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Hanwha Buys Two THeMIS UGVs and Opens Local Production Path in Australia
Hanwha has bought two Milrem THeMIS unmanned ground vehicles, one for South Korean research and one for Australia, under a framework to build, sell…
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EU Tests Weaponized Drone Response After a Hostile Drone Is Shot Down
European Vigilant Shield moved the counter-drone problem from the sky to the ground. EU, NATO and UN experts tested how EOD, CBRN and technical…
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USAF Tests Minuteman III Secondary Launch Capability From Navy E-6B
Air Force crews aboard a Navy E-6B Mercury sent test commands to Minuteman III launch facilities at Malmstrom, exercising the airborne backup to ground…
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Epic Fury Tally: Lincoln Strike Group Fired 450 Tomahawks and Sank 64 Warships
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth credited the Lincoln strike group with 450 Tomahawks and 64 Iranian warships sunk in Operation Epic Fury, a missile…
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USS Abraham Lincoln Keeps F-35Cs Flying After Record 264 Days at Sea
USS Abraham Lincoln kept flying F-35Cs on its way home from a 321-day deployment that included a record 264 days at sea without a…
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General Dynamics and US Army Demonstrate Hypersonic Navigation Without GPS
General Dynamics Mission Systems flew its MO-Nav software-defined receiver on Stratolaunch’s Talon-A with the US Army, demonstrating hypersonic navigation without GPS. A 2027 flight…
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EOS Slinger Counter-Drone Weapon Adds Autonomy, US Production in 2027
EOS Defense Systems USA will build a next-generation Slinger counter-drone weapon in Huntsville, Alabama, from 2027. The upgrade adds selectable autonomy and an autonomous…
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AUKUS Maritime Big Play Tests 40+ Technologies in Live-Fire Autonomy Demo
AUKUS Pillar II’s Maritime Big Play Pacific is testing 40+ technologies off Southern California through October 25, with live-fire strike, resupply and undersea scenarios.…
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Australian HIMARS Second Batch Lands Two Years Early, 90 Launchers Planned
Australia has received its second batch of HIMARS launchers two years ahead of schedule, advancing plans for up to 90 launchers across two long-range…
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UK Patrol Ship HMS Trent Brings Drones and Engineers to Cayman for Hurricanes
HMS Trent spent two days in Grand Cayman, where its commando engineers swapped heavy-plant skills for the Cayman Islands Regiment’s urban search and rescue…
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How the Army Fights: US Army Shifts Weight to Corps and Theater Armies
The US Army’s How the Army Fights guidance assigns Convergence, Strike, Close Battle and Endurance to specific echelons, gives corps and theater armies the…
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Pegasus Cedar 2026: UK Joins Lebanese Air Assault Troops Before UNIFIL Exit
Soldiers from 4 SCOTS have deployed from Cyprus to Lebanon for Pegasus Cedar 2026, a three-week exercise with the LAF Air Assault Regiment, joined…
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US Operation Epic Fury Aircraft Losses Nearly Double to 81, Led by 45 MQ-9s
A Congressional Research Service update counts 81 U.S. aircraft lost or damaged in Operation Epic Fury, nearly double its May tally. At least 45…
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US Navy Revives LRASM B-52 Integration for Standoff Anti-Ship Strikes
NAVAIR plans a sole-source Lockheed Martin order to integrate the AGM-158C LRASM anti-ship missile on the B-52, reviving an effort that stalled after fiscal…
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US Soldiers Could Soon Command Abrams Sensors and Drones by Voice
General Dynamics Land Systems and Primordial Labs will integrate Anura natural language control into the Abrams and next-generation combat vehicles, letting crews task sensors,…
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EU Ukraine Support Loan Pays €1.24B for Ukrainian-Made Drones and Missiles
The European Commission has made its fifth payment from the defense window of the €90 billion Ukraine Support Loan, releasing €1.24 billion for Ukrainian-made…
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Latvia Receives First HUNTER Infantry Fighting Vehicle of 84 on Order
Latvia has accepted the first locally assembled HUNTER infantry fighting vehicle from GDELS, opening deliveries of 84 ASCOD-based IFVs due before 2029, with a…
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Rocket Motor Maker X-Bow Wins $69.7M Navy Interceptor Booster Deal
X-Bow Systems will develop a solid rocket motor booster for a next-generation U.S. Navy interceptor under an agreement worth up to $69.7 million that…
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Romania Orders 12 H225M Helicopters in €757M SAFE Deal to Replace Pumas
Romania has ordered 12 Airbus H225M helicopters through France’s DGA under EU SAFE loans, a €757 million deal to replace IAR-330 Pumas, with first…
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Ukraine’s $9K SHOT-L1 Drone Hunts a Russian Jammer Valued at $10M
Ukraine’s Brave1 Market has listed the SHOT-L1 drone, a roughly $9,300 fixed-wing munition that hunts Russian EW jammers such as the Zhitel and Pole-21…