France’s high national debt threatens to curb its defence ambitions, raising the risk that one of Europe’s strongest militaries will not be able to keep up with an expected wave of spending.

As Paris eyes a major defence boost, fiscal constraints risk slowing one of Europe’s most ambitious rearmament plans.

Europe’s arms manufacturers are duking it out with American rivals to win their slice of the region’s fast-growing military pie, as governments embark on an unprecedented expansion of defense spending ...

Boeing expects a "very significant expansion" in Europe over the next decade, executives told a briefing at the Paris Air ...

Rheinmetall stands to benefit from Europe's defense spending surge, with a €63 billion order ... as BAE Systems (UK), Leonardo (Italy), Thales (France), and KNDS (Germany/France), Rheinmetall ...

Investors who bought into defence-focused companies and exchange traded funds months before Donald Trump was elected US ...

TOULOUSE, France, March 24 (Reuters) - Airbus (AIR.PA), opens new tab is in discussions with European nations on new defence and space orders as the continent increases spending and is seeing an ...

during which they pledged to ramp up defense spending. Shares in companies including France's Thales, Germany’s Rheinmetall, Italy’s Leonardo and Sweden’s Saab each surged 11% or more.

Emmanuel Macron wants to strengthen military as US pulls back from Europe but must tackle steep borrowing costs ...