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3 August

Air

Midnight electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft is capable of conventional takeoffs and landings from existing runways at airports.

Giulia Bernacchi

Korean Air, Archer Partner on Military eVTOL for South Korea

Korean Air partnered with Archer Aviation to develop a military version of the company's Midnight aircraft.

3 August

Asia Pacific

Giulia Bernacchi

Taiwan to Trial Private Security at Military Academies

Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense will begin testing the use of private security personnel at nine military academies.

3 August

Americas

Senior Airman Laura Fitzpatrick, 8th Healthcare Operations Squadron medical material technician, examines pharmaceuticals at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, June 12, 2024. Fitzpatrick was recognized as Pride of the Pack for managing the HCOS’s Self-Life Extension Program. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Maria Umanzor Guzman)

Giulia Bernacchi

PVP to Present Battlefield Pain Therapy Research at Military Health Symposium

PVP Labs will present research on its investigational pain treatment, Taphalgin, at the 2026 Military Health System Research Symposium.

3 August

Americas

Next Generation Command and Control end-user device during Project Convergence-Capstone 6 at Fort Irwin, California.

Giulia Bernacchi

US Army Prepares to Scale Next-Generation Command System

The US Army has announced that its Next Generation Command and Control system is ready for broader deployment.

3 August

Air

Ethan M. Encarnacion

Turkey Rolls Out New KAAN Prototype Closer to Final Design

Turkey’s KAAN stealth fighter is beginning to resemble its final form, with a newly unveiled prototype showcasing key design refinements ahead of its maiden flight.

3 August

Asia Pacific

Akhsan Erido Elezhar

India Creates Military Fuel That Won’t Freeze at -42°C

The Indian Army is addressing one of the biggest challenges of traditional diesel fuel: its tendency to thicken and clog fuel filters in extreme cold.

3 August

Land

Ethan M. Encarnacion

Meet Guardian Angel: Thales’ New Autonomous UGV Built in Just Six Weeks

Six weeks was all Thales Australia needed to design, build, and live-fire a prototype of its new “Guardian Angel” autonomous 8x4 unmanned ground vehicle.

3 August

Americas

Akhsan Erido Elezhar

US Army Trials Hybrid Power to Make Battlefield Assets Less Detectable

The US Army is testing a quieter way to power battlefield assets, reducing dependence on traditional generators that can expose unit positions through their acoustic and thermal signatures.

3 August

Land