Raw Intel

Every radio, satellite link, and data network the military operates speaks a slightly different language, and translating between those languages in a battlefield environment where jamming, interference, and degraded conditions are the norm costs time, bandwidth, and lives. DARPA, the Pentagon’s advanced research arm, published a special notice on June 5, 2026, announcing plans for […]View the full article

The Israel Ministry of Defense confirmed that a cargo ship carrying military equipment, including dozens of Humvees, trucks, and additional military gear, arrived and was unloaded at the Port of Haifa over the weekend as part of ongoing logistical support for Israel Defense Forces operations under Operation Roaring Lion. According to a statement from the […]View the full article

Iran carried out a large-scale missile and drone attack across multiple Gulf countries and Israel on February 28, following the reported elimination of senior Iranian political and military leadership, including Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The strikes targeted the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Oman, and Israeli territory, marking one of […]View the full article

Photographs and video circulating on social media appear to show a Russian Su-57 stealth fighter trying, and failing, to stop Ukrainian strike drones from reaching Russia’s largest oil refinery on July 6, 2026, a claim that, if confirmed, would mark a rare and embarrassing operational failure for one of Russia’s scarcest and most advanced combat […]View the full article

The Pentagon’s Missile Defense Agency on March 2, 2026, published new details of its Nimble Options for Buying Layered Effects, or NOBLE, announcement, establishing a five-year acquisition framework running through March 27, 2030. The announcement consolidates multiple contracting authorities under a single structure to support missile defense research, prototyping, and rapid capability development. The NOBLE […]View the full article

United States Central Command has released new footage from strikes on Iran as part of Operation Epic, with the video appearing to show the destruction of an Iranian Shahed-171 Simorgh stealth drone or its Shahed-191 version, one of Tehran’s most advanced unmanned aerial platforms. The footage was released as the campaign entered its fifth week, […]View the full article

Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces said its units, working with military intelligence, struck Kirovske airfield in occupied Crimea overnight on April 2, destroying a Russian An-72P patrol aircraft and a site used to prepare Orion strike and reconnaissance drones for missions. The strike was carried out by the 1st Separate Center of the Unmanned Systems Forces […]View the full article

Iran issued a direct warning on Sunday that it will strike U.S. military assets, commercial shipping, and Israel if the United States launches any military action during the nationwide anti-government protests gripping the country. The threat was delivered by Iranian parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf in a televised address. Ghalibaf told lawmakers that “in the […]View the full article

Poland is testing the counter-drone technologies it intends to deploy along its eastern border — and one of the systems that showed up at the Central Air Force Firing Range in Ustka last week listens for drones rather than looking for them. Operational tests for Poland’s Eastern Shield program, known in Polish as Tarcza Wschód, […]View the full article

The U.S. Army’s Yuma Proving Ground opened its range in March for a week-long demonstration of advanced airdrop and parachute systems, drawing more than 300 participants from the United States and 11 partner nations to Arizona. Hosted by the Yuma Test Center, the event put the Army’s latest air delivery technologies on display, including powered […]View the full article

A photograph making the rounds among Russian military analysts shows the Russian Navy’s latest answer to Ukraine’s growing drone threat at sea: a thin green mesh net, the kind more commonly found on garden trellises or insect screens, draped over the superstructure of a 40-year-old landing ship tasked with escorting a cargo vessel through the […]View the full article

Turkey’s state-owned defense manufacturer MKE has unveiled the URAN, a vehicle-mounted 105mm howitzer derived from its export-proven BORAN towed artillery system, ahead of the SAHA 2026 defense exhibition. The URAN made its public debut through MKE’s official announcement, with the company billing it as a mobile fire support solution engineered for rapid ground maneuver. Where […]View the full article

AeroVironment (AV) landed a U.S. Army prototype agreement on May 4 for its Switchblade 400 loitering munition under the Low-Altitude Stalking and Strike Ordnance program. The LASSO award establishes Switchblade 400 as a key component of the Army’s loitering munition architecture, covering rapid development, delivery, and testing. “This award reflects the Army’s confidence not only […]View the full article

French Rafale fighters scrambled from Šiauliai Air Base in Lithuania to intercept two Russian Su-30SM fighters that entered Baltic airspace without a flight plan, with France’s Armed Forces General Staff publishing footage of the intercept and confirming the alert launched on very short notice. The post from the official French military described the aircraft entering […]View the full article

Ukrainian drones struck a Russian Defense Ministry military logistics complex near Moscow overnight on May 7, hitting the Nara production and logistics facility in Narofominsk in the Moscow region. The Nara complex is a large-scale military facility covering more than 180 to 200 hectares, located in Narofominsk on the grounds of Military Town No. 3. […]View the full article

Two American defense technology companies have partnered to integrate a 360-degree passive infrared sensing system into a close-in counter-drone platform, combining LightPath Technologies’ all-around optical awareness capability with Picket Defense Systems’ Inferno RTC to create a more persistent detection solution against the first-person-view and AI-enabled drones that have become the defining aerial threat of modern […]View the full article

France’s 27th Mountain Infantry Brigade is using the ORION 26 exercise to test and implement a series of tactical modules designed to advance the brigade’s thinking on light mobility and decentralized combat, the unit announced April 18, 2026. The exercise represents a significant doctrinal experiment for one of France’s premier mountain warfare formations, translating concepts […]View the full article

Swedish fighter jets were scrambled Monday to intercept two Russian Tu-22M3 long-range bombers flying over the Baltic Sea, the Swedish Air Force said. The bombers were accompanied by two Su-30 fighter jets, and the mission was carried out under Sweden’s Quick Reaction Alert system in coordination with NATO allies. The aircraft were operating in international […]View the full article

Caracal USA said in March 2026 it had been awarded a government contract to supply CAR814 A2 Patrol rifles to various agencies in Belize. The Idaho-based manufacturer said the agreement covers delivery of 5.56x45mm NATO rifles designed for military and law enforcement use. According to a statement from Caracal USA, the CAR814 A2 Patrol rifle […]View the full article

Sudan’s military appears to have used a Turkish-made HİSAR-A surface-to-air missile during an attempt to repel a drone attack over Khartoum, offering open-source evidence that Turkish-made HİSAR-A air defense missiles may be in use by the Sudanese Armed Forces. Rich Tedd, an OSINT analyst who tracks military hardware through imagery and wreckage identification, published photographs […]View the full article