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Tracking the latest defense innovations: advanced technology, AI & news weaponry. Find out how the military industry is evolving to meet future challenges.
Joined January 2024
📖 LATEST ARTICLE Naval mines are the cheapest way to shut down a port. The response isn’t a single ship anymore, it’s an unmanned ecosystem. The decisive metric is tempo: detect → classify → neutralize → reopen, under EW and cyber pressure. Link in comments👇
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🇸🇦Saudi Arabia is adding a lightly armed maritime patrol option. 🇮🇹Italy’s Leonardo has confirmed a deal for 4 C-27J Maritime Patrol Aircraft (C-27MPA) for the Royal Saudi Naval Forces, with deliveries expected to start in 2029. The aircraft are configured for maritime
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Australia just awarded its next amphibious workhorse: Austal landed a ~A$4Bdeal to build 8 Landing Craft Heavy (LCH)vessels. • ~100m design, based on Damen’s LST100 • Built at Henderson, Western Australia (Common User Facility) • Construction starts 2026, deliveries through
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📖 LATEST ARTICLE An autogyro is a rotary-wing aircraft whose rotor is not engine-driven: lift comes from autorotation, while a conventional propeller provides propulsion. Link in comments👇
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🇩🇪Germany’s Luftwaffe and the 🇯🇵Japan Air Self-Defense Force held a joint fighter exercise over Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
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🇬🇷The Hellenic Navy is adding Schiebel CAMCOPTER S-100 shipborne drones to its new FDI HN (Belharra-class) frigates. • Contract: 4 “systems” (typically 2 drones per system) • Planned users: HS Kimon, HS Nearchos, HS Formion • First to embark: Kimon, with deployment/training
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🇮🇱Elbit Systems: demand surge for laser target designators. It says 2025 sales doubled its previous high (ground + airborne). These coded lasers mark targets for laser-guided munitions and use NATO-standard codes. Precision strike starts with target marking.
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📖 LATEST ARTICLE The future Luleå class is not merely a naval modernization effort. It represents the most structurally significant surface combatant program for the Swedish Navy in decades. Link in comments👇
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🇪🇪Estonia is scaling up its artillery punch. Tallinn plans to add 12 CAESAR Mk1 (155mm) self-propelled howitzers, doubling the fleet from 12 to 24—a move framed within deeper 🇪🇪Estonia–🇫🇷France defense cooperation. Operational effect: more high-mobility, rapid “shoot-and-scoot”
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Starlink access just became an OPSEC trap. 🇺🇦Ukraine says 🇷🇺Russian troops looked for ways around Ukraine’s new Starlink whitelist/verification, often via intermediaries and “activation help”. In response, Ukrainian cyber/OSINT actors say they set up fake Telegram bots/channels
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📖 LATEST ARTICLE From the Baltic Sea to the Mediterranean, Europe is strengthening patrols and resilience. But without solid legal attribution, undersea cable sabotage remains difficult to deter. Link in comments👇
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The Korean K2GF Black Panther tank, in the snow with its winter camouflage. Picture: Mateusz Mierzejewski
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🇫🇷France has launched ORION 26, a major joint and multinational exercise built around a fictional-but-plausible European crisis, from hybrid pressure to high-intensity conventional combat. Reported scale: • 12,500 troops • 24 partner nations alongside France • 25 ships + 140
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The 🇺🇸U.S. Navy just placed a major bet on aircrew gear modernization: Gentex’s PURSUIT was selected as the Next-Generation Fixed Wing Helmet (NGFWH), a $22.6Maward to deliver 5,000+ helmets + spares under a 5-year IDIQ. NGFWH is set to replace legacy HGU-55/P and HGU-68/P
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📖 LATEST ARTICLE How armed forces are operationally integrating artificial intelligence into intelligence and air defense decision-making. Real-world constraints, human oversight, and strategic implications. Link in comments👇
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