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October 2, 2023

KF51 Panther: Hungary boards the program, but not the tank

According to Armin Papperger, CEO of Rheinmetall, Hungary will board the KF51 Panther program, financing the adaptation of its industrial tools to be able to produce a new German tank. However, Budapest has not announced its intention to acquire the armored vehicle. How can this strange Hungarian position be explained? Is Hungary preparing to be…

October 2, 2023

SSN-AUKUS: London invests £4 billion in the design of its future nuclear attack submarine

The British Ministry of Defense announced, as part of the SSN-AUKUS program, the signing of £4 billion in contracts with several major...

September 29, 2023

Swiss F-35 program: French-speaking industrialists are growing impatient

French-speaking Swiss industrialists who were to benefit from the compensatory measures associated with the Swiss F-35 program for the Swiss air forces, are now giving...

September 29, 2023

The French defense industry is testing its new commercial doctrine in Ukraine

A delegation from the French defense industry went to Kyiv to negotiate several contracts, including in the form of partnerships with production...

September 28, 2023

The Czech Republic will order 24 F-35As to replace its JAS 39 Gripen from 2029.

The Czech government has announced that it has validated the future order for 24 F-35A Lightning 2 aircraft from the American Lockheed-Martin, in order to replace, from...

September 29, 2023

With the Hai Kun submarine, Taiwan achieves more than one feat to face the threat from Beijing

The launch of the Hai Kun (Narval) submarine, the first Taiwanese-made submarine, gave rise to a national-scale ceremony in the presence of President Tsai Ing-wen who underlined its exceptional nature by declaring that this project was still considered impossible to achieve only a few years ago. And…

September 28, 2023

Will China's Shenlong spaceplane serve as an ASAT anti-satellite system?

On August 26, 2022, a Long March 2F rocket put China's Shenlong spaceplane into orbit, for a mission that will last 276 days. This...

September 27, 2023

Half of the fighter planes in Europe will have been built by Lockheed-Martin in 2035.

With the announcement of an upcoming order for 48 F-35A fighter jets by Romania, Lockheed-Martin secures a dominant position within the fleets of...

September 26, 2023

Is the French army facing a cataclysm with the withdrawal from Africa?

The withdrawal from Niger and French disengagement in Africa sounds like a wake-up call for an Army that until then was entirely focused on...

September 26, 2023

NATO air forces are increasing the number of exercises to disperse their fighter fleet.

With the return of the risks of major conflict, including in Europe, NATO air forces are returning to dispersal exercises...

September 29, 2023

Swiss F-35 program: French-speaking industrialists are growing impatient

French-speaking Swiss industrialists who were to benefit from the compensatory measures associated with the Swiss F-35 program for the Swiss air forces, are now speaking out to express their concern, even their annoyance and discouragement, in the face of the obvious lack of progress in this area. , one year later...

September 28, 2023