Rudy Ruitenberg
Rudy Ruitenberg is a Europe correspondent for Defense News. He started his career at Bloomberg News and has experience reporting on technology, commodity markets and politics.
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France gauges a new crop of MALE drones for surveillance, strike
The search comes as the long-planned Eurodrone push has lost a bit of its shine.
RTX touts its Europe ties as nations look warily across the pond
Raytheon signed a memorandum of understanding this week with Germany’s Diehl Defence to co-produce the Stinger short-range, anti-air missile in Europe.
Eurofighter vendor targets ‘combat mass’ over next-gen buzz
The idea of producing “combat mass” for Europe, as the CEO called it, follows the urgency of recent conflicts sprung on the continent and its environs.
Thales, Skydweller to offer solar-powered drone for month-long patrols
The companies have pitched their craft as a less expensive alternative to traditional drones like the General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper.
Airbus mulls boosting tanker production on ‘very high’ demand
“With the signals we’re getting from the customers, we are studying a rate increase of the MRTT,” said Jean-Brice Dumont, head of air power at Airbus.
Leaning on civilian sales, Airbus pushes H145M helicopter in Poland
The bid to sell the H145 light utility helicopter comes more than eight years after Poland scrapped a purchase of Airbus H225M tactical-transport helos.
MBDA offers cheap drone swarm as door opener for its pricey missiles
The drone presented here on Monday is a new type of product for the missile maker, whose top-end products can cost millions of euros.
Europeans rush drone-based radar jammers in effort to supplant US tech
Europe largely depends on the U.S. for airborne electromagnetic warfare, a gap some countries are looking to address.
