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During the U.S.-Philippines “Shoulder-to-Shoulder” exercise, allied forces used a simulated target ship near Bataan Island featuring a Chinese ZBD-05 amphibious assault vehicle as a dummy target for live-fire shooting. The exercise brought together approximately 800 personnel from the United States, the Philippines, and Japan for combined amphibious denial training on the coast of Laoag in […]View the full article

France has restarted production of its naval cruise missile after a production halt that began in 2021, according to reporting by Le Parisien. The missile in question is the MdCN, also known as the SCALP Naval, a cruise missile developed by MBDA from 2006 and operational since 2017. Production stopped after the completion of earlier […]View the full article

Turkey’s ROKETSAN unveiled the TAYFUN Block 4 ballistic missile at SAHA 2026 in Istanbul, displaying it publicly for the first time mounted on its 8×8 wheeled launcher. According to Clash Report’s coverage of the SAHA 2026 exhibition, the missile measures approximately 10 meters in length, weighs approximately 7.2 tons, and achieves speeds exceeding Mach 5, […]View the full article

Russia’s Rostec state defense corporation has announced a new vehicle-mounted counter-FPV drone jammer of its SERP anti-drone system family, specifically designed to protect mobile assets against FPV drone attacks. The new system, designated SERP-FPV, was developed by the Rosel holding company, a Rostec subsidiary focused on electronic warfare and radio electronics, according to the company’s […]View the full article

Peraton has landed a U.S. Navy contract worth up to $90.7 million to keep the MK 18 family of explosive ordnance disposal underwater drones operational across fleet commands at home and at key overseas locations, with work running from San Diego to Spain, Bahrain, and Okinawa. Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific awarded the cost-reimbursement contract […]View the full article

The B-52 bomber is getting new engines, and the program just cleared the last major technical hurdle before physical modification work begins on the first aircraft. The B-52J Commercial Engine Replacement Program held its Critical Design Review at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, a milestone that clears the path for Boeing to begin modifying the […]View the full article

Turkey’s Pasifik Technology has signed a framework contract with an undisclosed country for a package of 101,035 unmanned systems, headlined by 100,000 FPV kamikaze drones, in what represents one of the largest single drone export agreements publicly announced by a Turkish defense company. The contract covers five distinct unmanned platforms across air and ground domains. […]View the full article

Vietnam has developed a new 8×8 amphibious armored personnel carrier prototype, the XTC-03, built by the Vietnam Defense Industry as a domestically designed replacement superior to the Russian BTR-80 series. The XTC-03 represents a significant step in Vietnam’s effort to reduce dependence on Soviet and Russian legacy equipment while building indigenous armored vehicle design capability. […]View the full article

A U.S. advanced propellant company with a 15-year operational relationship with the Department of War has officially launched as a dedicated defense entity, bringing three drop-in fuel replacements designed to extend the range, endurance, and strike capacity of American aircraft, missiles, and rockets without requiring changes to existing propulsion systems. CycloKinetics, Inc. announced its formal […]View the full article

Ukraine struck deep into Russian territory overnight, hitting a strategically significant electronics plant in Cheboksary, the capital of the Chuvash Republic, approximately 1,000 kilometers from the Ukrainian border, according to analysis by Exilenova+. The initial strike was carried out by what Exilenova+ analysts identified as an FP-5 Flamingo cruise missile targeting the VNIIR Progress facility. […]View the full article

China is reportedly developing a new stealth cruise missile sized to fit inside the internal weapons bays of its J-20 and J-35 stealth fighters, according to technical design documents released in Weibo. The missile’s design specifications set its length at under 4 meters and diameter under 0.85 meters — dimensions that are almost certainly driven […]View the full article

China’s state news agency Xinhua published footage showing the Type 100 main battle tank, the People’s Liberation Army’s next-generation armored platform, conducting field training exercises, marking the first time the tank has been shown in an operational training environment and offering the first brief glimpse of its interior. The footage shows the Type 100 maneuvering […]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

Lithuania’s first HIMARS rocket artillery systems are coming off the production line, the Lithuanian Armed Forces announced, releasing the first images of the vehicles and confirming delivery is expected within the coming years. “The first Lithuanian HIMARS are rolling off the production line — this is what they will look like,” the Lithuanian Armed Forces […]View the full article

Indian drone manufacturer Hoverit has completed vehicle-mounted launch trials of its Divyastra Mk-2, a long-range one-way attack drone in the same class as Iran’s Shahed series. The ground trial milestone follows an earlier high-speed taxi trial, with the company confirming in its announcement that vehicle-based launch has now been completed. “After successful High Speed Taxi […]View the full article

Lockheed Martin, Seagate Space, and Firefly Aerospace have announced a three-way strategic collaboration to develop sea-based launch capabilities for national security missions, a partnership that brings together a defense prime with decades of missile heritage, an offshore launch platform operator, and a commercial rocket company whose Alpha vehicle has been carving out a role in […]View the full article

This week, we start another chapter in the Iran conflict. Might as well start with the primary source. What does this actually operationalize into? Let’s see how CENTCOM outlines it. U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) forces will begin supporting Project Freedom, May 4, to restore freedom of navigation for commercial shipping through the Strait of Hormuz. The mission, directed by the President, will support merchant vessels seeking to freely transit through the essential international trade corridor. A quarter of the world’s oil trade at sea and significant volumes of fuel and fertilizer products are transported through the strait. “Our support for this defensive mission is…

Israel’s first KC-46 tanker aircraft has completed its maiden flight in the United States, the Israeli Ministry of Defense announced. The aircraft, designated “Gideon” in Hebrew, is the first of six KC-46 tankers procured by the IMOD Mission to the U.S. on behalf of the Israel Defense Forces. Boeing’s KC-46 Pegasus is a multi-role aerial […]View the full article

A drone pilot operating somewhere in the Washington D.C. area recently had no idea he’d been found, until a military police vehicle with a small detection kit on its roof had already pinpointed his location, pulled his grid coordinates, and displayed them on a tablet inside the cabin. The system that did it was DZYNE […]View the full article

The U.S. Air Force’s VC-25B Bridge aircraft, the interim replacement for the aging Air Force One fleet, has completed modification and flight testing and is now being painted in a new red, white and blue livery, with a public rollout scheduled for this summer. The Department of War accepted a head-of-state configured Boeing 747-8i from […]View the full article