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10 July

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Jakob Smith, 773d Logistics Readiness Squadron ground transportation support operator, guides a forklift during a Prepositioned Warfighting Materiel movement at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Jan. 15, 2026. The movement of PWM revamps Pacific Air Command's ability to rapidly generate airpower and provides the theater with enhanced infrastructure, robust material maintenance, and advanced command, control, communications, computers, and intelligence capabilities. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Hunter Hites)

US Air Force Picks Salesforce to Manage $13.5B Vehicle Fleet

The US Air Force has adopted Salesforce’s Missionforce National Security platform to manage its $13.5-billion fleet of more than 84,000 vehicles.

10 July

Americas

Jodesz Gavilan

US Army Taps Lockheed for $502M Apache Sensor Support

The US Army has awarded Lockheed Martin a $502-million contract to support the advanced targeting and night vision systems used on AH-64 Apache helicopters worldwide.

10 July

Americas

Bayonet 250 Autonomous Underwater Ground Vehicle

Jodesz Gavilan

Greensea IQ Wins $3.7M US Marines Bayonet 250 Order

The US Marine Corps is adding four more Bayonet 250 autonomous underwater ground vehicles from Greensea IQ under a $3.7-million delivery order.

10 July

Europe

Staff Writer With AFP

Russia Says Destroyed 376 Ukrainian Drones, Oil Facilities Targeted

Russia said it destroyed 376 Ukrainian drones across the country overnight and that fires broke out at several oil facilities.

10 July

Middle East

A Syrian man collects samples from the site of a suspected toxic gas attack in Syria's Idlib province, April 5, 2017

Staff Writer With AFP

Chemical Weapons Watchdog Reinstates Syria

The world's chemical weapons watchdog reinstated Syria, noting a "significant change in circumstances" since the fall of Bashar al-Assad and "concrete steps" to dismantle his deadly stockpile of banned substances.

10 July

Middle East

People walk through rubble and debris outside Abu Hamisa School in Al-Bureij camp, Gaza, on May 10, 2025. The school, used as a shelter for displaced families, was bombed twice on the same day several days ago. (Photo by Moiz Salhi / Middle East Images / Middle East Images via AFP)

Staff Writer With AFP

Gaza Civil Defense Says Israeli Attacks Kill Six

Gaza's civil defense agency and health officials said Israeli attacks killed six people across the Palestinian territory.

10 July

Americas

Staff Writer With AFP

Guerrilla Drone Attack Injures Three at Colombia Airport

Colombian guerrillas injured three people in a drone attack on an airport near the Venezuelan border, in a region plagued by cocaine-trafficking related violence, the military said.

10 July

Europe

A psychologist with the State Emergency Service of Ukraine stands beside a girl on a swing near a five-storey residential building damaged by a missile strike in Kharkiv, Ukraine

Staff Writer With AFP

Russia Subjecting 1.6 Million Ukrainian Children to Military Brainwashing: OSCE Report

Around 1.6 million young Ukrainians are being forced by Russia into a system of military indoctrination that could amount to a crime against humanity, according to OSCE-mandated independent experts.

9 July

Land

An Israeli Defense Forces Merkava Mark 4 tank fire its 120mm canon

Bea Castañeda

Israel’s Merkava Tank: Built for Survivability

From unconventional design choices to decades of battlefield experience, the Merkava guide explores the tank's development, variants, operational use, and future.

9 July

Europe

Inder Singh Bisht

Belgium to Order 10 NASAMS Air Defense Systems From Kongsberg

Belgium has signed a cooperation agreement with the Netherlands to purchase 10 National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile Systems from Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace.

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