Military

President Donald Trump has again criticized NATO over support for U.S. operations tied to Iran, while Secretary General Mark Rutte argues allies are providing substantial backing even after being left out of the initial.

More than two dozen Ukrainian defense companies traveled to Paris to seek co-production partnerships with French firms, aiming to tie wartime drone expertise more closely into Europe’s defense-industrial base.

Britain says it monitored a month-long Russian submarine and surveillance-vessel operation near infrastructure relevant to the UK and its allies in the North Atlantic.

The FAA and Pentagon have signed an agreement allowing deployment of a high-energy laser counter-drone system near the southern border after tests found no undue risk to passenger aircraft.

Israel says it is significantly increasing production of Arrow interceptors to strengthen its upper air-defense layer against ballistic threats from Iran and its proxies.

The U.S. Space Force has lined up 14 companies for a decade-long competition to build or provide next-generation space-monitoring systems, with the first order aimed at replacing the long-serving GSSAP satellites in geos

The Defense Intelligence Agency is formalizing a more centralized AI structure through a new Digital Modernization Accelerator after a year-long effort to consolidate fragmented initiatives.

A newly spotted launcher on the destroyer USS Carl M. Levin has added to evidence that the U.S. Navy is accelerating efforts to give surface ships cheaper and more flexible defenses against drones and related threats.

Hezbollah’s reported increase in first-person-view drone strikes on Israeli forces in Lebanon underscores how rapidly low-cost attack methods pioneered elsewhere are being adapted into new conflicts.

The U.S. Navy has decided not to return the attack submarine USS Boise to service, ending a yearslong overhaul that had become a symbol of shipyard backlog and maintenance strain.

An imaging infrared seeker believed to be from a U.S. THAAD interceptor appears to have been found in Syria, a development that could expose sensitive missile-defense technology if verified.

New details on the recovery of a downed F-15E crew in Iran point to a sprawling, high-risk rescue operation involving hundreds of personnel, multiple aircraft, and diversionary actions across the battlespace.

Fresh videos of the stealthy aircraft widely referred to as the RQ-180 are offering new clues about its design and sensor package after repeated sightings around Larissa Air Base in Greece.

A U.S. Navy MQ-4C Triton surveillance drone disappeared from public flight tracking after broadcasting a general emergency code and rapidly descending during a mission near the Persian Gulf and Strait of Hormuz.

CIA Deputy Director Michael Ellis says the agency plans to embed AI assistants in analytic workflows and, within a decade, expects officers to supervise teams of AI agents.

The U.K. says Russian submarines spent weeks operating around critical undersea infrastructure before British and Norwegian forces tracked and deterred them.

Turkey’s Havelsan is teaming with VN Maritime and Piloda Defence to coproduce hybrid and unmanned surface vessels in Italy, targeting an initial purchase order in the first half of 2026.

France is discussing a stopgap replacement for the Leclerc as delays to the joint Main Combat Ground System with Germany force Paris to rethink the armored transition timeline.

Turkey has opened new Roketsan production facilities tied to a multibillion-dollar investment and announced deliveries of multiple domestically produced missile systems, underlining Ankara’s push to expand sovereign

The U.S. Army has stood up a 180-day pilot Data Operations Center intended to help tactical units cut through data-access friction, latency, and bureaucratic delays.