Military

New imagery offers the clearest look yet at Turkey’s long-delayed airborne standoff jammer as the platform appears to move closer to service.

Seoul has publicly adopted a strategic plan for nuclear-powered attack submarines, aiming to launch its first boat in the mid-2030s and commission it in the late 2030s.

Norway has become the ninth European country to sign onto France’s evolving nuclear deterrence posture as doubts about long-term US reliability grow.

Japan’s defense minister used the Shangri-La Dialogue to defend higher spending, looser arms-export rules, and a broader regional security role.

The US, UK and Australia have signed their first announced AUKUS Pillar 2 project, focused on payloads for uncrewed underwater vehicles, while also revising Australia’s Virginia-class path.

The head of US Southern Command met Cuban military officials near Guantanamo Bay in an unusual contact focused on perimeter security and operational matters.

Lithuania says Russian GPS spoofing is pushing Ukrainian drones off course into allied territory, adding a dangerous new cross-border layer to the war’s electronic warfare campaign.

The War Zone published another ‘Bunker Talk’ open-discussion post, inviting readers to discuss military issues from the week while laying out moderation rules for political debate and conduct.

A new Space Force agreement with SpaceX aims to put an early space-based airborne target-tracking capability in orbit by 2028, years ahead of earlier expectations.

The U.S. Space Force has awarded SpaceX a $4.16 billion contract to accelerate the first capability for space-based airborne moving target indication.

Romania says a Russian drone crashed into an apartment block near the Ukrainian border, injuring a woman and a child and prompting a renewed NATO warning to Moscow.

The Quad has announced a new maritime surveillance effort and its first joint port infrastructure project in Fiji as competition intensifies across the Indo-Pacific.

Ukraine plans to buy 20 new Saab Gripen E fighters while Sweden moves to donate 16 older Gripen C/D aircraft sooner, creating a near-term stopgap and a longer-term fleet transition.

Boeing has begun MQ-28 Ghost Bat test flights over the Pacific from Point Mugu, using the US Navy range to demonstrate the drone’s maturity and strengthen export prospects beyond Australia.

A new Army contracting notice shows the service wants more commercial high-altitude balloon systems and sensors to support persistent surveillance and other missions in the Indo-Pacific.

BAE Systems has won the U.S. Army’s soft-kill active protection program of record, with an initial phase valued at $20 million for non-kinetic defenses that can jam incoming threats.

Sweden says Ukraine will acquire up to 20 Gripen E/F fighters and is set to receive 16 older Gripen C/D aircraft as bilateral assistance.

A Breaking Defense sponsored report argues that mission hardware architecture, not raw processor speed alone, is now a major obstacle to faster capability upgrades at the tactical edge.

Ottawa selected Saab as the preferred supplier for its future AEW&C capability, though no contract has been signed and negotiations are still underway.

Ukraine says it aims to produce tens of thousands of unmanned ground vehicles this year as UGVs take on logistics, rescue, mine-laying, drone defense, and combat roles.