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Prof. Alon Pikarsky has no apparent connections to Israel's defense industry, lending a whiff of personal favoritism to the pick, according to local media.

Germany wants to buy 600 of the most capable variant of the PAC-3 missile as it works to provide Ukraine with the weapons while replenishing its own stock.

Ukraine is free to use Canadian-donated tanks and armoured vehicles inside Russia, the Department of National Defence said Thursday.

The Liberal government's recent internal budget cutting exercise at the Department of National Defence (DND) has deprived the army's system for maintaining equipment and vehicles of up to $150 million, CBC News has learned.

Aug 13 (Reuters) - Rheinmetall (RHMG.DE), opens new tab would buy U.S.-based military vehicle parts maker Loc Performance in a $950 million deal, the German defense group said on Tuesday. Michigan-based Loc is an original equipment manufacturer for the U.S. Army's military ground vehicle track systems. https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/rheinmetall-buy-military-vehicle-parts-maker-loc-performance-950-mln-deal-2024-08-13/

WARSAW, Aug 12 (Reuters) - Poland signed on Monday a contract with Raytheon Polska and PGZ Huta Stalowa Wola for the production of 48 M903 launchers forming part of Patriot air defence systems worth $1.23 billion, the defence minister said. https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/poland-signs-deal-48-patriot-system-launchers-2024-08-12/

The US Army's directed energy solution for short-range air defense continues to be refined through a variety of competitive prototyping efforts.