Air Force
F-35 programme reaches ODIN milestone and begins retiring the ALIS maintenance system
The F-35 Joint Program Office says ODIN has met its inflection-point criteria, clearing the way to retire the legacy ALIS…
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Military & Defense
Ex-Enterprise (CVN 65), the world’s first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, leaves Newport News on her final voyage to be dismantled
The former USS Enterprise, the first nuclear-powered carrier, has left Newport News for Mobile, Alabama, where the U.S. Navy says…
Defense Industry
NATO SeaSparrow program delivers 1,000th ESSM Block 2 missile as production doubles in 16 months
The U.S. Navy says the 1,000th ESSM Block 2 has been delivered to the 12-nation NATO SeaSparrow Consortium, which includes…
Africa
AFRICOM commander Gen. Anderson tells Nigeria’s AFRIDEX defence show the U.S. stands ready to help “willing and able partners”
U.S. Africa Command leaders attended the inaugural Africa International Defence Exhibition in Lagos, where Gen. Dagvin Anderson cited a joint…
Africa
MINURSO ends: UN begins liquidating its Western Sahara mission as Guterres urges maximum restraint
The UN peacekeeping mission in Western Sahara has ended after its mandate expired on 31 October, and Secretary-General Guterres warned…
Asia-Pacific
U.S. Navy and Indian Navy open Exercise Tiger Triumph 2026 in Visakhapatnam
The fifth Tiger Triumph exercise between U.S. and Indian forces has opened in Visakhapatnam, with a focus on disaster response…
Technology
CISA adds two Ivanti Connect Secure vulnerabilities, CVE-2026-111357 and CVE-2026-118527, to its KEV catalog over active exploitation
CISA added two more Ivanti Connect Secure flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on October 30, citing evidence of…
Politics & Diplomacy
Colombia: army on the streets of Cúcuta, on the Venezuelan border, with 500 elite troops after the murder of a would-be mayoral candidate and the bridge bombing
Colombian troops are patrolling Cúcuta after President Abelardo de la Espriella ordered the “immediate” and “temporary” militarisation of the border…
Africa
UN Security Council fails to renew MINURSO as Russia vetoes U.S. draft on Western Sahara
Neither a U.S. draft nor a Russian draft won approval on 30 October, leaving the future of the UN mission…
Land Forces
U.S. Army says Project Convergence Capstone 6 was its largest yet: 9,700 soldiers tested 90 technologies for next-generation command and control
The U.S. Army has published its account of Project Convergence Capstone 6 at Fort Irwin, where thousands of soldiers and…
Air Force
Joint Chiefs chairman Caine tells U.S. Air Force reserve tacticians: solve problems fast, “instead of just admiring them”
Gen. Dan Caine told Air National Guard and U.S. Air Force Reserve tacticians in Tucson that war is changing faster…
Military & Defense
Frontier Sentinel 2026: U.S. and Canadian staffs finish a five-day Atlantic command post exercise ahead of a live drill in summer 2027
Staffs from U.S. 2nd Fleet, the U.S. Coast Guard and Canadian forces finished a simulated Atlantic maritime security exercise in…