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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

Videos and images circulating on the Chinese social media platform Weibo show a convoy of multiple mobile missile launchers traveling through what appears to be a Chinese city, with open-source analysts identifying the vehicles as probable transporter-erector-launchers associated with the DF-27 anti-ship ballistic missile system fitted with a hypersonic glide vehicle. The footage, captured by […]View the full article

Baltimore-based BlackSea Technologies publicly unveiled its Comet unmanned surface vessel at the Sea-Air-Space exposition, displaying the platform armed with missiles for both air defense and surface strike missions. The company announced its presence at Dock D2, making Comet one of the most heavily armed unmanned surface vessels shown publicly by a U.S. manufacturer. Photographs of […]View the full article

The U.S. Army’s Capability Program Executive for Mission Autonomy has issued a formal solicitation asking defense industry to develop an unmanned ground vehicle capable of evacuating wounded soldiers and delivering supplies through the most dangerous stretch of the modern battlefield — the zone immediately behind the front lines. The document describes what the Army calls […]View the full article

The U.S. Department of State has approved a possible Foreign Military Sale to Germany valued at an estimated $11.9 billion, covering eight complete shipsets of Aegis-based Integrated Combat Systems along with a comprehensive package of weapons, sensors, and support equipment. The determination, which must still clear a congressional notification process before it becomes a binding […]View the full article

A Norwegian passenger jet from the airline Norwegian was placed in a holding pattern on the evening of 15 April while two Norwegian Air Force F-35 fighters scrambled from Evenes Air Station to intercept an unidentified aircraft approaching Norwegian airspace. The military alert took priority over civil air traffic as the fighters launched on a […]View the full article

Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces have announced a combat milestone with no documented precedent in modern warfare — operators from the Unmanned Surface Vessel (USV) division of the 412th Nemesis Brigade successfully intercepted a Russian Shahed attack drone using an interceptor drone launched from an unmanned naval platform. The engagement took place within a maritime operational […]View the full article

U.S. Army Secretary Dan Driscoll publicly acknowledged before Congress that the American military is actively adopting lessons from the Ukrainian Armed Forces, calling Ukraine’s wartime innovations a fundamental transformation of how humans engage in armed conflict. Driscoll made the remarks during a congressional hearing, speaking directly to Ukraine’s battlefield performance since Russia’s full-scale invasion began. […]View the full article

The U.S. Army’s 1st Cavalry Division has dropped a pointed teaser on social media, posting a close-up image of an armored vehicle turret alongside the phrase “Coming soon…” and a string of hashtags — #XM30, #M1E3, #PegasusCharge, #TiC, and #CavCountry — that together signal the division is preparing to publicly showcase trials of the Army’s […]View the full article

King Felipe VI of Spain visited the Spanish Army’s Third Tactical Experimentation Campaign — known as TEC 3 — at Base Álvarez de Sotomayor in Viator, Almería this week, where aerospace company Destinus conducted a live container-launched interception demonstration with its Hornet B1 counter-drone system and displayed its Ruta platform on static exhibit. The King, […]View the full article

Northrop Grumman announced Friday that its YFQ-48A Talon Blue autonomous combat aircraft completed its first engine run, a key developmental milestone achieved in collaboration with Pratt & Whitney and the U.S. Air Force. The announcement was brief but pointed. “YFQ-48A Talon Blue started its engine for the first time today, a significant advancement achieved with […]View the full article

U.S. Army soldiers from the Multi-Functional Reconnaissance Company, 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 11th Airborne Division conducted Operation Arctic Tech at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, from April 7 to April 10 — a weeklong field exercise designed to fuse unmanned aircraft systems, electronic warfare, and counter-drone capabilities into a single, integrated reconnaissance force operating […]View the full article

The U.S. Navy has completed delivery of the 300th and final Harpoon missile under its Lot 91 multi-year production agreement with Boeing, closing out a significant chapter in one of the Western world’s most widely fielded anti-ship weapon programs. The milestone caps a production run primarily oriented toward Foreign Military Sales, extending the Harpoon’s global […]View the full article

Iran’s military has reimposed restrictions on the Strait of Hormuz, closing the critical waterway to shipping just hours after briefly allowing transit, according to Iranian state media. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps announced Saturday that control of the strait had returned “to its previous state,” placing the passage back under what it described as strict […]View the full article

Russia’s state defense conglomerate Rostec announced that the United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) has delivered another batch of new production Su-35S multirole fighters to the Russian Aerospace Forces. Vladimir Artyakov, First Deputy Director General of Rostec, praised the aircraft’s battlefield record in remarks accompanying the announcement. “These fighters today are the most effective modern combat aircraft […]View the full article

Ukraine expects its pilots to begin training on Swedish-made JAS 39 Gripen fighter jets as early as 2026, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, signaling a new step in efforts to rebuild the country’s air force during the war. In remarks cited by Militarnyi, Zelenskyy pointed to a growing partnership with Sweden focused on strengthening Ukraine’s future […]View the full article

Bell Textron Inc. said Friday it has set up a subsidiary in Ukraine and is preparing to open a dedicated office, laying the groundwork for a long-term partnership with the country’s defense industry. The new unit, Bell Textron Ukraine, will act as the company’s base for work inside the country. While a final office location […]View the full article

Indra Land Vehicles and IDV, a Leonardo Company, signed a strategic agreement on April 17, 2026, to deliver the new Marine Infantry Amphibious Combat Vehicle — known by its Spanish acronym VACIM — to the Spanish Armed Forces under a Special Modernization Program commissioned by the Spanish Ministry of Defence. The contract covers the supply […]View the full article

The German Army is moving to equip its corps-level artillery formations with long-range loitering munitions capable of striking targets between 200 and 300 kilometers away, according to remarks delivered by Lieutenant General Heico Hübner, Deputy Inspector of the Army and Commander of the Military Basic Organization, during a keynote address at the parliamentary evening of […]View the full article

U.S. President Donald Trump amplified the news within minutes, stating on social media that Iran had announced the strait “is fully open and ready for full passage.” Yet Trump simultaneously made clear that the American naval blockade of the waterway would “remain in full force” until Tehran reaches a broader agreement with Washington to end […]View the full article