The U.S. military will deploy its NMESIS anti-ship missile launcher to Yonaguni, Japan's westernmost inhabited island and about 107 km (66 miles) from Taiwan, during a major U.S.-Japanese exercise this month, Japan's Kyodo News reported on Oct. 2, citing the

Russia's new Shturm uncrewed tank failed in its first major outing, losing its control link again and again during the Tsentr-2026 strategic exercise and finally getting stuck in mud, even with a human driver at the controls. The remotely operated

New video from Camp Fuji shows Japan's Type 25 Hyper Velocity Gliding Projectile launcher driving onto a firing site, raising its missiles into launch position and packing up again, giving a rare look at how the country's first domestically built

Leonardo DRS has set up a British subsidiary and opened a purpose-built factory in the United Kingdom to build the tactical radars it sells for spotting drones, rockets and mortar rounds. The Arlington, Virginia-based company announced the new unit, called

The U.S. Army's 1st Cavalry Division has started fielding the M2A4E1 Bradley Fighting Vehicle, the first Bradley version fitted with an active protection system designed to destroy incoming anti-tank missiles, rockets and drones before they hit the vehicle. The division

The U.S. Navy has awarded Lockheed Martin a $209 million contract modification to keep building the AN/SLQ-32(V)6, the electronic warfare system that warns U.S. Navy surface ships of incoming anti-ship missiles and the radars guiding them. The U.S. Department of

« La marine face au retour du combat réel » (9/9). Les déploiements intenses de ces derniers mois ont montré les grandes forces de la Marine nationale et les limites de son format actuel. Au-delà du nombre de navires, les efforts devront porter sur les effecteurs mais aussi, à long terme, sur tout l’aménagement de la défense littorale, analyse Stéphane Audrand, consultant en risques internationaux, dans ce dernier épisode de notre grand format.

PODCAST - Ancien cadre de Philips, Benjamin Azoulay rêve d’un internet par la lumière. Sa technologie Li-Fi, immune au brouillage, équipe désormais des brigades de l’armée française et fait d’Oledcomm la seule start-up tricolore retenue par l’accélérateur Diana de l’Otan. Il est l’invité de DeepTechs, le podcast de Challenges développé en partenariat avec Mascaret.

Malgré l’abandon du programme SCAF et la sortie de la France du projet de l’Eurodrone, le projet de loi de finances 2027 prévoit toujours des financements importants pour ces deux programmes. Explications.

HENSOLDT and the Ukrainian Ministry of Defence are deepening their strategic partnership to strengthen Ukraine’s air defence surveillance.

La direction générale de l’Armement (DGA) a notifié cet été plusieurs contrats en anticipation du lancement de la réalisation du standard F5 du Rafale. Ces contrats, notifiés à Dassault Aviation, MBDA, Safran et Thales, portent sur le développement de plusieurs équipements et permettent de sécuriser le prochain standard du Rafale.

Naval Group has started building the first of four new frigates for Sweden, cutting steel for the future HSwMS Luleå at its shipyard in Lorient, France, on Oct. 1, just one month after Stockholm signed the contract. The first ship

The first photo of Leonardo's Hystrix 40 ADS, a land-based counter-drone gun built around the Italian company's Marlin 40 naval turret, has appeared online, showing the system during testing. The image was posted on X by the account A-129 Mangusta,

The U.S. Air Force has fielded a new satellite communications system on B-52 Stratofortress bombers, giving crews a way to send voice, data, images and video to commanders far beyond the range of line-of-sight radios. Air Force Global Strike Command

France test-fired its newest submarine-launched nuclear missile, the M51.3, from a ballistic missile submarine for the first time on Oct. 6, with President Emmanuel Macron watching from a French Navy frigate off the coast of Brittany. The missile was launched

Russian tank maker Uralvagonzavod says it has completed testing of an upgraded BREM-80 armored recovery vehicle that lets its crew hook up and tow damaged tanks without leaving the vehicle, a change the company says came directly from combat experience

The U.S. Navy has awarded Northrop Grumman a $66 million order to retrofit MQ-4C Triton surveillance drones already in service with the U.S. Navy and the Royal Australian Air Force, bringing both fleets up to a common configuration. The firm-fixed-price

TÉMOIGNAGE - Ils sont moins de dix en Ukraine et leur parole est rare. Le chef d’escadrille des Mirage 2000, indicatif « T-Rex », a accepté de lever le voile sur ses missions à haut risque dans le ciel ukrainien, alors que l’avion de chasse français est devenu décisif pou

Après sa victoire sur le stratégique contrat suédois (4 frégates), Naval Group espère une nouvelle commande au Danemark, qui doit se décider en 2027. Quels sont les atouts du champion français ? Reportage sur le site de Lorient, désormais à plein régime.

Le budget de la DGSE atteindra 1,44 milliard d’euros en 2027, en hausse de 20 % en un an. Cette augmentation est liée au futur déménagement du service au Fort neuf de Vincennes, aux investissements dans le numérique et à l’augmentation des fonds spéciaux.

Axon Vision announced the successful completion of a ForceField live-fire demonstration in Israel for a leading U.S. defense contractor:

Rheinmetall ICEYE Space Solutions GmbH has reached another key milestone in the new SPOCK 1 satellite programme for the German Armed Forces.