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An Iranian-backed militia carried out a drone strike on Camp Victory in Iraq, targeting a United States military installation and hitting multiple assets, according to video released on March 24 and open-source analysis. Footage shows a first-person view (FPV) attack drone striking a parked Black Hawk helicopter within the base perimeter. Open-source imagery from the […]View the full article

Russian sources have released footage showing the operational use of a new interceptor drone known as Lys-2 (Fox-2), a fixed-wing unmanned system designed to engage aerial targets. The footage, circulated on March 24, highlights the drone’s use as a counter-UAS platform with an autonomous target acquisition feature during the final phase of flight. According to […]View the full article

South Korea on Wednesday rolled out the first KF-21 Boramae fighter jet to come off the assembly line, marking the start of mass production of the domestically developed aircraft. The ceremony took place at Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) in Sacheon, South Gyeongsang Province, with President Lee Jae Myung attending alongside military officials and industry representatives. […]View the full article

Latvia has begun transferring batches of CVR(T) armored vehicles to Ukraine, with deliveries already underway, Ukraine’s Minister of Defense Mykhailo Fedorov said following a meeting with Latvian Defense Minister Andris Sprūds. The vehicles are being supplied to reinforce Ukrainian battalion-level units. “Met with Latvia’s Minister of Defense Andris Sprūds. We discussed the development of joint […]View the full article

Latvia’s Air Force detected and tracked a foreign unmanned aerial vehicle entering the country’s airspace from Russia before it crashed in the Krāslava region, the Latvian Ministry of Defense said. The incident occurred early March 25, with authorities confirming the drone detonated after entering Latvian territory. According to the Latvian Ministry of Defense, early warning […]View the full article

Ukrainian strike drones targeted a major Russian shipbuilding facility in the Leningrad region, damaging a Project 23550 patrol icebreaker under construction. The attack reportedly hit the Vyborg Shipyard, where the vessel was being completed for Russia’s Federal Security Service Border Guard. According to reporting by Militarnyi, the damaged vessel is likely the patrol icebreaker “Purga,” […]View the full article

MSI Defense Solutions and South Korea’s Nearthlab on March 24 signed a memorandum of understanding to integrate the KAiDEN autonomous interceptor drone into the EAGLS counter-UAS system, the companies announced at the Association of the United States Army Global Force Symposium in Huntsville, Alabama. The agreement focuses on adding a kinetic interception capability to the […]View the full article

AM General on March 24 unveiled a next-generation Unmanned Ground Vehicle at the Association of the United States Army Global Force Symposium & Exposition in Huntsville, Alabama. The company said the platform introduces a new direction for its light tactical vehicle portfolio, combining autonomous capability with a redesigned powertrain intended for future military systems. The […]View the full article

L3Harris Technologies today said it had begun high-volume production of its VAMPIRE counter-unmanned systems at a new facility in Huntsville, Alabama. The company said the production line is designed to meet growing demand from the United States and allied forces for systems capable of countering drone threats. Counter-drone systems such as VAMPIRE are being fielded […]View the full article

Ukraine’s Defense Intelligence Directorate (GUR) said March 24 that its forces destroyed a launcher from Russia’s Bastion coastal missile system in occupied Crimea during overnight strikes. The GUR said the system had been used to launch Zircon hypersonic missiles against Ukraine and confirmed that two Zircon missiles were also destroyed in the attack. According to […]View the full article

Spain’s Indra Group and South Korea’s Hanwha Aerospace on March 24 signed a binding agreement in Madrid to jointly develop new tracked self-propelled artillery systems for the Spanish Armed Forces, the companies said. The agreement focuses on building a new family of land platforms based on Hanwha’s K9 artillery system with integrated Spanish technologies. The […]View the full article

Lockheed Martin on March 24 said it had completed the first integrated live-fire and vertical-launch test of a HELLFIRE missile from its new GRIZZLY containerized launcher. The company said the test demonstrated the system’s ability to load and launch a missile from a standard 10-foot Tricon container. Containerized systems are being explored as a way […]View the full article

The United States Army on March 20 awarded a production contract to AV for its P550 Long Range Reconnaissance unmanned aircraft systems. The systems were procured through the Unmanned Aircraft Systems Marketplace Basic Ordering Agreement, a contracting mechanism designed to speed up acquisition timelines. Officials said the program is intended to provide commanders with organic […]View the full article

Czech company TRL Drones announced on Monday that it has launched a new Ground Control Station, or GCS, system designed to support anti-drone protection for the Czech Republic and critical infrastructure across Europe. The company said the software-and-drone solution is now ready after a year of development and is intended to provide what it described […]View the full article

Leonardo DRS said Tuesday it had been selected as one of 13 companies awarded a place on the Advanced Technology Support Program V, or ATSP5, a U.S. Department of War engineering solutions contract meant to help the military rapidly field emerging technologies. The Arlington, Virginia-based company said the indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity, multiple-award contract carries a total […]View the full article

Epirus, General Dynamics Land Systems and Kodiak AI on March 24 unveiled the Leonidas Autonomous Ground Vehicle, or AGV, a new mobile counter-UAS system built to operate either fully autonomously or through teleoperation for defense and homeland security missions. The new system was unveiled at the AUSA Global Force Symposium & Exhibition in Huntsville, Alabama. […]View the full article

Mark Felton is a treasure. He has produced an enviable series of historical videos over the years. Pretty much everything he puts out is a must-watch. He also covers current issues, and this episode, to me, was a patriotic act for a British subject, and an important review that should concern everyone in the West. It is a good follow-on to yesterday’s post. Next to the U.S. Navy, the West has always assumed that the Royal Navy would be there to help preserve the assumptions the rest of the planet has about the access to the high seas. In 2026, the first question is not ‘will’ but ‘can’ they Royal Navy be of use. Too many people who should don’t know the state of the Royal…

The F-35 program fielded no new combat capability during fiscal year 2025 after software problems delayed operational testing across both Technology Refresh 2 and Technology Refresh 3 aircraft configurations, according to the Pentagon’s Director, Operational Test and Evaluation annual report. DOT&E said the latest TR-3 software build, 40R02, was “unsuitable for dedicated OT,” while the […]View the full article

The United States Air Force has still not completed initial operational test and evaluation for the KC-46A Pegasus tanker, with the program’s test cycle stretching on from 2019 as key technical fixes remain unfinished, according to the Pentagon’s Director, Operational Test and Evaluation annual report. The report states that DOT&E approved the KC-46A IOT&E test […]View the full article

The United States Navy’s MQ-25 Stingray carrier-based unmanned tanker program missed its originally scheduled Milestone C decision after production delays, test-asset delays, and concerns that the available data were not suitable to support the move into the next acquisition phase, according to the Pentagon’s Director, Operational Test and Evaluation annual report. The report states that […]View the full article