Drones: decoupling supply chains from China
“The challenge to mass producing hover-optimised […] drones has revealed systemic vulnerabilities in the West, stemming from a heavy reliance on Chinese-origin rare earth elements […] It is critical for Western governments to strengthen cooperation across supply chains.”
Synergies that matter
To date, the global inventory of P-8 Poseidon submarine-hunting aircraft has completed over 700,000 flight hours. The high speed of the P-8A enables it to reach its relevant area of operation more quickly than any other maritime patrol aircraft.
Boeing contracts Lufthansa Technik Defense for sustainment of German Navy’s P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft
Boeing and Lufthansa Technik Defense signed a multi-year contract on comprehensive technical sustainment services for the German Navy’s eight P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft (MPA), the first of which was delivered earlier this month.
Complex air defence
Defending against hypersonic missiles is strategically necessary, technologically possible, and fiscally affordable, but it will not be easy.
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The German MAWS GbR – consisting of ESG Elektroniksystem- und Logistik-GmbH, HENSOLDT Sensors GmbH and Diehl Defence – received the order for the second national supplementary study for the German-French project on 25 April.
Drones provide high hopes for better security
The emergence of sophisticated unmanned aircraft – UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles) or UAS (unmanned aircraft systems) – advocates the new strong tendency in the security environment: they offer energy companies with another
Republic of Korea Navy: Schiebel wins Camcopter® S-300 contract
Schiebel from Austria, together with Korean-based defence solutions companies Hanwha Systems and UI Helicopter, has been awarded a contract by the Defence Acquisition Programme Administration (DAPA) for the