Defense
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New NDAA Plan Targets Threat of Commercial Data Tracking That Could Expose U.S. Troops
A little-noticed provision in the fiscal 2027 defense bill aims to create a single Pentagon lead for ubiquitous technica...
Navy Reclassifies 19 Virginia-Class Subs as Guided Missile Boats, Signaling New Strike Doctrine
The US Navy redesignated 19 planned Virginia-class attack submarines as guided missile submarines, tripling their Tomaha...
Boeing Lands First Production Deal for Jet-Powered JDAM, Extending Bomb Range Past 300 Miles
The US Navy will receive initial GBU-75 kits that turn conventional JDAMs into standoff weapons with cruise-missile reac...
CSG Bets on Hypersonic Interceptors with Strategic Investment in Canada's North Vector Dynamics
Czech industrial group CSG has taken a strategic stake in Calgary-based North Vector Dynamics, gaining a foothold in hyp...
PLA Navy Training Task Group Wraps Indonesia Visit, Drills with Local Fleet
The Chinese naval formation, including training ship Qijiguang and amphibious dock landing ship Kunlunshan, departed Sur...
US Navy Reclassifies VPM-Equipped Virginia Submarines as SSGNs
The reclassification of Virginia-class Blocks V and VI submarines as guided missile submarines (SSGNs) formalizes their ...
South Korea Turns to Mass-Produced UGVs as Conscript Pool Plunges
Seoul selects Hanwha Aerospace’s Arion-SMET for large-scale fielding by 2027-28, driven by a shrinking pool of fit consc...
EU Transfers €1.4bn More in Frozen Russian Asset Profits to Ukraine
Windfall profits from immobilised Central Bank of Russia assets are channelled into loan repayments and military procure...
US Long-Range Precision Munitions Stocks Dangerously Low After Iran War
The US Army’s key surface-to-surface and interceptor missile reserves are critically depleted after a five-month air cam...
India's Agni-4 Missile Test Confirms Deterrent Readiness, Highlights Indigenous Tech Maturity
A user trial of the nuclear-capable Agni-4 ballistic missile off the Odisha coast validated operational parameters, rein...
National Guard’s D.C. Deployment to Cost $1.4 Billion Through 2029, DOD Estimates
The Pentagon projects $1.4 billion to keep roughly 4,600 troops in Washington until the end of President Trump’s term, f...
Data Centers Become Frontline Targets as Iran-US Conflict Redraws AI Warfare
Physical strikes on AI-enabling data centers in the Gulf have turned digital infrastructure into a military objective, f...
As Military Spending Hits $1.9 Trillion, Investors Eye Defence Stocks for Sustained Growth
After a multi-decade decline relative to GDP, global military expenditures have surged past $1.9 trillion as geopolitica...
US Army Seeks $150K Missiles to Counter Small Drones
The Army's Next Generation C-sUAS Missile program targets Group 2 and 3 drones, with a 5,000-missile buy priced under $1...
Diehl Defence and BAE Systems Team Up on Mk 45 Naval Gun Ammunition
German ammunition maker Diehl will adapt its 127mm rounds for BAE Systems' Mk 45 Mod 4 naval gun, with guided-missile in...
Raytheon Begins SPY-6(V)4 Testing as US Navy Readies 47-Ship Radar Backfit
Raytheon has installed a SPY-6(V)4 array in Virginia, advancing the US Navy's plan to put AESA radar on 47 Arleigh Burke...
US $3bn+ Missile Deals With Northrop Grumman and Lockheed Martin Target PAC-3 and THAAD Surge
The Department of War has signed framework agreements worth more than $3bn to accelerate PAC-3 and THAAD interceptor com...
Arizona's Davis-Monthan AFB Retires Its Final A-10 Warthogs
The Warthog's final sortie from Davis-Monthan Air Force Base closed a 50-year chapter in Tucson — but roughly 160 A-10s ...
Navy Replaces 43-Year Blue Angels Uniform Maker With Virginia Contractor
Pensacola's Sewing Box loses the Blue Angels flight-suit contract it held for 43 years to Virginia-based Aquila Internat...
Sauerbruch Hutton to Expand German Defence Ministry's Berlin Headquarters
Sauerbruch Hutton wins the contract to redevelop the Bendlerblock, beating Henn in a final round of a German defence min...
Poland to Host First 'Coalition of the Willing' Drills as East Shield Border Work Ramps Up
Warsaw prepares fall exercises with UK and French forces under the Ukraine support coalition, while NATO allies join wor...
U.S. Navy's $76.6B Submarine Deals Lock In Virginia and Columbia Build-Out
The Pentagon's $76.6 billion awards to General Dynamics and Huntington Ingalls secure nine Virginia attack subs, five Co...
Chinese Peacekeeping Units in Lebanon Pass First Full UNIFIL Evaluation
Three Chinese contingents in Lebanon cleared a three-day UNIFIL capability review, with 146 landmines destroyed since th...
Rheinmetall unveils GMF 140 frigate concept aimed at North American market
German defense group Rheinmetall has unveiled a 6,000-tonne guided missile frigate concept aimed at NATO and allied navi...
Space-Eyes to List on Nasdaq in $638M SPAC Merger With McKinley Acquisition
Space-Eyes, an AI counter-drone and geospatial intelligence company, plans to go public via a McKinley Acquisition SPAC ...
UK MoD to Launch Light Mobility Vehicle Tender to Replace Ageing Land Rover and Pinzgauer Fleets
The UK Ministry of Defence is expected to publish its Light Mobility Vehicle tender in early August, formally opening th...
US Army Picks Harbinger-Rheinmetall Team for Autonomous Hybrid-Electric Resupply Trucks
The US Army has awarded an 18-month contract for uncrewed, hybrid-electric resupply vehicles to a team led by American R...
Denmark's First Extended Conscription Intake Begins 11-Month Service
Around 1,600 Danish recruits start Denmark's longer military service as Copenhagen accelerates its Arctic-focused defenc...
Ukraine Lets AWOL Troops Pick Their New Unit to Entice Them Back to War
Kyiv is letting absent soldiers choose from over 70 units via its Army+ app as it races to rebuild ranks ahead of a Sept...
Why Germany Now Treats the Arctic and the GIUK Gap as Core Security Interests
Berlin has no Arctic coastline, but updated NATO-focused strategy says melting ice, Russian naval activity and reliance ...