The German Defence Ministry said it will ship four more IRIS-T SLM medium-range air defense systems to Ukraine. In a statement released on Thursday, the ministry said the upcoming deliveries will be provided on top of the IRIS-T systems and a Patriot tracking radar handed over in October and will be sent to the war-torn...
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Task Force Adds Bulgaria, Removes Four Nations in International Financial Crime List
The Financial Action Task Force has made changes to its list of jurisdictions under increased monitoring. Following its plenary meeting in October, the task force added Bulgaria and removed Albania, Jordan, Panama and the Cayman Islands from its list of countries with deficiencies in their anti-money laundering, countering the financing of terrorism and countering the financing...
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Australian Workers Undertake Placement at UK Nuclear Reactor Manufacturing Plant
Richard Marles, deputy prime minister of Australia, visited Australian personnel working alongside their British counterparts at a Rolls Royce nuclear reactor manufacturing site in Derby, England. During his visit, Marles toured the facility and observed the fabrication of the first nuclear propulsion plant components of the SSN-AUKUS submarine trilaterally developed by Australia, the United Kingdom and the...
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Germany Denies Leaving Future Combat Air System Project
A German Ministry of Defense spokesperson has denied a report in The Times that Berlin may exit from the Future Combat Air System/SCAF next-generation fighter project it is partnered with France and Spain. The unnamed spokesperson told Breaking Defense that “Germany is sticking to the joint project” and the partnership is building the first FCAS...
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Eight Countries Join Canada’s 10th Counter-Explosive Exercise
Eight allied nations joined Exercise Ardent Defender, a counter-explosive training at the 5th Canadian Division Support Base Gagetown, New Brunswick, from Oct. 20 to Nov. 2. According to a Canadian government press release, about 180 Canadian Armed Forces participants and some 150 military representatives from Belgium, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Sweden, the United...
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John Chen to Retire as Executive Chair and CEO at Blackberry
John Chen will step down as executive chair and CEO of BlackBerry on Nov. 4. Richard Lynch, a current member of the BlackBerry board of director’s compensation, nomination and governance committee, will step in as interim CEO while the company searches for a permanent replacement. “I’m proud to have been able to establish BlackBerry’s vision...
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Thales Names Fabien Bortoluzzi as Managing Director for Western, Central Africa Operations
Thales has appointed Fabien Bortoluzzi as managing director of the company’s operations in Western and Central Africa. In his new role, Bortoluzzi will lead the company’s over 1,000 employees in the continent and drive the growth of its civil and defense businesses in the region from the Thales West and Central Africa headquarters in Dakar, Senegal. ...
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DOD Publishes Final Rule Outlining Conditions for Naval Vessel Repair in Foreign Shipyards
The Department of Defense will allow the repair of naval vessels in shipyards outside the United States and Guam if the conditions under the amended Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement are met. DOD’s Defense Acquisition Regulations System published the DFARS amendment in the Federal Register on Wednesday. Current acquisition regulations restrict the construction and repair...
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RAF Wing Commander Completes Course to Qualify as E-7 Wedgetail Operator
The Royal Air Force’s Wing Commander Sarah McDonnell recently completed a qualifying course in Australia to operate the E-7 Wedgetail. Administered by the Royal Australian Air Force and Boeing Australia under the RAF’s E-7 Wedgetail AEW1 Programme, the course provided class-based instruction and simulator training to McDonnell and allowed her to fly Australia’s E-7A. The...
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US Reaffirms Security Cooperation With Central Asia Allies
The United States, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyz Republic reaffirmed their shared commitment to maintaining peace and sovereignty in Central Asia. Leaders of all six nations held the inaugural C5+1 Presidential Summit Tuesday on the sidelines of the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York City. During the meeting, the C5+1...
