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Americas
US Bipartisan Bill Wants Cold War-Era Draft Office Shut Down
A bipartisan group of US senators introduced legislation to eliminate the Selective Service System, citing its obsolete role more than five decades after the last military draft.
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Air
Otto Aerospace’s Bullet-Shaped Phantom 3500 Jet Passes Key Design Review
Texas-based Otto Aerospace has completed the initial design review for its Phantom 3500 aircraft, moving the program into production planning and flight testing.
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Technology
xReality Completes MR Tech Project With Pentagon, Wins First Supply Deal
xReality Group has finalized a $3.9-million contract with the US Department of Defense and secured the first sale of its new MR-1 mixed reality training platform to another Pentagon customer.
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Technology
FLEETWERX, US Navy School Test On-Demand Part Resupply System for Troops
California-based organization FLEETWERX and the US Naval Postgraduate School are evaluating a distributed manufacturing and logistics network at Camp Roberts, California.
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Drones - Latest News, Features & Expert Opinion
Ukraine Courts New Zealand for Joint Military Drone Effort
Ukraine has asked New Zealand to join a military drone production partnership as Kyiv expands efforts to export battlefield-tested technology developed during its war with Russia.
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Drones - Latest News, Features & Expert Opinion
Drone Strike Hits UAE Nuclear Plant as Saudi Arabia Downs Three Amid Iran Tensions
The UAE said a drone strike sparked a fire near its sole nuclear power plant, while Saudi Arabia confirmed it detected separate platforms from Iraqi airspace amid renewed tensions tied to the US-Iran conflict.
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Technology
Core Systems to Supply Rugged C2 Computers for US Army
Core Systems has secured a contract to provide its ATMOS2 tactical ruggedized computers for the US Army’s Command and Control-Now program.
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Sea
Royal Navy Trials Air Ambulance Team, Containerized Medical Hub at Sea
The Royal Navy has tested new maritime emergency capabilities, including an airborne casualty response unit and a containerized treatment module designed for ships without advanced onboard medical facilities.
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Technology
US Special Ops Chiefs Push for Right-to-Repair Authority for Military Systems
US special operations commanders have revealed that proprietary restrictions imposed by defense contractors are slowing efforts to rapidly repair military equipment, particularly unmanned aerial systems, as adversaries move faster with commercially available technology.
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Air
Airbility, Schübeler Launch eVTOL Propulsion Tech Collaboration
South Korea’s Airbility has signed a memorandum of understanding with Germany-based Schübeler to jointly develop electric ducted fan propulsion systems for next-generation eVTOL aircraft, the companies announced.
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