On Thursday, Ukraine’s National Guard announced that its Omega unit used attack drones to destroy a Russian Su-24M bomber at the Saky air base in occupied Crimea. Commander Oleksandr Pivnenko detailed how the first drone […]
A top U.S. Army official named Anduril as a potential supplier of hypersonic weapons on July 14 while explaining an emerging requirement for a high/low mix of exquisite and low-cost long-range missiles. Lt. Gen. Frank […]
Ukrainian FPV (first-person-view) drone shot down a Russian Mi-28N in Donetsk Oblast, Robert “Madyar” Brovdi, commander of the Unmanned Systems Forces, said on Sept. 29. Pilots from the 59th Brigade of the Unmanned Systems Forces […]
The Albanese Government has released the 2026 Defence Industry Development Strategy to strengthen Australia’s sovereign defence industrial base and boost self-reliance. The strategy builds on record defence spending outlined in the 2026 National Defence Strategy […]
Türkiye’s defense and aerospace exports exceeded $11 billion (TL 514.86 billion) on a rolling 12-month basis for the first time ever, a top official said on Friday. Haluk Görgün, head of the Presidency of Defense […]
The U.S. Air Force recently conducted its first-ever live-fire test using the unmanned, semiautonomous aircraft the service has dubbed as its “loyal wingmen.” The Anduril-made YFQ-44A executed an end-to-end, beyond-line-of-sight strike against a simulated target […]
Indonesia’s state-owned PT PAL and France’s Naval Group have begun building the first two Evolved Scorpène-class submarines for the Indonesian Navy in Surabaya, East Java. The milestone is part of a contract signed by Indonesia’s […]
Lockheed Martin and Rheinmetall have signed an agreement to co-produce the U.S. Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) at Rheinmetall’s Unterlüß site in northern Germany, marking the first time the ballistic missile is set to be […]
China’s Dong Feng-17 ballistic missile has probably existed for more than a decade, quietly adding to the People’s Liberation Army’s arsenal of ever more modern weaponry. Suddenly, in June, it was showcased for the first […]
An Australian-designed cargo ship just did something no purpose-built military landing vessel has managed before, driving stern-first onto a beach near Darwin, holding position while it dropped a ramp wide enough to drive tanks off, […]
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