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Bern warned that the Patriot drama could not only affect a larger F-35 sale, but "the entire Swiss Foreign Military Sale portfolio with the USA."
Breaking Defense spoke exclusively with EU Defense and Space Commissioner Andrius Kubilius as he traveled on a European "missile tour" to Sweden.
Government can’t stop to update systems, so modernization has to happen without interruptions.
The European Defence Industry Programme covers funding for 2026 through 2027 with a first round of calls for proposals opening on the EU’s tender portal starting on Tuesday.
“Ukraine has been countering [Iranian drones] for years [and] all features of this defense are of interest to the Gulf,” Samuel Bendett, adviser at Center for New America Security, told Breaking Defense.
Kyiv’s forces have unique experience in defending against Iranian-made drones, making Ukrainian industry and expertise a hot commodity.
Leonardo expects its air defense system to draw €21 billion in new business opportunities by 2035, an executive said.
Breaking Defense Europe will launch May 4 with Tim Martin and Elisabeth Gosselin-Malo as co-editors.
A doctrine of air denial leads to stalemates and drawn out conflicts, while air superiority can lead to decisive victory, Lt. Col. Grant "SWAT" Georgulis writes.
America’s chief diplomat took aim at what he framed postwar “delusion” in the West and a mass migration “crisis” in Europe, echoing terms found in the National Security Strategy released last year.
Besides transatlantic tension, other topics on the agenda at the Munich Security Conference include AI, climate change, hybrid warfare, nuclear security and space.
Amid strained relations between the US and Canada, Saab is positioning its fighter as an alternative to American-made F-35s.
As threats rapidly evolve, digital engineering, manufacturing capacity and robust supply chains are critical to meeting challenges.
Outlining next steps, Rheinmetall said that "the tank will undergo further trials, as it moves towards operational service as the centrepiece of the British Army’s modernisation programme."
"We've invested more than a billion dollars in securing material ahead of orders, and that makes it a lot easier [to deliver on new orders]," said Tom Laliberty, president of land and air defense systems at Raytheon.
As warfare evolves, the US defense industrial base must adapt to provide opportunity for non-primes.
The coming 12 months could shake up where US troops are positioned and new details about the Golden Dome initiative.
