Air Force
Saab and GKN Aerospace sign cooperation deal on Gripen E/F engine, following Swedish government decision
Saab and GKN Aerospace have agreed closer cooperation on the Gripen E/F engine, with GKN taking a progressively larger role…
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Military & Defense
Kyiv: Russian ballistic missiles hit a thermal power plant and an apartment block, three dead; Zelensky: “Again no warning from partners”
Russia struck Kyiv with ballistic missiles in successive waves from the evening of Tuesday, October 13 until the early hours…
Drones
Albania, Croatia, Japan and five other countries join the US Army’s drone and counter-drone marketplaces
Eight more countries signed statements of intent on October 13 to join the US Army’s marketplaces for unmanned aircraft systems…
Europe
NATO opens annual Steadfast Noon nuclear exercise in Italy with 17 nations
NATO says its annual nuclear deterrence exercise began on 13 October 2026 in Italy with 17 nations, uses no live…
Europe
EU and Ukraine hold fifth Cyber Dialogue; CERT-EU and SSSCIP sign information-sharing arrangement
At the fifth EU-Ukraine Cyber Dialogue in Brussels, CERT-EU and Ukraine’s SSSCIP signed an arrangement to share incident information with…
Drones
French Army builds drone-contact units around FPV drones, with Fronde and Pendragon projects
The French Ministry of the Armed Forces says the 1st Marine Infantry Regiment has begun forming units that pair surveillance…
Defense Industry
Heaviside Tyr: US-Norwegian loitering munition with a Nammo anti-armour warhead for under $100,000
The US-Norwegian start-up Heaviside has unveiled Tyr, a loitering munition of about 15 pounds designed to destroy tanks, at a…
Asia-Pacific
STARK and Thales Australia team up to build Cascade loitering munitions for the Bushmaster
On October 7 STARK announced a partnership with Thales Australia to develop, produce and supply loitering munitions in Australia, with…
Military & Defense
Ukraine: Strike on an Iskander-M launcher repair base in Kursk; overnight Russian attack with 108 drones and 5 missiles
Ukrainian forces struck a repair base for Iskander-M self-propelled launchers and transporter-loaders near the village of Kondrinka in Russia’s Kursk…
Balkans
Black Sea: Drones hit two merchant ships off Bulgaria, one sank; Radev calls it “absolutely unacceptable”
Two merchant ships were hit by drones overnight on Tuesday, October 13, in the Black Sea just outside Bulgaria’s territorial…
Air Force
Taiwan reports 19 Chinese military aircraft sorties, 13 crossing the Strait median line, in a “joint combat readiness patrol”
Taiwan's defence ministry says 13 of 19 PLA aircraft sorties on 9 October crossed the median line of the Taiwan…
Defense Industry
Lockheed Martin and Avio sign deal on solid rocket motors for ER GMLRS and PrSM missiles
Lockheed Martin will draw on Avio USA's new Virginia facility for rocket motors for ER GMLRS and PrSM, under a…