Japan is considering Murasame, Takanami and Akizuki-class destroyers for Chile as Santiago bridges a fleet gap before new domestic frigates enter service.

Poland’s FlyFocus unveils TASACK, a 110-km loitering munition with a 5-kg payload, EO/IR targeting and top-attack capability.

Iran missile attack on Jordan saw 18 of 20 ballistic missiles intercepted, while OSINT footage points to a potentially large Patriot response.

Iran claims it struck two US destroyers, but CENTCOM says all Iranian attacks failed and no US warship was hit.

Iran claims it attacked two US destroyers after US strikes on five Iranian oil tankers, escalating tensions around the Strait of Hormuz.

Aerospace Training Systems Partners won a $10.1 million contract to upgrade P-8A Operational Flight Trainer projection systems for the U.S. Navy and RAAF.

Conti Federal won a $74.8 million contract to build a B-21 RF measurements hangar at Whiteman AFB, supporting the Raider basing transition.

JIATF 401 released a 2026 counter-UAS guide to standardize drone defense tactics, sensors, command and control, and defeat capabilities.

The U.S. defense industrial base faces 400,000 skilled-trade vacancies as the Pentagon expands Build Freedom to strengthen America's defense workforce.

Northrop Grumman opens a Maryland propulsion center, expanding solid rocket motor capacity and adding engineering jobs for U.S. defense programs.

L3Harris receives a $4.7 billion PAC-3 MSE propulsion contract from Lockheed Martin to expand U.S. interceptor production capacity.

The UK Space Strategy commits £7.8 billion through 2030, including more than £3 billion for defense, satellite communications and space security.