PARIS — On June 8, 2022, the Directorate General of Armaments (DGA) awarded the L2AD contract (Laser de lutte anti-drones, or anti-drone laser) to CILAS. In particular, it provides for the acquisition of an operational prototype of a laser system capable of identifying, tracking and neutralizing m…

Is the conflict in Ukraine the first fully-enabled, multidomain ‘space war’? Perhaps – but not in the way that some might expect. Tim Robinson reports from the UK MoD’s Defence Space Conference, held on 10-11 May at the IET in London.

What does it mean to ‘operationalise space‘? Dense an…

After five years of being docked alongside in military ports, £1bn destroyer HMS Dauntless is finally taking her first tentative steps back out to sea following a major multi-million pound overhaul of her dodgy engines.

The hi-tech Portsmouth-based warship set sail from the Cammell Laird shipyard…

MTU engines from Rolls-Royce deliver the power for an innovative modular tracked vehicle concept that Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW) is presenting at the Eurosatory defence technology trade fair (13 to 17 June 2022 in Paris).

‘BOXER tracked’ is the basis for a completely new family of tracked vehic…

BERN — This morning, shortly after 7 a.m., the new reconnaissance drone for the Swiss army completed its maiden flight in Emmen. With the successful test flight, the Reconnaissance Drone System 15 (ADS 15) takes another important milestone.

After the successful roll tests in May 2022, the first…

On the 15th of June 2022, Naval Group and the Hellenic company MEVACO signed a Framework Agreement related to mechanical systems for the FDI HN (Hellenic Navy) frigates.

Following the intensive preliminary phase launched a few years ago for the localisation of production activities in Greece, Nav…