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MQ-25 will fly in 2025, fly off carriers in 2026, says Navy’s air boss

WEST 2025 — The US Navy’s top operational aviator says he’s confident the service will have its new unmanned aerial tanker flying this year...

Aselsan has started producing Akkor active protection system for Altay tank

Akkor is an active protection system (APS) developed by Aselsan, equipped with both hard- and soft-kill functionalities. It provides protection against antitank missiles and...

North Korea Demonstrates Submarines’ Long Range Cruise Missile Strike Capabilities

North Korea has demonstrated an advanced cruise missile strike capability from its submarines, with missiles fired from underwater travelling over 1,500 kilometres in elliptical...

Rebel Troops Claim Capture Of Congo Border City Stoking Fears Of Wider Conflict

The M23 rebel group, which has taken control of large parts of the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in recent years, now says...

Iranian official says Tehran has purchased Russian fighter jets: Report

BEIRUT — In what appears to be another sign of the tightening of relations between Iran and Russia, a senior Iranian military official reportedly...

Russian spy ship Yantar monitored in English Channel

The vessel returned just months after loitering over UK critical undersea infrastructure. The Russian vessel Yantar, identified by the UK Department of Defence as a...

Japan Moving Ahead With Taiwan Strait Missile Deployment Just 150 Kilometres From Taipei

The Japan Self Defence Forces are expected to move ahead with the deployment of Type 03 surface to air missile systems, otherwise referred to...

New Air-Launched Cruise Missile Teased By General Atomics

General Atomics has offered a look at a new air-to-surface missile it is developing. The emergence of the project comes at a time of...

Army to competitively develop Next-Gen Command-and-Control prototype

After spending a year working on pilot programs for a future battlefield command-and-control capability, the U.S. Army is on the brink of starting an...

Turkey’s Bayraktar TB3 UCAV Conducts First Test with MAM-T Laser Guided Bombs

The Turkish aerospace major Baykar announced that, on Jan. 17, 2025, the Bayraktar TB3 UCAV (Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle) achieved a new milestone when...

Littoral Combat Ship Can Now Rapidly Shoot Down Aerial Drones With Hellfire Missiles

The U.S. Navy carried out a crash program last year to enable Freedom class littoral combat ships (LCS) armed with radar-guided AGM-114L Longbow Hellfire...

General Atomics Unveils Drone Launch Systems for Naval Vessels

General Atomics has unveiled a new “Electric Launch System for Unmanned Aircraft” to be installed on a variety of vessels to support UAS operations....

China commissions new-generation frigate as competition rises with US

TAIPEI, Taiwan — China’s navy has commissioned a new-generation frigate as competition rises with the U.S. and other regional powers, saying the ship will...

Iran Simulates Air Defence Against Major Attack on Key Nuclear Facility Under ‘Eqtedar 1403’ Exercises

The Iranian Armed Forces have demonstrated their air defence capabilities in the Eqtedar 1403 exercises in Isfahan province, which were designed to simulate kinetic...

Iran Unveils New Spy Ship Based On Corvette Hull

Iran has developed a reputation for launching some unconventional naval vessels, some of them downright strange — at least when compared with their equivalents...

‘The Chinese Military is the Largest and Most Modern It’s Ever Been,’ Edwards AFB Commander Warns

Speaking from the base theater to both an in-person and virtual audience, Brig. Gen. Doug Wickert, commander of the 412th Test Wing, at Edwards...