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20 October

Vapor CLE is AV’s Latest Take on Fully-Electric VTOL Drone That Fits 26 Mission Payloads

AeroVironment introduced the Vapor Compact Long Endurance drone, the newest addition to its lineup of vertical takeoff and landing platforms.

20 October

From L: GA-ASI CEO Linden Blue and Dutch Minister for Arms Procurement and Personnel Gijs Tuinman signing the deal to co-produce a small unmanned aircraft system

Christine Casimiro

GA-ASI, Netherlands Partner to Develop Small Uncrewed Aircraft

The Dutch Ministry of Defence and General Atomics Aeronautical Systems have teamed up to develop a small uncrewed aircraft system for multi-role intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance missions.

20 October

Christine Casimiro

Anduril Demos Mobile Counter-Drone Kit With Kinetic ‘Anvil’ Interceptor at Falcon Peak

Anduril demonstrated its rapidly deployable fly-away kit for countering small unmanned aerial systems during the Falcon Peak 25.2 project held in September.

20 October

U.S. Marine Corps 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit Marines utilize a computer while conducting a Composite Training Unit Exercise on the flight line at North Auxiliary Airfield, North, South Carolina, Jan. 25, 2022. The Marine units established an expeditionary advance base in support of a pre-deployment training capstone. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Bailee A. Darbasie)

Giulia Bernacchi

Polaris Aero Brings Generative AI to Military Aviation for Safer Skies

Polaris Aero secured a Small Business Innovation Research contract to integrate generative AI into its VOCUS Safety Intelligence Platform.

19 October

Great mobilization civic military people, Bolivarian National Armed Force, militia and indigenous people took place on 17 December 2018 in the city of Maracaibo, Venezuela. In commemoration of the 188 years of the death of the Liberator Simon Bolivar, and following orders of President Nicolas Maduro "to close ranks, knee to ground, in combat for the defense of national dignity and sovereignty" and categorically reject. The interventionist pretensions of the United States (USA), the European Union and the other countries of the continent, to be prepared and united to defend the national territory against any threat or group "guerrilla, dissident, paramilitary, criminal or drug trafficker" that threatens Venezuela. (Photo by Humberto Matheus/NurPhoto) (Photo by Humberto Matheus / NurPhoto via AFP)

Staff Writer With AFP

Venezuela Says Defenses Against US Deployment Now Ready

With US warships deployed off Venezuela's coast, President Nicolas Maduro said a plan to defend against what he called American threats is now complete.

19 October

Palestinian militant group Hamas fighters secure an area before handing over an Israeli-American hostage to a Red Cross team in Gaza City on February 1, 2025, as part of the fourth hostage-prisoner exchange. Ranks of Hamas fighters formed up on Gaza's beachfront on February 1 for the handover of an Israeli-American hostage Keith Siegel in a show of force against the dramatic backdrop of breaking waves. (Photo by Saeed Jaras / Middle East Images via AFP)

Staff Writer With AFP

US Says ‘Credible Reports’ Hamas Planning Attack Against Gaza Civilians

The US State Department said it had "credible reports" that Palestinian armed group Hamas was planning an imminent attack against civilians in Gaza, a move Washington said would be a "ceasefire violation."

19 October

US strike on alleged drug-carrying submarine in the Caribbean. Photo: Donald Trump via Truth Social

Staff Writer With AFP

US to Repatriate Survivors of Strike on ‘Drug-Carrying Submarine’ in Caribbean

President Donald Trump said the United States was sending two suspected drug traffickers back to their native Ecuador and Colombia, after a military strike on their "drug-smuggling submarine" in the Caribbean that killed two others.

18 October

Haitian comandos step off from the starting point of a 20-kilometer ruck march during Fuerzas Comando, July 17, 2018 at the Instituto Superior Policial, Panama. Fuerzas Comando is an annual multinational special operational forces skills competition sponsored by U.S. Southern Command and hosted this year by the Ministry of Public Security, Panama. Through friendly competition, this exercise promotes interoperability, military-to-military relationships, increases training knowledge, and improves regional security. (U.S. Army Photo by Staff Sgt. Brian Ragin/Released)

Staff Writer With AFP

UN Extends Arms Embargo on Haiti

The UN Security Council voted unanimously to extend the arms and military equipment embargo on Haiti for another year, and added two people to its sanctions list.

17 October

General Atomics develop its Long-Range Maneuvering Projectile (LRMP).

Jodesz Gavilan

General Atomics Tests Long-Range Maneuvering Projectile

General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems has successfully tested its Long Range Maneuvering Projectile designed to hit targets more than 62 miles away.

17 October