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

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

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 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.

As jamming, spoofing and counterspace threats spread, military planners are putting more emphasis on navigation systems that can operate without external signals.

U.S. Air Force leaders praised the MQ-9 Reaper’s performance in Operation Epic Fury, even as lawmakers questioned why the service’s budget still leans far more heavily toward crewed aircraft.

After receiving more than two dozen submissions, the US Navy has advanced seven medium unmanned surface vessel designs into prototype evaluation ahead of planned at-sea demonstrations.

The U.S. Navy says it will test whether a Ford-class carrier can export power to Naval Station Norfolk, part of a broader resilience strategy for keeping bases operating during disruptions.

The British Army is buying 72 RCH 155 howitzer systems mounted on Boxer armored vehicles, replacing a major artillery gap with a highly automated platform built around an unmanned turret.

New systems on display at SOF Week 2026 suggest loitering munitions and launched effects are shifting from niche capability toward scalable production and formal Army programs.

Lockheed Martin has broken ground on a new Alabama facility intended to help quadruple THAAD interceptor production, signaling how strongly U.S. missile manufacturing is shifting toward long-horizon expansion.

At Fort Bragg, the Army and 14 outside partners ran a tabletop exercise on simultaneous cyber, drone, utility, and communications disruptions aimed at slowing force deployment.

U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command says it will test the OA-1K Skyraider II’s rapid disassembly and reassembly capability in an operational environment later this year, aiming to improve mobility and survivability

Sweden plans to acquire four French-built FDI frigates from Naval Group, a major naval modernization step that officials say will sharply strengthen air defense, including ballistic missile interception.

Two Navy E/A-18G Growlers from the VAQ-129 air show team collided during a performance near Mountain Home Air Force Base, with all four crew members ejecting successfully.

A top Air Force acquisition official told lawmakers the B-52 modernization effort has stabilized, even as the bomber’s engine and radar upgrades remain burdened by major cost growth and schedule slips.

Britain says it will procure 72 RCH 155 self-propelled howitzers under a future deal worth close to £1 billion, restoring a long-term artillery capability and tying the program to UK-German defense cooperation.

Austria says it sent Eurofighter Typhoons on two consecutive days in response to U.S. military aircraft movements tied to overflight clearance issues, highlighting the sensitivity of military transit through neutral air

Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania are preparing to channel roughly €12.2 billion in EU SAFE loans into new weapons, ammunition and equipment, while pressing foreign suppliers to bring production and technology into the regio