Defense
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Missile maker MBDA buys Safran’s stake in rocket-engine supplier Roxel
PARIS — Pan-European missile maker MBDA bought the remaining 50% of rocket-engine supplier Roxel from co-owner Safran, in a move…
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Pentagon picks Kratos for hypersonic testbed program
The Pentagon awarded defense-technology firm Kratos a contract worth up to $1.45 billion to help increase its hypersonic flight-testing cadence.…
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British-led force to use AI in tracking Russia’s shadow fleet
PARIS — The U.K.-led Joint Expeditionary Force, a military partnership of 10 northern European countries, has activated an AI-powered system…
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Laughlin says goodbye to last T-1 as Jayhawk retirement continues
Laughlin Air Force Base in Texas bid farewell to its last T-1A Jayhawk last month, as the Air Force continues…
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German army gets nod to buy Israeli PULS rocket launchers
COLOGNE, Germany — The German army has received parliamentary approval to buy an initial batch of Elbit-made PULS rocket artillery…
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Pentagon’s 2025 industry investments target space, biochem and more
The Pentagon’s strategic capital office will focus its 2025 investments on 15 industry segments it thinks could most support U.S.…
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Turkish navy starts construction of three new warships
ISTANBUL — The Turkish navy has begun the new year by announcing the construction of three warships based on domestic…
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Money, Musk and mission creep: How Trump could shape DOD’s space drift
When Congress authorized the creation of the Space Force in December of 2019, the service’s leadership viewed its small size…
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Israel creates hub to hasten military AI, autonomy research
JERUSALEM — The Israeli government has established a new office at the Ministry of Defense tasked with overseeing technology development…
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Italy gets Lynx fighting vehicle for testing ahead of first contract
ROME — Germany’s Rheinmetall has loaned a Lynx tracked vehicle to the Italian army to test, as Italy prepares to…
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