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Helsing Turns to Rakuten as Japan Tests HX-2 Strike Drone
Japan’s Ground Self-Defence Force is testing the German company’s HX-2 until the end of September, but no purchase has been announced and the agreement with Rakuten remains an effort to secure a future sale.
US Navy Locks In $22.9bn Tomahawk Expansion to Lift Annual Output Above 1,000
A seven-year award to Raytheon converts an earlier production framework into a firm procurement vehicle, but the stated increase from about 60 missiles a year to more than 1,000 remains a future industrial objective rather than an immediate delivery rate.
L3Harris Removes CEO After Code-of-Conduct Investigation
The board has appointed Sam Mehta as chief executive after finding that Christopher Kubasik engaged in conduct inconsistent with company values, while explicitly excluding financial reporting, customers and operations from the matter.
Mass Drone Raid on Moscow Tests Russian Air Defences and Critical Infrastructure
Russian authorities say 620 drones approached the Moscow region during an overnight Ukrainian attack, forcing air-defence units into sustained action and disrupting airports and electricity networks. The operation illustrates how massed long-range UAV attacks can impose costs even when a…
USS Abraham Lincoln’s Portless Deployment Raises Force-Sustainment Questions
A visit by the head of US Central Command to USS Abraham Lincoln has placed renewed attention on the human and maintenance costs of keeping an aircraft carrier at sea for more than 200 days without a port call.
Trump Orders Cut to US-South Korea Military Drills as Alliance Faces New Strain
The US president has instructed the Pentagon to “substantially reduce” joint exercises with South Korea, linking the decision to his relationship with Kim Jong Un and Seoul’s reluctance to support US military operations against Iran. US President Donald Trump has…
Russia Expands Jet-Powered Drone Launch Network Near NATO’s Eastern Flank
Satellite imagery indicates that Russia has developed up to 10 new long-range drone launch sites in its western regions, with at least 59 launch rails identified. The network is primarily supporting attacks on Ukraine, but infrastructure designed for faster Geran-4…
Ukraine Hits Wildberries Mega-Hub and Russian Rocket-Fuel Plant in Major Overnight Strike
A vast Wildberries logistics centre south of Moscow and a plant producing solid rocket propellant in the Rostov region were among the sites hit during one of Ukraine’s largest overnight attacks on Russian territory. Kyiv also struck Russian military logistics…
Foreign Shipyards Gain Route to US Navy Orders Under Trump Waiver
Fincantieri and Hanwha Ocean shares rose as investors assessed which allied groups could use a temporary policy allowing up to two US Navy vessels to be built in qualifying parent-country yards. The measure exposes the depth of America's shipbuilding-capacity problem.
Trump’s VA Gamble: Less Bureaucracy, More Service
The debate over Donald Trump’s restructuring of the US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has too often been reduced to a familiar Washington binary: cuts are either an assault on veterans or a necessary purge of government waste. The reality…