Breaking Defense
• Aaron Mehta
Last Updated: Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025, 7:34 AM PST
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Reuters
By Reuters: BAE Systems , Britain's biggest defence company, said on Wednesday that the U.S. Navy had awarded it a five-year contract worth up to $1.7 billion to supply laser-guidance kits that turn unguided rockets into precision munitions.
Reuters
• Sabine Siebold
By Reuters: Germany's powerful IG Metall union has warned it will stop cooperating on a Franco-German fighter jet programme if France's Dassault Aviation remains involved, escalating tensions ahead of ministerial talks on Thursday.
Reuters
• Leo Marchandon
By Reuters: Airbus has agreed a 50 million euros ($58 million) contract to incorporate artificial intelligence developed by the French Ministerial Agency for Defence AI (AMIAD) into weapons and information systems used by the French armed forces.
Air Data News
• JCC; Ricardo Meier
By Air Data News: Poland is in active negotiations to transfer additional MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine in exchange for access to drone and missile technologies. The talks.
AeroTime
• Clement Charpentreau
By AeroTime: Auterion has released test footage showing multiple FPV drones flying and attacking in a coordinated swarm.
DefenseNews.com
• Rudy Ruitenberg
By DefenseNews.com: The cooperation will include setting up local satellite production in Germany to create “a self-reliant European defense capability,” the companies said.
FlightGlobal
• Dominic Perry
By FlightGlobal: Spain has confirmed its interest in the acquisition of an advanced special forces variant of the NH Industries NH90 helicopter for operation by its navy as part of an upcoming order for another batch of the 11t rotorcraft.
The War Zone
• Thomas Newdick
Stars and Stripes
• Antonio María Delgado
