Author Elisabeth Gosselin-Malo

Elisabeth Gosselin-Malo

Elisabeth Gosselin-Malo is a Europe correspondent for Defense News. She covers a wide range of topics related to military procurement and international security, and specializes in reporting on the aviation sector. She is based in Milan, Italy.

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Defense firms follow Lithuania’s allure of making ammo sans red tape

Foreign companies can short-circuit the permitting process and other bureaucratic steps if their plans fall under a new national-security provision.

11 days ago

In Ukraine, long guns become desperate defenses against small drones

The effectiveness of using small arms to counter drones remains uncertain at best, but weapons companies have taken notice.

12 days ago

NATO’s newfound knack for hefty bulk buys has arms maker RTX perked up

Company executive Tom Laliberty believes the alliance's joint purchasing model could also work in areas other than air-defense interceptors.

UK-led fighter program is still open-ish to paying partners

The prospect of Saudi Arabia, an authoritarian monarchy, joining GCAP has tickled the imagination of the global aviation commentariat

Drone warfare in Ukraine prompts fresh thinking in helicopter tactics

The shift is animated in large part by proliferating ground-based air defenses that make manned flight over the battlefield almost impossible.

How the Swedish Air Force is finding its flow as part of NATO

Interview: Swedish Air Force chief Maj. Gen. Jonas Wikman talks next-gen fighters, his service's take on drones, and Russian aircraft near Scandinavia.

Switzerland squares neutrality with its European air-defense push

The European Sky Shield Initiative's focus procurement and other non-operational aspects have eased Swiss neutrality concerns, officials and analysts say.

NATO tests counter-drone playbook amid real-life jamming in Romania

Alliance officials encountered enemy GPS spoofing and jamming at an exercise site on the Black Sea shore.

Denmark pulls troubled frigate as lead ship for NATO force

The Iver Huitfeldt was supposed to be an alliance flagship, but air-defense problems encountered by the crew during a Red Sea deployment remain unresolved.

European gun makers trial small arms as drone stoppers

Makers of shotguns and machine guns are finding new ways to target unmanned aerial vehicles on the cheap.

Ground robots hauling drones into battle is a trend at Paris arms fair

Teledyne Flir and Rheinmetall have proposed combos of robots on land and in the air.

Citing missile mismatch, Lockheed snarls at HIMARS challenge in Europe

"If Germany was to opt for PULS, they could not gain access to our missiles,” a Lockheed Martin exec said, referring to a competing system from Elbit.