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25 February

Ukraine Launches Digital Military Logistics Platform

Ukraine has completed a digital overhaul of its military equipment logistics, shifting procurement, tracking, and delivery systems into a single real‑time digital platform to speed frontline supply.

25 February

Africa

Staff Writer With AFP

UN Arrives in East DR Congo Town to Prepare Ceasefire Mission

A team of UN peacekeepers arrived in the flashpoint eastern Democratic Republic of Congo town of Uvira to prepare the deployment of a ceasefire‑monitoring mission, the force said Tuesday.

25 February

Asia Pacific

Staff Writer With AFP

Japan to Deploy Missile Systems on Island Near Taiwan by 2031: Defense Minister

Japan's government plans to deploy surface-to-air missiles on one of its remote western islands near Taiwan by March 2031, the country's defense minister said on Tuesday.

25 February

Americas

Staff Writer With AFP

USS Gerald Ford, World’s Largest Aircraft Carrier, at US Base on Crete

The USS Gerald R. Ford, the world's largest aircraft carrier, has reached the US naval base of Souda Bay on Crete, en route to joining a massive military build-up in the Middle East.

24 February

Europe

Akhsan Erido Elezhar

Rheinmetall Debuts Smart Counter-Drone Gun for Vehicles and Bases

Rheinmetall is putting its counter-drone muscle on display at Enforce Tac 2026 with the RCWS320C-UAS, a smart, remote-controlled weapon built to protect vehicles and bases from swarming unmanned aerial vehicles.

24 February

Cyber

Rojoef Manuel

Leonardo Apprentices Complete First International Exercise at UK-Led Defence Cyber Marvel

Leonardo has completed its first international deployment at the Defence Cyber Marvel, a multinational digital security exercise led by the UK Ministry of Defence.

24 February

Air

Rojoef Manuel

B-2 Spirit Modernization Advances With First Flight of SNC Comms Suite

SNC has completed the maiden flight of its Adaptable Communications Suite with the B-2 Spirit heavy strategic bomber aircraft.

24 February

Technology

Senior Airman Jenna Hayes, a loadmaster assigned to the 709th Airlift Squadron, and Taylor Kastenhuber, a traffic management office contractor with Criterion East, push a pallet of medical supplies bound for Honduras at Pittsburgh International Airport Air Reserve Station on Nov. 6, 2024. In total 32 pallets totaling nearly 8,000 pounds of cargo were transported in support of the Denton Program. (U.S. Air Force photo taken by Master Sgt. Jeffrey Grossi)

Rojoef Manuel

US Air Force Launches ‘SPEED CSO’ to Accelerate Commercial Tech Acquisition

The US Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center has launched a new acquisition pathway to accelerate the integration of advanced solutions into bases and mission support teams.

24 February

Space