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20 May

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 Awards Blue Yonder $62M Logistics Modernization Contract

Blue Yonder Defense Solutions has secured a $62-million US Air Force contract to continue work on the service’s logistics modernization program.

20 May

Asia Pacific

Staff Writer With AFP

Myanmar Military Claims Recapture of Thai Border Town

Myanmar's military claimed on Wednesday to have recaptured a town on the Thai border, expanding the frontier trade crossings it claims to control in the grinding civil war.

20 May

Americas

A Shiite Muslim woman holds an Iranian flag as she shouts anti-US and anti-Israel slogans during a protest against the killing of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on the outskirts of Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, on March 4, 2026.

Staff Writer With AFP

US, Iran Trade Threats but Trump Says Tehran Wants Peace Deal

President Donald Trump warned Tuesday that the United States may strike Iran again — a day after he said he had held off a major assault in hopes of a peace deal — but Tehran's army threatened to open "new fronts" if he went ahead.

20 May

Africa

Staff Writer With AFP

Drone Attack Kills 28 at Market in Southern Sudan

A drone strike on a crowded market in southern Sudan killed 28 people and injured 23 more on Tuesday, a medical source and witnesses told AFP, in one of the deadliest recent attacks on civilians in the country's three-year war.

20 May

Space

Staff Writer With AFP

German Firms Join Forces on Space Surveillance System

German defense tech start-up Helsing and space technology group OHB on Tuesday unveiled a joint venture to develop an AI-powered surveillance and targeting system for use in outer space.

20 May

Asia Pacific

Three Royal Malaysian Navy Maharaja Lela-class littoral combat ships at Lumut Naval Shipyard

Staff Writer With AFP

Malaysia Seeks $251M From Norwegian Firm Over Scrapped Missile Deal

Malaysia is seeking more than $251 million in compensation from a Norwegian company over a scrapped deal to supply a missile system for new warships, the defense minister said Tuesday.

19 May

Sea

The world's largest aircraft carrier, USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), conducts a replenishment at sea (RAS) with the John Lewis-class underway replenishment oiler, USNS Harvey Milk (T-AO 206),

Bea Castañeda

How John Lewis-Class Fleet Replenishment Oilers Transform US At-Sea Resupply

The John Lewis-class fleet replenishment oilers don't just support the US Navy but multiply its reach. Here's how underway refueling and logistics turn weeks into months at sea.

19 May

Air

India's indigenously developed Light Combat Helicopters

Rojoef Manuel

Aitech to Supply Mission Computers for India’s Light Combat Helicopters

India’s state-owned company Hindustan Aeronautics Limited has awarded California-based Aitech a $63-million contract to provide avionics computing systems for the country’s ongoing Light Combat Helicopter initiative.

19 May

Sea

The 830R single point lift rigid-hull inflatable boat

Rojoef Manuel

Sentinel Boats to Deliver Watercraft for Australian Special Ops

Sentinel Boats has secured a contract to supply up to seven general-purpose rigid-hull inflatable boats for the Australian Special Operations Command.

19 May

Sea