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Karakoram 2026: Why Pakistani Troops Are Training on Chinese Weapons in Xinjiang
Pakistani troops are training with the PLA in Xinjiang under Karakoram 2026, a high-altitude counterterrorism drill run entirely on Chinese-supplied equipment. Beijing bills it…
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Firm Flying Shahed Drone Stand-Ins Joins U.S. Air Force’s $5.4B Adversary Air Contract
Three small businesses, including drone threat replication specialist KestrelX, have joined the Air Force’s $5.4 billion CAF CAS adversary air vehicle. With $3,000 obligated,…
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US Army Counter-Drone Tests Head to Morocco in 2027 With 180-Day Fielding Goal
The U.S. Army will test counter-drone and force protection systems in Tan-Tan, Morocco, in spring 2027, aiming to put validated C-UAS equipment in soldiers’…
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US Navy Awards Boeing $80M MQ-25A Stingray Contract to Upgrade Carrier Tanker Drone
The U.S. Navy has awarded Boeing a not-to-exceed $80 million IDIQ contract to fund MQ-25A Stingray configuration development, integration, and sustainment through 2031, one…
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South Korea Weighs Extending Cheonghae Unit to Gulf of Oman Near Strait of Hormuz
Seoul is reviewing a plan to extend its Cheonghae anti-piracy unit from the Gulf of Aden into the Gulf of Oman before the December…
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France Rolls Out Rubis Submarine, Its Fifth Suffren-Class SSN, Ahead of 2027 Sea Trials
Rubis, the fifth of six Suffren-class nuclear attack submarines, left Naval Group’s Cherbourg construction hall on October 16, 2026, for its launch platform, 17…
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US Air Force F-22 Pilot Directs YFQ-44A Fury CCA Through Simulated Combat Tasks in Flight
An F-22 Raptor pilot directed an Anduril YFQ-44A Fury through dynamic maneuvers and simulated combat tasks from the cockpit, while the drone’s autonomy software…
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Norwegian Kongsberg Eyes Hundreds of Low-Cost HUGIN UUVs a Year as US Navy Goes Hybrid
Kongsberg is developing low-cost HUGIN UUV variants it expects to build by the hundreds each year and plans a US volume-production facility, as the…
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Ukraine’s DELTA Combat System Integrates NATO-Standard Drones and Radars at REPMUS 2026
Ukraine’s DELTA combat system integrated all STANAG 4817-compliant aerial, surface and subsurface drones and radars at NATO’s REPMUS 2026 in Portugal. The Ministry of…
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Norwegian Kongsberg DR 100 Radar Goes Live in Five Minutes at Interpol Counter-Drone Test
Kongsberg’s quad-panel DR 100 drone detection radar went fully operational five minutes after arriving at Interpol’s counter-UAS test at Oslo Gardermoen Airport, streaming tracks…
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US Sends One of Its Last Wooden Minehunters to Philippine Maritime Cooperative Activity
On October 14, 2026, the US Avenger-class minehunter USS Warrior sailed with Philippine frigate BRP Miguel Malvar and coast guard vessel BRP Melchora Aquino…
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UK and Germany Review 2,000 km Deep Precision Strike Missile at London Talks
UK and German armaments chiefs met at Lancaster House on October 15 to review joint programs, with Deep Precision Strike, a planned missile family…
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Royal Navy Wildcat Fires Martlet Missiles at Drones to Shield French Task Group
A Royal Navy Wildcat from 815 Naval Air Squadron used Martlet missiles to defend a six-ship French task group against drones in Exercise Wildfire…
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Why the US Military Is Embracing Gaming Controllers, From M1E3 Abrams Tanks to the Firefly Laser
The Pentagon’s pick of Kord’s Firefly laser for a base-defense pilot puts an Xbox controller in a homeland air defense fire-control chain. From the…
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US Marines’ 1st Battalion Goes From Artillery to First NMESIS Medium Missile Battalion
The Marine Corps redesignated 1st Battalion, 10th Marines at Camp Lejeune as its first Medium-Range Missile Battalion, organized around NMESIS and the Naval Strike…
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Poland Nears End of 218 Homar-K Launcher Deliveries, Readies 72 More
Poland’s Armament Agency says Homar-K deliveries under the 2022 contract for 218 launchers are nearly complete after a new batch reached the 11th Armored…
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US Drone Dominance Program Orders 6,000 XTEND STRIKER Drones for Indoor Combat
XTEND AI Robotics will supply 6,000 STRIKER drones built for confined, GNSS-denied combat under a $40.5 million Drone Dominance Program order, after placing third…
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USS Theodore Roosevelt Takes George Washington’s Place in Japan Ahead of Keen Sword 27
USS Theodore Roosevelt and USS Chosin arrived at Yokosuka on October 16, 2026, taking George Washington’s berth before Keen Sword 27, which deploys Marine…
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U.S. Navy Receives First E-130J Phoenix II Airframe for Nuclear Submarine Relay Role
Lockheed Martin has delivered the first C-130J-30 airframe for the U.S. Navy’s E-130J Phoenix II, the TACAMO aircraft set to replace the E-6B Mercury.…
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Germany Orders 15 Finnish Watercat M18 AMC Armored Combat Boats for Its Seebataillon
Germany has ordered 15 Watercat M18 AMC armored combat boats from Finland’s Marine Alutech for the German Navy’s Seebataillon, with deliveries from 2029 to…