War & Defense
The war in Ukraine, NATO, European defense and security coverage.
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Pentagon picks Lockheed, nLIGHT for laser defense project
Separately, MBDA and Rheinmetall were selected to develop a laser weapon system for the German Navy.
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The autonomous CCA wingmen of 2030 may look nothing like today’s assumptions
While services test teaming with Collaborative Combat Aircraft, industry faces hard questions.
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Six takeaways from the 2026 NATO Summit
From deep strike funding to a relatively tame Trump, what emerged from the event will have largely pleased most of the 32 allies.
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US drone centralisation may delay 200,000-unit Pentagon buy
The Pentagon's move to centralise drone procurement under a new manager could temporarily slow a massive 200,000-unit purchase, cr…
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The solution to the tanker problem the US military keeps finding in Pacific wargames
[Sponsored] Simulations consistently point to the vulnerability of larger refuelers concentrated at a handful of airfields.
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The Nato summit exposed the real source of Trump’s power
It comes from his willingness to violate all norms, rules and laws – and leaving everyone else to pick up the pieces At the Nato s…
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Rheinmetall, MBDA win mid three-digit million euro Navy laser contract
A new contract to build a naval laser weapon by 2029 highlights Europe's accelerating push to fund a sovereign defense industrial …
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Nato allies pledge 5% GDP defence spend amid US pullback threat
European Nato members have committed to spending 5% of GDP on defence by 2035 and announced tens of billions in joint arms purchas…
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Italy busts Russian spy ring collecting data on Ukrainian air defense vulnerabilities
Russia has told one of its spies in Europe to find out more about air defense capabilities Western nations are sending to Ukraine.
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Ukraine war briefing: Kyiv reaches ‘political’ agreement with US on Patriot interceptor production licences
Key supplies of interceptors to arrive in the next few days, as talks also continue on a ‘drone deal’, Zelenskyy says. What we kno…
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‘Testing is now underway’: Zelenskyy confirms progress on major US defense deals
On the heels of a Patriot license pledge, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed progress on billion-dollar defense tech…
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Pentagon seeks to shift $4.3B to pay for increasing operation and personnel costs
In a 47-page omnibus reprogramming notification, the Pentagon outlines an array of weapon and tech programs it wants to strip doll…
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The AI disinformation gap the Pentagon may be missing
“The Pentagon is building a better mousetrap while the mice are rewriting the blueprint for the house,” argues this an…
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How Trump's yo-yo summit left Nato a little bit bruised – video
Donald Trump's erratic behaviour at the Nato summit in Turkey left his allies guessing. One moment he was criticising fellow leade…
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European coalition pledges $50 billion to modernize deep precision strike capabilities
In a joint statement, the 12-member coalition linked the move to America’s shifting stance in European defense.
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Will Russian fuel crisis change Putin's plans in Ukraine war?
The war is coming closer to home for many across Russia.
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Army selects four companies for new autonomous breaching program
The program aims to minimize troops’ exposure to danger and ensure safe passage of follow-on forces, according to the Army.
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Boeing delays push Trump to $1bn Qatari jet at NATO
Donald Trump's unexpected aircraft switch during his return from the NATO summit highlights the deepening delays at Boeing and rai…
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UK eyes $50 billion in pooled NATO funds for new long-range strike initiative
Details were scant about a project that may amount to another European weapons-coordination umbrella rather than new technology de…
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Defying Trump, Italy’s Meloni ‘maintaining’ hard line against Iran war help
At the start of the NATO Summit, the American president lambasted allied nations that refused to aid in US strikes against Tehran,…
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Why DoD, Silicon Valley now are betting on solar power beaming sats
“Space Operational Energy is a growing focus for us. We hope to host industry days and create avenues for collaboration with…
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Germany to buy US Tomahawks in shift toward own long-range capability
Germany will purchase Tomahawk cruise missiles from the United States and station them on German soil.
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Ukrainian ground robot maker doubles production, eyes ventures with foreign partners
“The most important mission that we have now is the robotization of the battlefield, because only this will allow our country to w…
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There’s promise — and pitfalls — in the Army’s low-cost interceptor plan, experts say
Two analysts and a former defense official praised the Army’s new LCI program, while also pointing to concerns over producti…