Defense Industry
Arrowhead 140: Babcock prepares a pitch to the US Navy for its new frigate, possibly with HII
Britain’s Babcock is preparing to propose the Arrowhead 140, the design behind the Royal Navy’s Type 31 frigates, for the…
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Europe
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Europe
Navantia launches the seventh corvette for Saudi Arabia’s navy, to be named NEOM
Spain’s Navantia launched on October 25 at San Fernando the seventh corvette it is building for the Royal Saudi Naval…
Defense Industry
Naval Group backs its FDI frigate offer to Denmark with three Danish companies
France’s Naval Group signed three memoranda of cooperation in Copenhagen on October 21 so that, if the FDI frigate is…
Europe
Royal Navy has five anti-submarine frigates instead of eight: Commons Defence Committee sees “glaring gaps” against Russia in the High North
The House of Commons Defence Committee says the Royal Navy lacks the ships and submarines to meet the demands of…
Europe
Finland’s Stubb and Norway’s Støre phone Putin from Helsinki, then brief Zelensky on the call
Finnish President Alexander Stubb and Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre spoke by phone with Vladimir Putin on October 27,…
Europe
EU-Canada summit opens in Montreal on 29 October as Carney aims to launch formal talks on a deeper partnership
Carney will host Costa and von der Leyen in Montreal on 29 and 30 October for the 21st EU-Canada summit,…
Asia-Pacific
Japan and Finland sign defence equipment and technology transfer agreement in Tokyo
Japan and Finland signed an agreement on the transfer of defence equipment and technology in Tokyo on October 26, giving…
Europe
UK and Poland agree the Warsaw Defence Plan on air defence, drones, frigates and Baltic Sea security
The UK Ministry of Defence says the plan, agreed in Warsaw on 27 October, is the first phase of the…
Europe
Oleshky ceasefire takes effect on 27 October, two days ahead of schedule, as Ukraine says the humanitarian mission has begun
Ukraine’s General Staff and Russia’s Gerasimov both set 27 October as the start of the Oleshky truce, and Kyiv says…
Europe
Romania’s intelligence service says a Russian-run sabotage network set the 14 September fire at the Carfil arms platform in Brașov
Romania’s SRI says the 14 September fire beside CARFIL SA, a ROMARM subsidiary, was caused by a sabotage network coordinated…
Europe
E5 defence ministers call Russia the “most acute and long-term threat” and say Europe must take more responsibility within NATO
France, Germany, Italy, Poland and the UK say Russia is the most acute and long-term threat to Euro-Atlantic security and…
Europe
EU Council mobilises €4.9 billion for Ukraine under the European Peace Facility after months of deadlock
The Council has adopted decisions mobilising €4.9 billion for Ukraine, partly reimbursing arms already delivered and adding funds for the…