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Rheinmetall secures nitrocellulose supply amid European ammo scramble

Defense News - 15:40 Apr 07, 2025

Rheinmetall agreed to buy Hagedorn-NC, a German maker of industrial nitrocellulose, to expand its supply of raw material for artillery propellant.

Tags: Rheinmetall
Thales, Saildrone pitch a windsurfing fleet of submarine spotters

Defense News - 14:23 Apr 07, 2025

The technology could become an item of interest for the trilateral AUKUS pact, the companies said.
LeoLabs to deploy expeditionary Scout radar to Indo-Pacific this year

Defense News - 13:00 Apr 07, 2025

The firm will showcase a truck-mounted version of Scout this week at the annual Space Symposium in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Tags: Scout
Anduril unveils ‘Copperhead’ line of autonomous underwater vehicles

Defense News - 04:01 Apr 07, 2025

The baseline Copperhead is designed for rapid-response missions, while the Copperhead-M variant is an underwater torpedo.

Tags: Copperhead
Space Force issues $13.5 billion in contracts to 3 launch firms

Defense News - 22:16 Apr 04, 2025

The awards are part of the service’s National Security Space Launch program, which it uses to acquire nearly all military space launches.
Hegseth to visit Panama as Trump says US is ‘reclaiming’ its canal

Defense News - 18:03 Apr 04, 2025

The Trump administration has discussed the Panama Canal as part of its goal to expand America's territory.
Norway to nearly double its K9 howitzer fleet for around $534 million

Defense News - 15:02 Apr 04, 2025

Norway already has 28 tracked K9 howitzers as well as 14 K10 ammunition resupply vehicles.

Tags: Norway
Trump fires 4-star general heading NSA, US Cyber Command

Defense News - 14:03 Apr 04, 2025

Gen. Tim Haugh had served as director of the National Security Agency and headed U.S. Cyber Command since 2023.

Tags: Cyber Command
Europe’s defense puts a fresh twist on steel, growth engine of old

Defense News - 12:23 Apr 04, 2025

Europe wants to redouble its efforts to make steel “green” – producing the key ingredient for tanks, shells and ships in an environmentally conscious way.

Tags: Europe
Defense Innovation Unit unveils advanced manufacturing marketplace

Defense News - 20:12 Apr 03, 2025

Through the marketplace, DIU aims to reduce barriers that make it hard for advanced manufacturing firms to integrate with the defense supply chain.
Watchdog to investigate Hegseth’s sharing of airstrike info on Signal

Defense News - 19:20 Apr 03, 2025

The Defense Inspector General's Office will look into whether the defense secretary improperly shared sensitive information on the commercial app.
Trump moves to fire several NSC officials over loyalty concerns

Defense News - 16:47 Apr 03, 2025

The move comes soon after far-right activist Laura Loomer urged Trump to purge staffers she deemed insufficiently committed to his MAGA agenda.

Tags: Trump
Australia sizes up a continent-size gap in air defenses

Defense News - 14:33 Apr 03, 2025

Military leaders are prizing sensors over interceptors in what will be Australia’s future network of weapons for defending would-be targets.

Tags: Australia
Japan develops new missiles designed to repel an invasion

Defense News - 10:11 Apr 03, 2025

The long-range missiles could target vulnerable parts of ships and traverse Japan’s mountainous terrains to hit land-based targets, officials said.

Tags: Japan
Greece vows $27B on defense overhaul centered on high-tech warfare

Defense News - 23:30 Apr 02, 2025

Central to the plan is a planned air defense system, “Achilles Shield,” aimed at addressing tensions with neighbor Turkey.
Could this device help catch Osprey clutch problems before disaster?

Defense News - 22:20 Apr 02, 2025

Gear and clutch problems in the Osprey have killed more than a dozen troops in recent years, leading to groundings of the tilt-rotor aircraft.

Tags: Osprey
US Army aiming for next hypersonic missile test in December

Defense News - 18:45 Apr 02, 2025

The Army is forecasting it will conduct a soldier-operated test of its Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon at the end of the calendar year.
In first, Hegseth to skip multinational meeting on Ukraine support

Defense News - 18:00 Apr 02, 2025

The April 11 meeting will mark the first time the coalition will gather without America’s secretary of defense participating.
US sends F-35s to Middle East as strikes on Houthis continue

Defense News - 17:14 Apr 02, 2025

The U.S. continues to strike Houthi militants, who have targeted Israel and American ships in the region.
US approves sale of F-16s to the Philippines in $5.5bn weapons package

Defense News - 10:56 Apr 02, 2025

The move follows U.S. Defense Secretary Peter Hegseth’s trip to the Philippines last week and comes ahead of the annual, joint Balikatan exercise.

Tags: Philippines

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