Yearly Archive: 2022

BRUSSELS — Defense was unable to recover the howitzers it had sold to a private company in 2015 but these weapons, which were of interest to the Ukrainian authorities, have gone to Ukraine, Defense Minister Ludivine Dedonder told Parliament on Wednesday.

In 2008, the Belgian army retired from …

Konštrukta Defence, the state-owned and MOD-run company, signed a commercial contract on the delivery of Zuzana 2 Self-propelled Gun Howitzers (SpGHs) to Ukraine on Wednesday 1 June 2022.

Defence Minister Jaroslav Naď said: “The conclusion of the contract was preceded by weeks of intense negotiat…

ROME — Germany’s Rheinmetall has sent Italy’s Leonardo an offer for a minority stake in its OTO Melara cannon maker unit valuing the whole business at almost 430 million euros ($462 million), according to a document and two sources close to the matter.

Leonardo put OTO Melara up for sale last y…

KYIV, Ukraine — On Ukraine’s battlefields, the simple act of powering up a cellphone can beckon a rain of deathly skyfall. Artillery radar and remote controls for unmanned aerial vehicles may also invite fiery shrapnel showers.

This is electronic warfare, a critical but largely invisible aspect…

WASHINGTON — The Russian military, beaten down and demoralized after three months of war, is making the same mistakes in its campaign to capture a swath of eastern Ukraine that forced it to abandon its push to take the entire country, senior American officials say.

While Russian troops are capt…

The much-anticipated Top Gun: Maverick (the sequel to the 1980s hit Top Gun) arrived in theaters last week after a three-year delay. Similar to the original, “Top Gun II” showcases some real-life technology and fighter jets being used by the Navy.

But missing from most of the aerial action—both o…