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Brett Hill and Nathan Poyner with South Australian Minister for Defence and Space Industries Chris Picton and LTGEN Rick Burr (Retd), chair defence SA Advisory Board. Credit: Rheinmetall AG. Rheinmetall and Praetorian Aeronautics have delivered a prototype of the Autonomous-Engagement-Rapid-Interceptor-Effector (AERIE), a containerised counter-uncrewed aircraft system (C-UAS) launcher. The companies said the multi-interceptor launch system was developed in Australia under a collaborative research and development partnership, progressing from concept to prototype within 12 months. Discover B2B Marketing That Performs Combine business intelligence and editorial excellence to reach engaged professionals across 36 leading media platforms. Find out more Operator demonstrations are…

English (Original) Spanish – Español French – Français German – Deutsch Arabic – العربية Chinese – 中文 Japanese – 日本語 Russian – Русский Portuguese – Português Italian – Italiano Korean – 한국어 Dutch – Nederlands Turkish – Türkçe Polish – Polski Hindi – हिन्दी 🤖 Hi! I’m here to help you understand this article. Ask me anything about the content! Send The US military is preparing for possible renewed strikes against Iran as fighting intensifies across the Middle East, with Syria considering military support for Saudi Arabia and fresh threats to vital oil shipping routes. The Pentagon has instructed US…

MILAN — The Lithuanian government said it would be willing to cover the cost of establishing a permanent US military base in the country, an offer that President Donald Trump said the US government would “certainly” consider. “Our partners simply need to make a political decision regarding the permanent deployment of troops, and Lithuania is ready to cover the associated financial costs,” the Lithuanian Prime Minister Mindaugas Sinkevičius said on Facebook on Tuesday, as quoted by LRT, the country’s public broadcaster.  Sinkevičius discussed the possibility of a Lithuanian-funded US base in an appearance on Bloomberg on Sept. 29, saying Vilnius would “go…

Pakistan’s 06 October test of the Fatah-4-ER cruise missile confirmed that each member of the Fatah series is a distinct missile family that will see iterative variants. This Demand Tracker covers three areas that follow from the test: a possible Fatah-1-ER, a simpler low-cost cruise missile sitting between the Fatah-4 and Sarfarosh, and a potential requirement for electronic warfare decoys that local and foreign vendors could target. Possible ‘Fatah-1-ER’ in the Pipeline When Global Industrial & Defence Solutions (GIDS) initially marketed the Fatah-1 guided multiple-launch rocket system (GMLRS), it also revealed a future, extended-range variant called “Fatah-2” in 2022-2023. Derived…

Recent conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East have exposed potential weaknesses in the munitions supply chain, and the defense industrial base is working to ramp up production to meet needs and replenish dwindling stockpiles. Breaking Defense spoke with Tiberius Aerospace Co-Founder and CEO Chad Steelberg about the company’s efforts to “weaponize the supply chain,” speed up delivery of munitions and develop the systems needed to support the US and its allies. Breaking Defense: What have recent conflicts revealed about the way the US and its allies develop and replenish weapons? Chad Steelberg, co-founder and CEO, Tiberius Aerospace Steelberg: The…

WASHINGTON — The rushed withdrawal of US bombers from a British airfield will likely impact the tempo of strikes America can generate against Iran for the time being, and underscores a dearth of defenses at critical installations, experts told Breaking Defense. On Sunday, the US abruptly pulled out a dozen B-1 Lancer long-range bombers from RAF Fairford in southern England due to fears of a threat from Iran, according to President Donald Trump. The New York Times reported Monday that the swift exit was prompted by the possibility of a localized drone attack, potentially mirroring a Ukrainian operation last year…

SINGAPORE — Australia’s NIOA Group and US firm AeroVironment have entered into a strategic partnership to bring AV’s loitering munitions capabilities Down Under. The two companies announced at the ongoing Land Forces defense exhibition in Australia that they will team together to “support the introduction into service, sustainment and future growth of advanced loitering munitions capabilities across Australia and New Zealand.” A new release from NIOA said, “The partnership establishes a framework for cooperation across the AeroVironment portfolio, including the combat-proven Switchblade family of precision loitering munitions, and positions NIOA as AeroVironment’s local partner for distribution, customer engagement, support and…

Peraton wants to bring AI-fueled project management to the Pentagon and beyond—while also changing the perception that it’s just an IT company.It’s true the company has “a rich history of doing IT services and IT modernization acrossgovernment customers,” Gabe Camarillo, the company’s new defense sector president, told Defense One. But Peraton is also big on defense prototyping and engineering: “We do Tomahawk theater mission planning support for the Navy,” he said, plus “modeling and simulation for Aegis. Also, sonar analysis and acoustic analysis for the Navy at Carderock. And then we also provide engineering support to some Army programs, like, for…

The United States devotes too little attention toward preparedness for a Chinese campaign of cyberattacks and economic pressure against Taiwan, organizers of a recent war game warned Tuesday, arguing that gaps between military and civilian planning could delay assistance to the island.The Foundation for Defense of Democracies exercise examined how Beijing could disrupt Taiwan’s communications networks to extract political concessions without launching an invasion. The simulation was held in Taiwan in late September, and its findings were briefed to Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te and his national security team, according to the think tank.Mark Montgomery, an FDD senior fellow and retired…

The Army shuttered one Okinawa-based support unit and reactivated a larger one, part of the broader effort to prepare for a potential conflict in the expansive theater.The closure of the 10th Support Group and the reestablishment of the 45th Sustainment Brigade will give the service a brigade-level headquarters that can better command and control sustainment capabilities in the region, said Col. Dennis Han, who leads the new unit. It will also mean a “small growth” in the number of soldiers at Torii Station, but no additional infrastructure at the base on Okinawa’s west coast.While the 10th Support Group was focused…