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Eric Trappier, CEO of the French company Dassault Aviation, expressed his deep dissatisfaction with the progress of cooperation with Airbus under the FCAS (Future Combat Air System) programme, which involves the development of a new sixth-generation fighter aircraft, the NGF.
Friedrich Merz, the leader of the CDU party and a likely future German chancellor, confirmed that he would like to give Ukraine Taurus cruise missiles.
The Spanish company Tecnove has announced the start of licensed production of Ukrainian armoured vehicles Dzhura and Kozak at its facilities in Erencia, La Mancha.
The Czech Republic has joined the practice of donating abandoned vehicles to the needs of the Ukrainian Defence Forces. The Prague City Hall decided to transfer vehicles that were not taken from impound lots to be converted into military and ambulances.
In 2024, the Ukrainian defence industry increased the production of armoured vehicles by 30 times compared to 2022. This was announced by Minister for Strategic Industries Herman Smetanin.
Sweden plans to buy drones from the Polish company WB Group to give them to the Ukrainian Defence Forces as part of a new military aid package.
France is working on developing its own multiple launch rocket system (MLRS), which is intended to be a response to the US HIMARS. The first tests of this system are scheduled for 2026.
Ukrainian company Stetman has signed an agreement with Sweden's Requtech for the licensed production of satellite terminals. They will potentially become an alternative to Starlink for military and government agencies.
The Indian Army has successfully conducted a series of acceptance tests of the Barak-8 medium-range anti-aircraft missile, which proved its readiness for combat deployment.
German weapons provided to Ukraine do not always meet expectations in a full-scale war. This is evidenced by an internal report of the Bundeswehr, the contents of which were made available to journalists of the WDR, NDR and Süddeutsche Zeitung.
About 50 M1126 Stryker armoured vehicles have been redeployed to Texas to reinforce troops on the southern border of the United States. The footage of the vehicles being loaded was released by the Defence Visual Information Dissemination Service (DVIDS)
Russia's Air Force is likely to have received new fifth-generation Su-57 multi-role fighters.
Polish defence company Nitro-Chem has signed the largest contract in its history with the US for the supply of TNT worth PLN 1.2 billion (about EUR 276 million).
The Ukrainian defence forces already have an effective tool to counter long-range Russian guided bombs, including those dropped with UMVC systems.
Russian troops have begun using a new type of interceptor drone made using 3D printing. It is a small, mobile system designed to fight enemy drones without revealing the operator's position.
