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I attended the unwrapping today of a US Army HIMARS inside a hangar at Ärna Air Base as Sweden announced a SEK 7 billion ($732 million) contract — and a rocket artillery pact with Finland.
Story out at @BreakingDefense
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Latest: #France’s Army Chief of Staff Gen. Jacques de Montgros has issued his first agenda since taking up the position in July, outlining the service’s top priorities: integrating A,autonomous systems and preparing to face demographic challenges.
breakingdefense.com/2026/09/…
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Leonardo UK CEO sees potential CCA role, but wary of funding breakingdefense.com/2026/07/…
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What we learned about GCAP at the Farnborough Airshow breakingdefense.com/2026/07/…
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Great time yesterday filming all morning with @BreakingTMart, @AaronMehta and military aerospace expert Douglas Barrie on the current play of European and transatlantic air power. We talk all things fighter jets, drones, and Ukraine. Videos to come on @BreakingDefense!
Story with @elisabethmalom1 from the #NATOSummit in Ankara as @SecGenNATO announces @Saab #GlobalEye acquisition, covering "up to" 10 aircraft. breakingdefense.com/2026/07/…
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EXCLUSIVE: Inside the secret struggles of the Air Force’s T-7 Red Hawk breakingdefense.com/2026/06/…
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After the fall of FCAS fighter, Germany eyes ‘realistic’ future projects with France breakingdefense.com/2026/06/…
Goodnight it seems, sweet #FCAS fighter jet prince, we barely knew you. breakingdefense.com/2026/06/…
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⚡️ The first #Eurofighter HALCON I for the @EjercitoAire has rolled out at our Getafe facilities in Madrid! 🇪🇸✈️ Everything is ready for the first engine run and the maiden flight.
The 20 HALCON aircraft will be equipped with E-Scan (Electronically Scanned) radar, with deliveries starting this year.
Story on Ukraine's planned buy of 20 Gripen E/F fighter jets and Swedish donation of 16 C/D types. breakingdefense.com/2026/05/…
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🇸🇪🇺🇦 The Gripens are coming.
Russia tried to break Ukraine from the skies. Ukraine is now building air power with Swedish fighters: buying up to 20 Gripen E/F for its future air force, while Sweden will donate 16 Gripen C/D.
A new chapter for Ukraine’s air defence. (1/8)
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Canada has decided to move forward with Saab GlobalEye as its new airborne capability for Airborne Early Warning and Control. I look forward to welcoming Canada into the GlobalEye family.
GlobalEye is a highly modern and capable system that now has earned the trust of a fourth country, in addition to Sweden, France and the UAE.
By operating Global Eye, Canada strengthens its ability to safeguard their sovereignty while contributing to NATO’s collective defence, including being a vital asset for surveillance and control of the Arctic region.
As the GlobalEye is based on the Canadian Bombardier Global 6500 platform, GlobalEye is already creating jobs in Canada, and working with the Canadian supply chain. This decision ties our two nations even closer together.
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#Sweden will order 4 FDI frigates from French manufacturer Naval Group, backing away from the joint British-Swedish Babcock and Saab bid as well as the proposal from Spain’s Navantia. From @jonasolsson
breakingdefense.com/2026/05/…
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The Pentagon recently released a batch of previously classified imagery categorized as Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena. Breaking Defense Editor-in-Chief @AaronMehta and Air Warfare Reporter @michaeldmarrow unpack what’s new, what’s old, and what’s notably odd about this newly released collection, which includes some material dating back to the 1940s.
Then Breaking Defense Europe’s @BreakingTMart speaks with correspondent @jonasolsson , who just returned from a visit to BAE’s Hägglunds facility in northern Sweden, where he experienced what it’s like to drive the tracked CV90 armored combat vehicle.
Inside the Pentagon’s latest ‘alien’ files, plus driving a CV90 in northern Sweden breakingdefense.com/2026/05/…
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Latest from Riga: In southeastern #Latvia, roughly 180km from Russian border, multinational operators of #Starlink-equipped UGVs part of a NATO exercise are grappling with an inevitable force of nature:deep woodlands disrupting their communication links.🧵
breakingdefense.com/2026/05/…
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In Russian military parade meant to project power, analysts see ‘real vulnerability’ breakingdefense.com/2026/05/…
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Today’s the day—Breaking Defense Europe is live! Kickoff story: Are European automakers driving into defense? Analysts urge caution. Despite an ambitious drone partnership, Renault says it won't become a major arms producer while Volkswagen draws red line
breakingdefense.com/2026/05/…
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Latest: #Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced on Tuesday that the war-torn country will partially lift the ban on selling domestically-produced weapons abroad, but only to countries found to be non-cooperative with Russia.
breakingdefense.com/2026/04/…
