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China Tracks USS Charleston Littoral Combat Ship Near Sabina Shoal in the Spratlys
China’s PLA Southern Theater Command says it tracked USS Charleston near Sabina Shoal on October 20, 2026. Beijing gave no distance, forces or duration,…
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Lockheed Martin to Upgrade Italy’s F-35 Cameri Line as Polish and Swiss Jets Join Production
Lockheed Martin will upgrade three electronic mate and assembly stations at Italy’s Cameri F-35 line under a $9.4 million NAVAIR contract funded by non-U.S.…
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Ukraine Develops Ground Sensor Network to Catch Russian Infiltrators When Drones Can’t Fly
Fog, rain and wind ground Ukraine’s drones, and Russian infantry attacks on those days. Frontline units are improvising with cameras, microphones and UGVs while…
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Polish Leopard 2PLs Train for Night Combat on NATO’s Eastern Flank in Exercise Oak Fire
Polish Leopard 2PL crews of the 19th PKW Latvia rotation have completed Exercise Oak Fire at Ādaži, training offensive tasks, fire control and night…
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Saab Launches Cloud-Based Allied Mission System for Space Command and Control
Saab has launched the Allied Mission System, a cloud-based platform built in Australia that fuses space domain awareness, mission management and command and control,…
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Lithuania Air Surveillance Gains Mobile Layer as US-Made TPS-77 Radars Feed NATO
Lithuania has begun deploying Lockheed Martin AN/TPS-77 Multi-Role Radars, three of which it is buying through U.S. Foreign Military Sales, adding mobile sensors to…
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Why Keris Woomera 26 Matters: Australia Tests HIMARS, PC-21s and C-130Js in Indonesia
Australia and Indonesia closed the nine-day Keris Woomera 26 in East Java and the Bali Sea, where an Australian HIMARS fired overseas for the…
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US Signs APKWS Production Framework for Up to 25,000 Counter-Drone Interceptors a Year
The Department of War and BAE Systems have agreed a seven-year framework to buy up to 25,000 APKWS guidance sections a year, pending congressional…
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Korean HD Hyundai and US Anduril Test 368-Ton Unmanned Surface Vessel Off California
HD Hyundai and Anduril ran a 368-ton former US Navy test ship without crew for three and a half hours off Long Beach, weeks…
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Ukrainian F-16 Fleet Hunts Russia’s Jet-Powered Drones With Half Its Jets Grounded
Russia launched about 3,500 jet-powered Geran drones at Ukraine in September. Kyiv’s roughly 50 F-16s are its main airborne answer, with half the fleet…
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L3Harris Rock Lobster Acoustic Relay Links Australian and US Undersea Comms at RIMPAC 2026
L3Harris tested its Australian-developed Rock Lobster acoustic relay with a Seasats Lightfish USV at RIMPAC 2026, showing Australian and U.S. underwater communications can interoperate…
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Ukraine Claims First Drone Casualty Evacuation as Hexacopter Lifts Soldier From Kill Zone
A Ukrainian heavy hexacopter has lifted a wounded soldier out of a mined, drone-saturated position in what the 92nd Separate Assault Brigade calls the…
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US Navy Adds $876M to L3Harris Next Generation Jammer for EA-18G Electronic Attack Jet
The US Navy has added $876.4 million to L3Harris’ Next Generation Jammer Low Band development, more than the 2024 baseline, funding tooling, demonstration pods…
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US Air Force Plans $2 Billion Dyess B-21 Buildout to Bring Nuclear Bombers Back to Texas
Air Force, Northrop Grumman and Abilene civic leaders met on October 8, 2026, to plan Dyess AFB’s shift to the B-21 Raider, with base…
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US Army Clears 150 km ER GMLRS Rocket for Production After M270A2 Operational Tests
The US Army has approved Milestone C for Lockheed Martin’s Extended-Range GMLRS after Soldier-led tests from an M270A2. The 150-kilometer rocket now enters production…
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US Navy Destroyer USS Benfold Returns Home After Losing Power in the South China Sea
USS Benfold is back in Everett after an eight-month deployment that took it through Valiant Shield 2026 and Freedom Edge 26 with Japan and…
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American L3Harris Delivers 1,000 F-35 TR-3 Avionics Sets as Jets Await Combat Clearance
L3Harris has passed 1,000 shipsets each of two core F-35 TR-3 avionics units, the PCD-EU and Aircraft Memory System. The hardware is at full…
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U.S. B-21 Raider Wingspan Is 152 Feet, 12% Smaller Than B-2, Satellite Imagery Shows
Satellite imagery of Edwards Air Force Base dated June 20, 2026, shows the B-21 Raider spans about 152 feet and measures 61 feet long,…
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U.S. Navy Funds DDG 1002 Sea Trials for Second Zumwalt Set to Carry 12 Hypersonic Missiles
The U.S. Navy has added $99.1 million to Ingalls Shipbuilding’s contract to take Lyndon B. Johnson (DDG 1002), the last Zumwalt-class destroyer, through sea…
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AUKUS Maritime Big Play: Australia Arms Ghost Shark Robot Sub With Mines and Drones
Australia, the UK and the US are testing more than 40 technologies off San Diego at AUKUS Maritime Big Play Pacific, where Australia brings…