Macron is Furious at Switzerland over the F-35 Deal
The trip to France by Federal President Guy Parmelin, which had been planned for six months, falls through the cracks.
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Bilateral Relations
Navy / Maritime
Bilateral Relations
Paris Summoned US and Australian Ambassadors Over AUKUS Deal
French ambassadors to the US and Australia have been summoned in response to a new agreement between the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia.
Navy / Maritime
Regional / Strategy
Australia Scraps $90 Billion Submarine Deal for Nuclear One
Australian government established a new submarine deal with UK and USA (AUKUS) and broke the one with France. Australia Scraps the $90 Billion deal with France.
Navy / Maritime
Bilateral Relations
Egypt Receives 4th German Submarine
Egypt celebrated the joining of a German Type 209/1400 submarine (S44) to Egyptian naval forces.
Navy / Maritime
Russia Tests Zircon Missile from a Nuclear-Powered Submarine
Russia will conduct a test launch of Zircon (Tsirkon) hypersonic missile from Yasen-class nuclear-powered cruise missile submarine Severodvinsk (K-560).
Navy / Maritime
Germany and Norway to acquire Type 212CD Submarines from TKMS
Germany and Norway signed contracts with TKMS to acquire six identical Type 212CD submarines worth approximately €5,5 billion.
Navy / Maritime
KRI Nanggala-402 went missing
Indonesia's Navy is searching for a missing submarine with 53 people on board that went missing during a military exercise on Wednesday.
Navy / Maritime
Weapon / Missile
Unmanned Systems
Pirireis Submarine Might be Delivered to the Navy in 2021
Alper Köse, Head of the Naval Platforms Department at the SSB, provided information about the LHD programme.
Navy / Maritime
E/W
HAVELSAN Delivers DBDS to Navy
HAVELSAN announced that the last batch of the Submarıne Data Dıstrıbutıon System has been delivered to the Naval Forces Command.
Navy / Maritime
Regional / Strategy
Indian Navy Gets third Scorpene-Class Submarine
The Kalvari-class diesel-electric submarine INS Karanj was commissioned into the Indian Navy in Mumbai on Wednesday.
Global Defence Trend Brief
- 15:00 US Army expands long-range precision fires production planning - The US Army is increasing investment in production capacity for long-range precision fires programme...
- 15:00 European air defence modernisation shifts toward integrated networks - European governments are increasingly linking national air defence assets into broader integrated ne...
- 15:00 China strengthens unmanned maritime surveillance capabilities - China continues expanding its portfolio of maritime surveillance drones to improve situational aware...
- 15:00 Japan accelerates hardened infrastructure development - Japan is investing in hardened facilities, protected storage sites and dispersed operating locations...
- 15:00 Autonomous underwater systems gain role in critical infrastructure security - Navies are increasingly deploying autonomous underwater vehicles to monitor and protect undersea cab...
- 15:00 Counter-drone systems increasingly combine kinetic and electronic effects - Military organisations are fielding layered counter-drone architectures that integrate electronic wa...
- 15:00 Hypersonic weapon proliferation drives demand for space-based tracking - Defence agencies are accelerating development of space-based sensor constellations capable of provid...
- 15:00 Military logistics automation becomes mainstream procurement priority - Armed forces are expanding procurement of autonomous logistics vehicles and AI-assisted supply syste...
- 15:00 Collaborative combat aircraft concepts reshape force structure planning - Air forces are increasingly designing future force structures around combinations of crewed aircraft...
- 15:00 Industrial resilience becomes strategic requirement for defence suppliers - Governments are placing growing emphasis on supply-chain security, surge production capability and m...
- 09:00 US Air Force expands Collaborative Combat Aircraft testing - The US Air Force is increasing flight testing and integration work for Collaborative Combat Aircraft...
- 09:00 European defence spending increasingly targets ammunition resilience - European governments are directing additional defence funding toward ammunition production, stockpil...
- 09:00 China advances military satellite constellation deployment - China continues expanding military satellite constellations designed to enhance communications, navi...
- 09:00 Japan strengthens distributed missile force posture - Japan is expanding deployment of mobile missile units and support infrastructure across remote islan...
- 09:00 Autonomous surface vessels gain importance in fleet operations - Navies are integrating autonomous surface vessels into surveillance, reconnaissance and maritime sec...
- 09:00 Counter-drone procurement shifts toward scalable architectures - Military organisations are increasingly procuring counter-drone systems built around open architectu...
- 09:00 Hypersonic defence programmes focus on persistent target custody - Defence agencies are prioritising sensor networks capable of maintaining continuous tracking of mano...
- 09:00 AI-assisted command systems gain momentum in military planning - Armed forces are accelerating adoption of AI-assisted command-and-control systems designed to improv...
- 09:00 Collaborative autonomy emerges as key defence technology trend - Military planners increasingly view teams of autonomous systems operating cooperatively as a major f...
- 09:00 Production capacity increasingly shapes defence export competitiveness - Countries evaluating defence acquisitions are placing greater weight on supplier production capacity...
