Defense News

• Fedorov out as Ukraine’s defense minister in major government shake-up
  Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy dismissed Mykhailo Fedorov as the country's minister of defense after just six months in office.
• US Air Force turns to cheaper cruise missiles it can buy by the thousands
  The U.S. Air Force is turning to cruise missiles it can buy by the thousand, cheap enough to shoot many for less than it once cost to shoot one.
• MBDA appoints Airbus executive Jean-Brice Dumont as new CEO
  MBDA, Europe’s largest missile maker, appointed Airbus Defence and Space executive Jean-Brice Dumont as its new chief executive officer effective Nov. 1.
• First the coast guard, then an ICBM: China tests new, long-term ways to hold off rivals in Asia
  Experts say Beijing used both methods to try out new, attention-grabbing and long-term ways to deter others from challenging its territorial claims.
• Ukraine’s newest strike weapon drifts into Russia on the wind
  The U.S. and Russia are fielding the same balloons used by Ukraine that bait air defenses and now launch missiles.