Japan awards Mitsubishi to design 2 hypersonic, anti-ship missiles by 2030

Glider hypersonic e1634566222427 Hypersonic weapons and missiles | Defense Contracts and Calls for Tenders | Coastal defense

After maintaining a defense posture based on the strict sufficiency of means and a defense effort below the threshold of 1% of GDP during the Cold War and beyond, Japan has, since the middle of the previous decade, undertaken to modernize and strengthen its military capabilities significantly, in particular by equipping itself with resources until then…

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Against the advice of the US Air Force, Lockheed continues to push to place the LMXT / A330 tanker against Boeing's KC-46

LMXT Lockheed Airbus Hypersonic Weapons and Missiles | Defense Contracts and Calls for Tenders | Coastal defense

At the beginning of last March, the US Air Force announced its decision to reduce the KCy program, which aims to replace part of the oldest KC-135 and KC-10 Extender tanker aircraft still in service, to only 75 aircraft. , compared to 160 devices initially planned. This program, which was to give rise to a competition between the KC-46 Pegasus of…

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Why does the rapid modernization of armies represent a danger for the European defense industry?

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The Russian attack against Ukraine, which began in February 2022, was in many ways a real shock for the vast majority of Europeans, whether they are leaders, political figures or for all of public opinion. . In a few hours, three decades of certainty as to the impossibility of a major war emerging in Europe, in particular involving a nuclear superpower like…

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