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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.

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

The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute says the number of personnel deployed in peace operations fell to 78,633 by the end of 2025, with funding shortfalls and geopolitical strain putting multilateral peace

The head of U.S. Central Command told lawmakers that operations against Iran have reduced the country’s naval and defense-industrial capacity so sharply that rebuilding may not begin for five to ten years.

The aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford is returning home after 324 days at sea, a deployment the Navy says is the longest for a US carrier since the Vietnam War era.

Mistral AI CEO Arthur Mensch told a French inquiry that letting foreign frontier models scan military code bases could create a security dependency Europe may struggle to reverse.

US Space Command says it expects to complete a joint concept of operations for defending orbital assets with six close allies by the end of 2026, marking a significant step in allied military planning for space conflict.

Russia’s scaled-back Victory Day parade in Moscow was meant to project control, but defense analysts say the missing hardware and tighter security instead highlighted concern about Ukrainian strike capabilities and the压力

The U.S. Space Systems Command has awarded Viasat a five-year, $307 million contract to continue supplying commercial satellite communications services to the Marine Corps under a multi-orbit, multi-band architecture.

Pakistan has commissioned the first of eight Hangor-class submarines from China, advancing a $5 billion program intended to expand its undersea warfare capability and deepen defense ties with Beijing.

The U.S. Defense Department says seven technology companies will provide artificial intelligence capabilities inside classified networks, underscoring how quickly AI is moving into operational military systems.

The U.S. Navy is studying whether allied shipbuilders could help produce warships as domestic yards struggle with labor capacity and the service pursues a much larger fleet.

A SpaceNews Space Minds episode with Col. Tim Trimailo highlights how the U.S. Space Force is widening its industry outreach and seeking speed through a commercial-first strategy.

BAE Systems says a guided 70-mm rocket kit can give Eurofighter Typhoons a cheaper way to intercept drones than relying on traditional air-to-air missiles.

Astroscale has cleared a critical design review for the Orpheus mission, a British military-backed pair of cubesats intended to track low Earth orbit objects and study space weather effects on communications and signals.

A reported pistol-like coil gun from China suggests electromagnetic launch concepts are continuing to move into smaller, more specialized formats focused on controlled and potentially non-lethal use.

Japan’s reported plan to build up kamikaze drones and low-cost missiles points to a defense strategy centered on range, affordability, and mass.

South Korea unveiled its first series-produced KF-21 Boramae fighter at Korea Aerospace Industries, reaching production just five years after the initial prototype — faster than any comparable Western program.

Polish officials are exploring whether their country could join the Global Combat Air Programme — the ambitious Anglo-Italian-Japanese project to build a sixth-generation stealth fighter — as Warsaw seeks to modernize its air force and deepen ties with European and Indo-Pacific security partners.

The U.S. Department of Defense is working to create secure enclaves where AI companies can train models on classified military data for the first time, a significant escalation of the AI-defense partnership.