Drones
UN disarmament institute chief warns AI is on track to crowd out human decision-making in warfare
UNIDIR director Robin Geiss says AI is already widely used in military operations and shortens the time between spotting and…
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Europe
Russian GRU hackers targeted a warship shipyard and an aircraft engine maker in two NATO countries
Symantec says the Russian cyber-espionage group APT28, tracked as Swallowtail, targeted a warship shipyard, a military aircraft engine maker and…
Greece
DAEDALUS inaugurated: Greece’s new national supercomputer at Lavrio, with 85.69 petaflops, ranks 31st in the world
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis inaugurated DAEDALUS at Lavrio, Greece’s new national supercomputer with a measured 85.69 petaflops, ranked 31st in…
Drones
EDA-funded AIRSENSE system flies a drone over land without satellite signals in Portugal trials
A European Defence Agency project has shown that an image-based navigation system can guide a drone over land without GNSS,…
Asia-Pacific
TURKSAT and China Satcom: Turkey and China to co-develop communications for UAVs and “smart” border security
Turkey’s state satellite operator TURKSAT and China’s China Satcom signed a protocol on joint research, product development and commercialisation, covering…
Greece
Planetek Hellas to lead ESA’s new Space Resilience Node for Greece
Planetek Hellas, leading a Greek consortium, is starting a new European Space Agency project to design the Space Resilience Node…
Drones
SAS Technology: New developments in loitering munition development in Greece
Greece’s SAS Technology says it has completed the first full configuration of the AIHMI 2XR stand-off loitering munition, tested from…
Military & Defense
Boeing wins $14.7 billion contract to triple PAC-3 MSE seeker production
Boeing received a contract worth approximately $14.7 billion from Lockheed Martin to triple PAC-3 MSE seeker production, with final terms…
Military & Defense
Anduril and U.S. Navy plan $6.6 billion submarine production expansion in Maryland
Anduril plans a $3.7 billion Maryland shipyard, backed by a Navy contract worth up to $2.9 billion, to manufacture Virginia-class…
Military & Defense
US Army creates FASCOM to accelerate autonomous systems by 2028
An October 1 memorandum directs the creation of FASCOM, changes to Army formations and staffing, and priority autonomous systems fielding…
Technology
HypAIRion: France brings AI to Rafale as combat drone flight is planned for 2028
France’s HypAIRion programme brings sovereign AI into Rafale operations, with collaborative combat-drone flight planned for 2028 and an AI-enabled TALIOS…
Military & Defense
U.S. Navy shows Blackbeard missile flying beneath an F/A-18 Super Hornet for the first time
NAVAIR footage shows BLACKBEARD carried beneath a U.S. Navy F/A-18E/F Super Hornet in flight. The images mark an integration step,…