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29 September

Europe

Inder Singh Bisht

Italy Launches $6B Procurement for New Main Battle Tank

Italy has launched a $5.84-billion procurement for a new main battle tank and derivative vehicles for the Italian Army.

29 September

Asia Pacific

(Representative only.) A humanoid robot. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

Samantha Alexa

Japan Eyes AI-Powered Humanoid Robots for Military Roles

Japan is exploring AI-equipped humanoid robots for military support roles as the country’s Self-Defense Forces grapple with personnel shortage.

29 September

Europe

SPECTR is an AI platform developed by Ukraine’s Defense AI Center A1 to analyse combat data and support military planning. Image: Ministry of Defence of Ukraine

Samantha Alexa

Ukraine’s New AI Platform Spots Patterns and Predicts Enemy Moves

Ukraine is giving military planners a new AI tool that can sift through battlefield data, spot patterns, and assess what the enemy might do next.

29 September

Technology

U.S. Soldiers, assigned to 1st Battalion, 5th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 11th Airborne Division, observe the upcoming landscape for a night troop movement during Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Center 24-02 at Donnelly Training Area, Alaska, Feb. 18, 2024.The Arctic is unforgiving and requires deliberate, purposeful leaders who are meticulous in their planning and approach to warfighting, and JPMRC 24-02 is key to testing some of the best leaders and soldiers the Army has to offer. (U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Elijah Magaña)

Rojoef Manuel

South 8 Opens San Diego Line for Sub-Zero Defense Batteries

California-based battery developer South 8 Technologies has inaugurated a semi-automated production line at its San Diego center to manufacture extreme-cold lithium-ion cells for military applications.

29 September

Space

433rd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron Citizen Airmen engage with various virtual reality maintenance training scenarios at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, Aug. 10, 2026. The 433rd Maintenance Group is leveraging VR technology to run its Maintenance Qualification Training Program, allowing maintainers to hone their skills in a digital space while reducing costs and demands on the C-5M Super Galaxy fleet. (U.S. Air Force photo by Julian Hernandez)

Rojoef Manuel

Redwire Joins $980M US Space Force NITE-STAR Program

Redwire Corporation has secured a place on a framework contract worth over $980 million to develop modern evaluation and preparatory solutions for the US Space Force.

29 September

Drones - Latest News, Features & Expert Opinion

The Apollo high-energy laser weapon system

Inder Singh Bisht

Netherlands, EOS Agree to Further Develop 100-kW Apollo Counter-Drone Laser

The Netherlands has signed an agreement with EOS to transition its Apollo laser prototype into a fully operational weapon system.

29 September

Sea

The PNS Hangor attack submarine. Photo: Pakistan Navy

Rojoef Manuel

Pakistan’s First Chinese-Built Hangor Submarine Completes Maiden Live Fire

The Pakistan Navy has completed an anti-ship cruise missile launch from its first Hangor-class attack submarine during the vessel’s maiden live-fire test in the North Arabian Sea.

29 September

Drones - Latest News, Features & Expert Opinion

Rojoef Manuel

British Drone Submarine Fires US Heavyweight Torpedo in Historic First

The US Navy and the UK Royal Navy have successfully fired an Mk 48 heavyweight anti-submarine and anti-surface torpedo from an experimental extra-large uncrewed underwater vehicle, marking a historic first for allied undersea warfare.

29 September

Drones - Latest News, Features & Expert Opinion

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Isaiah Trujillo, an unmanned aircraft system (UAS) maintenance technician with Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron (VMU) 3, Marine Aircraft Group (MAG) 24, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW), and Lance Cpl. Mario Mendoza, a UAS maintenance technician with VMU-1, MAG-13, 3rd MAW, recover a U.S. Marine Corps RQ-21A Blackjack aircraft during Weapons and Tactics Instructor (WTI) course 1-20 at Canon Air Defense Complex in Yuma, Arizona, Sept. 26, 2019. WTI is a seven week training event hosted by Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One (MAWTS-1), which emphasizes operational integration of the six functions of Marine Corps Aviation in support of a Marine Air Ground Task Force. WTI also provides standardized advanced tactical training and certification of unit instructor qualifications to support Marine Aviation training and readiness, and assists in developing and employing aviation weapons and tactics. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Adaezia Chavez)

Rojoef Manuel

Boeing, Gogo Test Starlink Rival for Military Drones

Boeing subsidiary Insitu and aviation communications provider Gogo Special Missions have combined and tested a high-speed satellite connectivity system on a Group 3 unmanned aerial system.

29 September

Americas

Akhsan Erido Elezhar

Attack Drone With a Twist: AEVEX 3D-Prints New Jet-Powered UAV

AEVEX Aerospace is expanding its autonomous portfolio with Specter, a new one-way attack drone designed to deliver different mission effects from a modular, jet-powered platform.

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