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Today, the Hellenic Navy signed a contract to acquire four Schiebel CAMCOPTER S-100 UAS for its Kimon-class (FDI HN) frigates. The first system, each system with two S-100 air vehicles, will be deployed on HS Kimon in spring 2026, alongside a land-based system for training, with initial crews completing training by the same period. Schiebel press release Vienna, 13 February 2026: The Hellenic Navy has signed a contract to procure ship-based CAMCOPTER® S-100 Unmanned Air Systems (UAS) to be deployed on the Hellenic Navy’s Frégate de Défense et d’Intervention (FDI) Belharra-class frigates, namely HS (Hellenic Ship) Kimon, Nearchos and Formion.…

Listen to the article 2 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Shipping and logistics giant Maersk has opened a new ground freight hub to speed deliveries in and out of Southern California, the company announced in a press release. The 165,000-square-foot facility in Fontana, California, features 22 doors as well as a fleet of 18 vehicles, per the release. The company said its location within the Inland Empire logistics hub allows it to provide more reliable service for shippers. “It’s a strategic step that supports our customers’ growth and Maersk’s vision…

In 2024, the Defence Ministers of France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Sweden and the United Kingdom, signed the European Long-range Strike Approach (ELSA) in order to: strengthen European military capabilities and improve NATO’s deterrence and defence posture; speed up capability development for long-range strike; foster European industrial and armed forces collaboration. Joint Communiqué by the Defence Ministries of ELSA Nations: ELSA will facilitate and increase the ability of European Nations to fulfill capability development goals in line with the NATO Defence Planning Process and national operational requirements. Work undertaken over the last months is shaping a series of capability area clusters,…

STOCKHOLM — This spring, Sweden is expected to decide on one of its largest defense procurements since the Cold War. The addition of four new frigates to the Royal Swedish Navy, designated the Luleå-class, will strengthen the navy’s capabilities in the Baltic Sea and the High North amid threats from Russia.  The price tag is unknown but is expected to be around 40 to 60 billion Swedish kronor, or approximately $4.5 to $6.7 billion. Also unknown until this week: What exactly home industrial champion Saab would be offering with its partner, UK firm Babcock.  That mystery has been answered: The…

Stesslingen, Germany / Ottawa, Canada – February 10, 2026 – SatService GmbH, a Germany-based provider of advanced satellite ground systems and a subsidiary of Calian Group Ltd. (TSX: CGY), today announced it has been awarded a contract by the Federal Ministry of Defence of Germany, represented by the University of the Federal Armed Forces in Munich, to deliver an advanced, full-service Q/V-band satellite ground station in support of scientific and modern military satellite communications (SATCOM). Under the terms of the agreement, SatService will design, manufacture, test and deliver the satellite ground station, including a high-performance 4-metre antenna system. Once complete,…

News February 13, 2026 Dan Taylor Technology Editor Military Embedded Systems Image via Helsing LONDON, United Kingdom. HENSOLDT and Helsing signed a strategic partnership to develop an artificial intelligence-enabled autonomous combat air system built around Helsing’s CA-1 Europa aircraft, the companies announced in a statement. Under the agreement, the companies say the CA-1 Europa will integrate HENSOLDT sensor technologies spanning radar, optronics, self-protection, and electromagnetic warfare functions, the statement reads. HENSOLDT says its MDOcore (Multi-Domain Operations Core) software suite will support multi-domain data fusion, networking, and mission coordination as part of the system architecture, the statement adds. Helsing says its…

MUNICH — As part of discussions between Belgium and US giant Lockheed Martin for a potential deal covering 11 additional F-35A fifth-generation fighter jets, Brussels is pushing hard for hefty domestic industrial returns, according to the country’s defense minister.“We want to make the F-35 as European as possible, and there’s a lot of opportunities and possibilities” when it comes to securing an agreement on local supply chain financial gains, Theo Francken told Breaking Defense today on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference. “We have to produce it in Cameri” Air Base in northern Italy he added, home to final…

Europe, as the German philosopher Peter Sloterdijk recently wrote, has ended a long “vacation from history.” We have crossed the threshold into a gloomier era that is once again characterized by power flexing and great-power politics. The United States’ claim to global leadership is being challenged, perhaps even squandered. And the international order that was based on rights and rules, imperfect as it was even in its best days, no longer exists.Russia’s violent revisionism in its brutal war against Ukraine is only the most glaring expression of this new era. China is also laying claim to great-power status and has,…

The Norwegian Army is due to receive new tactical radios to equip its manoeuvre force. As part of an overarching command and control modernisation, the army will also gain new connectivity software and access to dedicated fifth-generation cellular communications. (Norwegian MOD) Norway is taking important step forward in the modernisation of its land forces tactical communications with the procurement of several new systems. On 15th January, Clavister was awarded a contract worth $31 million to develop the Norwegian armed forces’ Tactical Core Network System (TCNS). Of that sum, $28 million is for the system’s development with $3 million covering support…

UNOCHA – United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Briefing to the Security Council on the humanitarian situation in Yemen by Lisa Doughten, Director, Financing and Partnerships Division, OCHA, on behalf of Tom Fletcher, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator New York, 12 February 2026 As delivered Thank you, Mr. President. Allow me to start by recalling that despite the Secretary General’s calls, and despite all efforts, today, 73 UN staff remain arbitrarily detained by the Houthi de facto authorities, along with dozens of others from NGOs and civil society. On 29 January, the de facto…