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UK Awards £879 Million Boeing Deal to Sustain Apache and Chinook Fleets

The contract unifies support under the Rotary Wing Enterprise to cut duplication across both fleets.

China Stations Converted J-6 Attack Drones at Six Bases Near Taiwan

HMS Dragon Reaches Gibraltar En Route to Bolster UK Defences off Cyprus

UK, France Advance Ukraine Deployment Plans as Moscow Reiterates Red Lines

HMS Anson Begins First UK Submarine Maintenance Period in Australia

Army Misses Year-End Deadline to Field Dark Eagle Hypersonic Weapon

Pentagon Watchdog Faults F-35 Oversight as Fleet Flies Only Half the Time

U.S. Coast Guard Awards Icebreaker Contracts to Finland’s RMC and Bollinger Shipyards

German Navy Takes Delivery of First NH-90 ‘Sea Tiger’ for Anti-Submarine Warfare

Healey Signals Willingness to Scrap Ajax as Safety Probes Deepen

Germany Activates Arrow 3 Missile Defense With Initial Operational Capability

Poland Scrambles Fighters and Raises Air-Defense Readiness Over Reported Russian Activity in Ukraine

Soldiers Treated for Hearing Issues Weeks Before UK Declared Ajax Armoured Vehicles Safe

U.S. Test-Fires Minuteman III From Vandenberg, Reentry Vehicle Reaches Kwajalein

NATO Calls Surfaced Russian Sub ‘Limping Home’ as Allies Shadow Its Northern Transit

Hegseth Launches Pentagon Barracks Task Force With 30-Day Plan Deadline

Fuel-Leak Claims Shadow Russian Sub Novorossiisk Tracked in Atlantic

Luftwaffe Stages SNAP 2025 Evacuation Drill Over Jagel, Reports Incident-Free Finish

German Cabinet Backs Bundeswehr Recruitment Overhaul With Conscription Backstop

NATO Scrambles German Eurofighters to Identify Russian Reconnaissance Plane Over Baltic Sea