one of its strategic partners under the newly published Australian Guided Weapons and Explosive Ordnance Plan. As a key collaborator, the company will help boost the country’s defense capabilities, particularly in enhancing Defence Australia’s GWEO stockpile, strengthening domestic munition manufacturing and supply chain, and speeding up the...
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UK Increases Defense Budget to $3.7B to Continue Support for Ukraine, Meet NATO Commitments
Rachel Reeves, the United Kingdom’s chief financial minister, has announced a $3.7 billion increase to the U.K. Ministry of Defence’s budget in 2025, Breaking Defense reported Wednesday. Reeves told lawmakers in a parliamentary speech that the budget increase would ensure that the U.K. provides Ukraine with military support “for as long as it takes.” The...
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Joint US-South Korea Science and Technology Partnership to Help AUKUS Pillar 2
South Korea and the United States are forming a new vice-minister-level joint defense science and technology executive committee to advance emerging technologies and prepare the East Asian nation for participation in Pillar 2 of the AUKUS trilateral security partnership. South Korean Minister of National Defense Kim Yong-hyun announced the proposed committee while he was in...
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Lockheed Books $113M Anti-Ship Missile Defense System Deal
Lockheed Martin has announced a contract modification worth $113 million from the U.S. Naval Sea Systems Command for the full-rate production of anti-ship missile defense systems, including a first delivery to Japan. The Japanese procurement is a U.S. foreign military sales deal combined with Lockheed deliveries to the U.S. Navy under the service branch’s Surface...
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RTX to Deliver Air-to-Air Missiles Under Denmark’s Proposed FMS Deal
U.S. aerospace and defense contractor RTX could provide Denmark with AIM-120D-3 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles and related logistics and program support to Denmark under a possible $744 million foreign military sales program deal. Copenhagen’s request, which was recently approved by the U.S. Department of State, aims to acquire up to 203 AIM-120D-3 missiles, up...