Lee Ferran
Managing Editor at Breaking Defense
“It’s a magical world, Hobbes, ol’ buddy. Let’s go exploring.” managing ed @BreakingDefense, fmr @abc. lferran(at)breakingmedia(dot)com
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breakingdefense.com | Bartosz Głowacki |Lee Ferran
WARSAW — Today in Warsaw, representatives of the Polish private company WB Group and the South Korean defense firm Hanwha Aerospace signed an agreement to establish a joint venture to manufacture missiles for the Chunmoo multiple rocket launch system in Poland.
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2 weeks ago |
breakingdefense.com | Lee Ferran
A model of General Dynamics Ghost Small Surface Vessel on display at Sea Air Space 2025. (Brendon Smith / Breaking Defense)SEA AIR SPACE — And that’s a wrap on the Navy League’s Sea Air Space conference from scenic National Harbor outside Washington, DC. Catch up on all the news out of the conference here, but before then, check out a selection of photos from the show on day three below.
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breakingdefense.com | Lee Ferran
BAE Systems BOFORS 40 MK 4 Naval Gun System can “go from warning to destruction in less than 0.5 seconds.” The company said weapon, on display at Sea Air Space 2025, is automatically loaded and can be both remotely and locally controlled. (Brendon Smith / Breaking Defense)SEA AIR SPACE 2025 — The second day of Sea Air Space 2025 has come and gone, as attendees listened to senior military officials in panels and navigated dozens of industry booths showing off their wares.
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breakingdefense.com | Lee Ferran
SEA AIR SPACE 2025 — While it’s “exciting” to hear President Donald Trump promise dozens of new, big icebreakers, current assessments show that eight or nine of that size would do for now, a senior Coast Guard officer said this week. “Whenever your boss is interested in 40 icebreakers, you are very happy, right? I mean, this has been something that we’ve been trying to do for a long time,” Vice Adm.
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breakingdefense.com | Lee Ferran |Wilder Alejandro Sanchez
WASHINGTON — At the LAAD 2025 defense expo in Rio de Janeiro, the navies of Brazil and the United Kingdom signed a letter of intent for the transfer of the British fleet’s two decommissioned Albion-class amphibious command ships: HMS Albion (L14) and HMS Bulwark (L15). The Brazilian navy, the Marinha do Brasil (MB), justified the potential acquisition by focusing on the ships’ capabilities for humanitarian assistance and disaster relief missions.
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