Rudy Ruitenberg
Rudy Ruitenberg is a Europe correspondent for Defense News. He started his career at Bloomberg News and has experience reporting on technology, commodity markets and politics.
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European NATO countries scrap plan to buy Boeing E-7 Wedgetail AWACS
The United States withdrew from the AWACS replacement program in July, removing the strategic and financial base of the program, the Netherlands’ MoD said.
Nordic and Baltic countries team up to fund US arms for Ukraine
Trump said on Tuesday the U.S. is no longer spending any money on Ukraine, “now they pay us through NATO.”
Netherlands mulls local production of Raytheon’s Amraam missile
The bilateral cooperation is the first step towards joint production of the AIM-120 with a European NATO partner, according to the Dutch government.
In rain and mud, French artillery unit shows lessons from Ukraine war
The demonstration showed how France’s 35th Parachute Artillery Regiment is trying to adapt to a drone-dominated battlefield.
France updates submarine-launched nuclear missile amid arms race
The third and latest version of the M51 has new nuclear warheads as well as improved range, accuracy and capability to penetrate enemy defenses.
KNDS sees ‘excellent’ chances to win US Army artillery competition
The French-German vendor is banking on U.S. artillerymen remembering the Caesar howitzer from joint operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.
KNDS sees timing of potential stock-exchange listing for June 2026
No final decision has been made, but the move would be timed around the Eurosatory defense show in Paris, a company spokesman told Defense News.
French Army chief Schill sees Europe facing empires, vassals, war
France and Europe must out-innovate themselves quickly out of uncomfortable choices, the general said at a presentation of his new book in Paris.
