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Defense News handle.invalid · 3h
Research on problem gambling included in defense funding law - defensenews.com/pentagon/2026/02/06…
Research on problem gambling included in defense funding law

Under a new Department of Defense program, gambling addiction is now a topic of research.

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Defense News handle.invalid · 4h
US Marine designs Corps’ first NDAA-compliant 3D-printed drone - defensenews.com/news/your-military/…
US Marine designs Corps’ first NDAA-compliant 3D-printed drone

Sgt. Henry David Volpe designed the Marine Corps’ first National Defense Authorizing Act-compliant 3D-printed drone.

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Defense News handle.invalid · 10h
Shield AI, ST Engineering join forces on fine-tuning drone swarms - defensenews.com/unmanned/2026/02/06…
Shield AI, ST Engineering join forces on fine-tuning drone swarms

The companies will use artificial intelligence to optimize the interactions of drones with drones, and drones with humans.

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Defense News handle.invalid · 14h
Singapore is in line to get its first F-35 fighters later this year - defensenews.com/global/asia-pacific…
Singapore is in line to get its first F-35 fighters later this year

Over 300 F-35s will be present in the Asia-Pacific region by 2030, according to manufacturer Lockheed Martin.

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Defense News handle.invalid · 15h
French Navy dials up stress level in crew drills after Red Sea experience - defensenews.com/global/europe/2026/…
French Navy dials up stress level in crew drills after Red Sea experience

The idea is to make people "feel like their final hour has come," said the officer in charge of training naval surface personnel.

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Defense News handle.invalid · 16h
First US warship visit to Chinese-built port in Cambodia cements new drift for Phnom Penh - defensenews.com/global/asia-pacific…
First US warship visit to Chinese-built port in Cambodia cements new drift for Phnom Penh

The recent port call by the USS Cincinnati came amid a warming of relations with Washington after a decade of sour ties that took an unwanted toll.

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Defense News handle.invalid · Feb 5
Trump calls for new nuclear pact as US-Russia treaty expires - defensenews.com/global/europe/2026/…
Trump calls for new nuclear pact as US-Russia treaty expires

The Kremlin said Thursday it regretted the expiration of the last remaining U.S.-Russian nuclear arms pact, while Trump declared he wants a better deal.

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Defense News handle.invalid · Feb 5
US and Russia agree to reestablish military dialogue after Ukraine talks - defensenews.com/global/europe/2026/…
US and Russia agree to reestablish military dialogue after Ukraine talks

High-level military communication was suspended in late 2021, as tension between Moscow and Washington rose ahead of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

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Defense News handle.invalid · Feb 5
‘No strangers to drones’: Singapore eyes unmanned surge with Israeli tech - defensenews.com/industry/techwatch/…
‘No strangers to drones’: Singapore eyes unmanned surge with Israeli tech

Israel's Aeronautics Group and Elbit Systems were center-stage at the static display of this year’s Singapore Airshow.

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Defense News handle.invalid · Feb 5
ST Engineering unveils new loitering munition, assault rifle family - defensenews.com/industry/techwatch/…
ST Engineering unveils new loitering munition, assault rifle family

The new tactical loitering munition from Singapore’s best-known defense company should be ready for production in early 2027.

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Defense News handle.invalid · Feb 5
Russia’s domestic drone push is a mixed bag for its war on the West - defensenews.com/opinion/2026/02/05/…
Russia’s domestic drone push is a mixed bag for its war on the West

Opinion: Russia’s decade-plus domestic tech push shows that Russia can excel at software development but often fails miserably at hardware, writes Justin Sherman.

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Defense News handle.invalid · Feb 5
Saab floats Gripen production hub in Canada, if Ottawa were willing - defensenews.com/global/europe/2026/…
Saab floats Gripen production hub in Canada, if Ottawa were willing

The statement is the latest effort by Saab in sweetening the pot for Canada to give the Swedish company a slice of its fighter jet business.

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Defense News handle.invalid · Feb 5
Indonesia selects Italian M-346 trainer jet - defensenews.com/global/asia-pacific…
Indonesia selects Italian M-346 trainer jet

The Asian country is thought to be eyeing an order of 24 M-346 jets to replace aging Hawk aircraft.

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Defense News handle.invalid · Feb 5
F-15 progresses in Asia, but without Indonesia - defensenews.com/global/asia-pacific…
F-15 progresses in Asia, but without Indonesia

“In terms of our partnership with Indonesia, it’s no longer an active campaign for us,” a Boeing executive said Tuesday.

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Defense News handle.invalid · Feb 5
Raytheon to ramp up missile production in Pentagon deals - defensenews.com/industry/2026/02/05…
Raytheon to ramp up missile production in Pentagon deals

Raytheon has announced it will ramp up production of several key missile systems, weeks after Trump threatened to nix the company’s government contracts.

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Defense News handle.invalid · Feb 4
Iran, US to hold nuclear talks Friday as tensions remain high - defensenews.com/news/pentagon-congr…
Iran, US to hold nuclear talks Friday as tensions remain high

Tensions between the countries spiked after President Trump suggested the U.S. might use force against Iran in response to the crackdown on protesters.

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Defense News handle.invalid · Feb 4
US Air Force tests new, rapidly developed cruise missile - defensenews.com/air/2026/02/04/us-a…
US Air Force tests new, rapidly developed cruise missile

The State Department has authorized the sale of thousands of ERAM cruise missiles to Ukraine.

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Defense News handle.invalid · Feb 4
US Marine attack helicopters to field long-range missiles by 2027 - defensenews.com/air-warfare/2026/02…
US Marine attack helicopters to field long-range missiles by 2027

L3Harris Technologies will produce its Red Wolf systems for the Marine Corps’ Precision Attack Strike Munition program.

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Defense News handle.invalid · Feb 4
Singapore inks deal for ST Engineering’s Titan 8x8 vehicle - defensenews.com/global/asia-pacific…
Singapore inks deal for ST Engineering’s Titan 8x8 vehicle

The 27-foot-long Terrex s5 can carry a 13-ton payload and accommodate 12 troops.

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Defense News handle.invalid · Feb 4
Russian arms makers vanish from Asia’s largest airshow - defensenews.com/industry/techwatch/…
Russian arms makers vanish from Asia’s largest airshow

Experts say the absence reflects the country’s shrinking and increasingly concentrated arms-export industry.

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Defense News handle.invalid · Feb 4
India and US maintain momentum in defense ties - defensenews.com/global/asia-pacific…
India and US maintain momentum in defense ties

But India’s caution has redoubled amid the global turbulence witnessed in the past year, according to analysts.

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Defense News handle.invalid · Feb 4
Ukraine’s Gripen jets likely to come with long-reach Meteor missiles - defensenews.com/global/europe/2026/…
Ukraine’s Gripen jets likely to come with long-reach Meteor missiles

Late last year, Ukraine and Sweden signed a letter of intent to export up to 150 Gripen fighter jets to Kyiv, although no final deal has been concluded.

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Defense News handle.invalid · Feb 3
US Navy wants commercial satellites for nighttime Earth observation - defensenews.com/naval/2026/02/03/us…
US Navy wants commercial satellites for nighttime Earth observation

The Navy is looking for space-based sensors on sensor-ready platforms, according to a Naval Research Laboratory Request for Information.

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Defense News handle.invalid · Feb 3
US Navy seeks commercial satellites for nighttime Earth observation - defensenews.com/naval/2026/02/03/us…
US Navy seeks commercial satellites for nighttime Earth observation

The Navy is looking for space-based sensors on sensor-ready platforms, according to a Naval Research Laboratory Request for Information.

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Defense News handle.invalid · Feb 3
The US Army is seeking autonomous drones to clean up chemical weapons - defensenews.com/news/your-military/…
The US Army is seeking autonomous drones to clean up chemical weapons

The Autonomous Decontamination System, or ADS, would scrub vehicles, critical infrastructure and key terrain while allowing troops to protect themselves.

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Defense News handle.invalid · Feb 3
Pentagon taps 25 firms for small, cheap attack drone competition - defensenews.com/air/2026/02/03/pent…
Pentagon taps 25 firms for small, cheap attack drone competition

The Pentagon eventually wants to field swarms of low-cost, one-way attack drones that cost just a few thousand dollars apiece.

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Defense News handle.invalid · Feb 3
Taiwan’s Tron Future unveils AI-guided anti-armor rockets - defensenews.com/global/asia-pacific…
Taiwan’s Tron Future unveils AI-guided anti-armor rockets

Designed for unguided munitions, the device uses a variety of sensors and AI to instantly calculate and predict the projectile flight paths.

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Defense News handle.invalid · Feb 2
US Air Force eyes inspections, spare parts funding to boost readiness - defensenews.com/air/2026/02/02/us-a…
US Air Force eyes inspections, spare parts funding to boost readiness

The Air Force's secretary and chief of staff have made improving readiness a top priority and emphasize it is "commanders' business," Lt. Gen. Pleus said.

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Defense News handle.invalid · Feb 2
Russia claims $15 billion in 2025 arms exports, with focus on Africa - defensenews.com/global/europe/2026/…
Russia claims $15 billion in 2025 arms exports, with focus on Africa

Russia stopped publicly disclosing detailed data on arms export contracts following the start of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.

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Defense News handle.invalid · Feb 2
Poland picks Kongsberg-PGZ consortium to build anti-drone ‘wall’ - defensenews.com/global/europe/2026/…
Poland picks Kongsberg-PGZ consortium to build anti-drone ‘wall’

The purchase comes in response to incursions by Russian drones that Moscow has perpetrated against Poland alongside Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine.

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Defense News handle.invalid · Feb 2
Taiwan-US ‘firepower’ center to hone asymmetric warfare tactics - defensenews.com/global/asia-pacific…
Taiwan-US ‘firepower’ center to hone asymmetric warfare tactics

Taiwan, for its part, would contribute “elite troops,” and Washington might assign personnel in Guam or elsewhere in the Indo-Pacific region to help.

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Defense News handle.invalid · Feb 2
Russian cargo plane arrives in Cuba, echoing frantic Caracas buildup - defensenews.com/global/the-americas…
Russian cargo plane arrives in Cuba, echoing frantic Caracas buildup

In Venezuela, Russian-made air defenses failed to repel the U.S. raid that captured strongman president Nicolás Maduro.

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Defense News handle.invalid · Jan 30
US Air Force eyes improved comms with bombers after Midnight Hammer - defensenews.com/air/2026/01/30/us-a…
US Air Force eyes improved comms with bombers after Midnight Hammer

If the Air Force doesn't improve communications with bombers during critical operations, Lt. Gen. Armagost said, "that is a foul on all of us."

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Defense News handle.invalid · Jan 30
US military action in Iran risks igniting global nuclear cascade - defensenews.com/opinion/commentary/…
US military action in Iran risks igniting global nuclear cascade

If Iranian leadership survives any U.S. attack, they will almost certainly double down on Iran’s weapons program, argues a Middle Eastern security scholar.

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Defense News handle.invalid · Jan 30
‘Madness’: Italy’s Crosetto slams British secrecy on GCAP fighter jet - defensenews.com/global/europe/2026/…
‘Madness’: Italy’s Crosetto slams British secrecy on GCAP fighter jet

“It’s a huge favor to the Russians and the Chinese,” the defense minister told Defense News.

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Defense News handle.invalid · Jan 30
Russia to showcase new MLRS at Saudi weapons show, seeking local ties - defensenews.com/global/europe/2026/…
Russia to showcase new MLRS at Saudi weapons show, seeking local ties

The decision to premiere the system in Riyadh underscores Rosoboronexport’s continued interest in Middle Eastern markets.

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Defense News handle.invalid · Jan 30
Fragile Bosnia pops up as test case for Europe acting without the US - defensenews.com/global/europe/2026/…
Fragile Bosnia pops up as test case for Europe acting without the US

With backing from Washington, separatists in Bosnia could be emboldened like they haven’t been in decades.

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Defense News handle.invalid · Jan 30
Turkey’s STM lays the keel of the first ship for the Portuguese navy - defensenews.com/global/europe/2026/…
Turkey’s STM lays the keel of the first ship for the Portuguese navy

This marked Turkey’s first military ship export to a European Union and NATO member state.

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Defense News handle.invalid · Jan 29
Iran puts ‘fingers on trigger’ as US armada arrives in Middle East - defensenews.com/news/pentagon-congr…
Iran puts ‘fingers on trigger’ as US armada arrives in Middle East

Iranian officials asserted that the nation's armed forces stand ready “to immediately and powerfully” counter any aggression by U.S. forces.

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Defense News handle.invalid · Jan 29
US Air Force looking for contractors to train foreign pilots - defensenews.com/air/2026/01/29/us-a…
US Air Force looking for contractors to train foreign pilots

The U.S. Air Force is looking for contractors who can train foreign pilots receiving American military aid, according to an Air Force solicitation.

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Defense News handle.invalid · Jan 29
Air Force ‘battle lab’ to focus on protecting bases from small drones - defensenews.com/news/your-military/…
Air Force ‘battle lab’ to focus on protecting bases from small drones

The 319th Reconnaissance Wing at Grand Forks Air Force Base, North Dakota, will spearhead efforts to counter small-drone threats at U.S. bases.

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Defense News handle.invalid · Jan 29
Newest Ford-class carrier USS John F. Kennedy heads to sea for testing - defensenews.com/news/your-navy/2026…
Newest Ford-class carrier USS John F. Kennedy heads to sea for testing

The USS John F. Kennedy was originally expected to be delivered in July of last year, but delays have pushed its slated arrival to March 2027.

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Defense News handle.invalid · Jan 29
101st Airborne soldiers hitch rides aboard Marine Ospreys in exercise - defensenews.com/news/your-military/…
101st Airborne soldiers hitch rides aboard Marine Ospreys in exercise

The exercise comes as the 101st Airborne Division prepares to soon train on its own tiltrotor aircraft, the Bell MV-75.

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Defense News handle.invalid · Jan 29
The US Army wants 11 business jets for ISR missions - defensenews.com/news/your-military/…
The US Army wants 11 business jets for ISR missions

The service is looking at buying up to 11 custom Bombardier Global 6500 aircraft for its High Accuracy Detection and Exploitation System program.

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Defense News handle.invalid · Jan 29
Norway picks Hanwha to supply rocket artillery in $2 billion deal - defensenews.com/global/europe/2026/…
Norway picks Hanwha to supply rocket artillery in $2 billion deal

None of the other commercial bidders could deliver a comparable range, Norway said.

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Defense News handle.invalid · Jan 29
America can strike anywhere — but can it stay anywhere? - defensenews.com/opinion/2026/01/29/…
America can strike anywhere — but can it stay anywhere?

Opinion: Perhaps most troubling, the National Defense Strategy ties its framework explicitly to “President Trump’s vision,” mentioning him 47 times across 24 pages.

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Defense News handle.invalid · Jan 29
Germany proposes ‘two-speed’ EU to hasten defense buildup - defensenews.com/global/europe/2026/…
Germany proposes ‘two-speed’ EU to hasten defense buildup

The initiative reflects a strategic recalibration in Berlin’s European partnerships.

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Defense News handle.invalid · Jan 29
Otokar moves to buy Romanian military-vehicles partner Automecanica - defensenews.com/global/europe/2026/…
Otokar moves to buy Romanian military-vehicles partner Automecanica

The takeover is meant to facilitate the Turkish manufacturer's work on a $1 billion contract to make Cobra II vehicles for Romania's armed forces.

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Defense News handle.invalid · Jan 28
SWORD training platform key to US space superiority, program head says - defensenews.com/news/your-military/…
SWORD training platform key to US space superiority, program head says

The U.S. Space Force is positioning its Space Warfighter Operational Readiness Domain as a cornerstone for maintaining space superiority.

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Defense News handle.invalid · Jan 28
Casualties in Ukraine war could hit 2 million, report warns - defensenews.com/global/europe/2026/…
Casualties in Ukraine war could hit 2 million, report warns

A new report warns that the number of soldiers killed, injured or missing on both sides of Russia’s war on Ukraine could hit 2 million by the spring.

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