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U.S. Shifts Toward Massed Cheaper Drones

The move toward lower-cost mass production raises doubts about the Pentagon's capacity to deliver large numbers of drones quickly.

Navy Waives Final Sea Trial and Declares USS Massachusetts Ready for Fleet

Taiwan Tests Mid‑Size Strike Drones as It Pushes a Massed Unmanned‑System Defence

Zelensky Appoints Ihor Klimenko as RNBO Secretary to Lead Security Coordination

Navy Redesignates 19 VPM‑Equipped Virginia Submarines as SSGNs

Japan Begins Flight Tests of Air‑Launched Type 25 Missile on F‑2

USS Fort Worth Decommissioned at Naval Base San Diego

Israel Signals Readiness to Resume Strikes on Iran

US–China Rivalry Reorders India’s Neighbourhood as Commentators Urge Transactional Delhi

Hegseth Names Robert Lighthizer to Chair Reconstituted Defense Policy Board

Israel Sanctions 37 Crypto Wallets Tied to IRGC Financing Network

Quad Foreign Ministers to Meet in Philippines in Two Weeks

Indian Army to Operationalise First Integrated Battle Groups From Mountain Strike Corps

Marines Field NMESIS and MADIS on Okinawa

Russian Tu-160 Bombers Complete 16‑Hour Patrol North of Shetland While Norwegian F-35s Shadow Them

UK Critical Infrastructure Hit by 200 State-Linked Cyber Incidents, NCSC Warns

Congress Advances Measure to Formalize U.S.-Israel Defense Technology Ties

Catalan Auto Suppliers Shift Toward Defense as Indra Leadership Change Slows Talks

John Healey Resigns as UK Defence Minister Over Budget Dispute

South Korea Seeks Faster Transfer of Wartime OPCON as Allies Verify Capabilities