Five years ago, Elon Musk, the multibillionaire CEO of the SpaceX rocket company, smashed his way into the business of launching U.S. military and intelligence satellites, a lucrative market that had been cornered for nearly a decade by United Launch Alliance.

Musk, one of the world’s richest men…

Nexter, Arquus and Thales, members of the temporary grouping of companies EBMR (Engins Blindés Multi-Rôles), were notified on 15 September by the French defense procurement agency (DGA) of the second production phase of the contract to build the Griffon and Jaguar engines for the SCORPION program.
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The Navy’s new Light Amphibious Warship (LAW) program envisions procuring a class of 28 to 30 new amphibious ships to support the Marine Corps, particularly in implementing a new Marine Corps operational concept called Expeditionary Advanced Base Operations (EABO).

The Navy’s proposed FY2021 bud…

The Directorate General of Armaments (DGA) awarded on August 3, 2020 the contract for the development and supply of three new-generation test helicopters to a consortium formed by Airbus Helicopters and Héli-Union.

This contract will contribute to the renewal of the DGA Flight Tests test center’s…

KEFLAVIK, Iceland — The Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center’s Detachment 4 successfully led the award of three contracts recently, totaling $38 million to improve airfield infrastructure at Naval Air Station Keflavik.

The projects, supporting the European Deterrence Initiative, or…

The US and its European allies make up nearly three-quarters of all arms transfers to the Middle East and North Africa, a new report found. Experts say arms exports to the region fuel conflict and human rights abuses.

Over the past five years, Western countries’ exports made up the bulk of weapon…