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• ‘Open the hives’ — Why France is turning tank gunners into FPV pilots

  Cpl. Igor started a new job this year, swapping the sights of a 105 mm gun on the French Army’s AMX 10 RC reconnaissance vehicle for first-person view goggles and a handheld controller.

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  Rudy Ruitenberg

  2 weeks ago

• From tanks to space, Norway and Germany forge ahead with ‘Hansa’ defense pact

  German tank maker KNDS and Norway’s Ritek have begun producing Leopard 2A8 tanks in Norway, adding a land-based industrial foothold to a security partnership spanning submarines, missiles and military operations in Europe’s north.

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  Linus Höller

  2 weeks ago

• Ukraine completes work on new missile defense system, awaits European partner components

  Ukraine has completed its share of Freyja, the multinational antiballistic shield that Europe and Kyiv are racing to bring together.

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  Katie Livingstone

  2 weeks ago

• EOS Defense Systems Prepares to Build Slinger Counter-Drone Systems

  EOS Defense Systems discusses plans for U.S. production of its Slinger counter-drone system, AI-assisted targeting and adjustable levels of autonomy.

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  Staff

  2 weeks ago

• Pentagon tells Europeans to cool their rhetoric on Russia, sources say

  Pentagon officials have in recent weeks asked several NATO countries to tone down their rhetoric regarding the threat posed by Russia, sources told Reuters.

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  Antoni Slodkowski, Gram Slattery and Andrius Sytas, Reuters

  2 weeks ago

• Hasty US exit from Europe could drive allies away from American arms, RAND says

  A rapid, uncoordinated U.S. military drawdown from Europe could push key NATO allies further away from American weapons, a RAND study found.

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  Michael Scanlon

  2 weeks ago

• New tactical comms system for US ground troops aims to break network silos

  “We’ve spent the past 50 years building siloed networks, siloed applications and siloed environments to collaborate internally with our own data. We can no longer do that,” a Pentagon official said.

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  Daniel Terrill

  2 weeks ago

• Record deployment for destroyer USS Spruance casts doubt over US Navy maintenance

  The Arleigh-Burke class destroyer USS Spruance has set a post-World War II record for a U.S. Navy destroyer deployment and is raising questions about the maintenance work that could follow its eventual return.

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  Natalie Oliverio

  2 weeks ago

• Senior US general fired, accused of leaking classified information

  U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Brett Sylvia, a senior military planner on the Pentagon’s Joint Staff, was fired over accusations he leaked classified information to the public.

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  Phil Stewart, Reuters

  2 weeks ago

• At pivotal summit, Canadian-European security cooperation is a central focus

  The proposed measures would advance a broader strategic partnership that calls for Canada and Europe to assume greater responsibility for shared security while reinforcing NATO.

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  Linus Höller

  2 weeks ago

• In Arctic, US Army researchers test camo that could adapt to changing landscapes

  Researchers were inspired by Arctic foxes, which change colors over the course of the year – from white in the winter to brown in the summer.

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  Hope Hodge Seck

  2 weeks ago

• Pentagon treating military base freezer malfunctions as suspected cyberattack, officials say

  The Pentagon is treating the spate of mysterious freezer malfunctions that spoiled food at military bases across the United States in August as a suspected hack, according to four officials familiar with the matter.  One of the officials said the military investigators were in touch with their French counterparts about a similar cyberattack on commercial freezers…

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  Raphael Satter, AJ Vicens and Phil Stewart, Reuters

  2 weeks ago