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8 January

Turkey Sees Potential to Expand Strategic Defense Ties With Japan

Turkey announced that defense industry cooperation with Japan could expand, combining Tokyo's technology with Ankara manufacturing capacity.

8 January

Europe

Jodesz Gavilan

UK Awards $3.3M Contract to Avenue3 for Deployed Military Digital Health System

The UK’s Defence Medical Services has awarded a contract worth $3.3 million to Avenue3 to roll out Project Mercury.

8 January

Americas

Electric Boat's Atlas floating dry dock for Columbia submarine construction

Rojoef Manuel

General Dynamics Receives Special Dry Dock for Columbia Submarine Development

General Dynamics Electric Boat has accepted the floating dry dock tasked with supporting the construction of the US Navy’s Columbia-class nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines.

8 January

Americas

250818-N-MK109-1014 GREAT LAKES, Ill. (Aug. 18, 2025) Recruits participate in their physical fitness assessment (PFA) at Freedom Hall onboard Recruit Training Command (RTC). PFAs are conducted during boot camp to ensure future Sailors are prepared for the physical demands of the fleet. Training at RTC is approximately nine weeks, and all enlistees in the U.S. Navy begin their careers at the command. More than 40,000 recruits train annually at the Navy's only boot camp. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Mykala Keckeisen)

Rojoef Manuel

US Navy Debuts New Physical Test Sets for Combat Arms Units

The US Navy has introduced new sets of fitness evaluations for sailors in combat arms roles, including SEALs, Special Warfare Combat Crewmen, explosive ordnance disposal technicians, and fleet divers, marking a shift in how the service measures physical readiness.

8 January

Europe

Giulia Bernacchi

Exail Secures Two New Orders for DriX H-9 Surface Drone

Exail has signed two new contracts for its DriX H-9 autonomous surface drone for maritime defense and hydrographic applications.

8 January

Americas

Skelmir S12, a torpedo-like unmanned underwater vehicle

Rojoef Manuel

Rhode Island Merger Bolsters Acoustic Sensing for Undersea Warfare

Rhode Island-based Vatn Systems has acquired Crewless Marine in Warren, a move aimed at improving its in-house capabilities in underwater acoustic sensing and signal processing.

8 January

Europe

Staff Writer With AFP

Russia Slams Ukrainian-European Plan for Peacekeeping Force

Russia labelled Ukraine and Europe an "axis of war," rejecting proposed peacekeeping force plans as unacceptable to end the war.

8 January

Middle East

Rojoef Manuel

Israel Launches App for Warfighter Rehab Services

Israel’s Ministry of Defense has rolled out a new mobile application to simplify access to rehabilitation services for wounded personnel with post-traumatic stress disorder, mental health conditions, or head injuries.

8 January

Air

United States Navy Boeing E-6B Mercury of Strategic Communications Wing ONE, Task Group 114.2, based at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, high over Colorado Aug. 23, 2019. The E-6B was refueled by a Boeing KC-135R Stratotanker of the 507th Air Refueling Wing, Air Force Reserve Command, also from Tinker AFB. (U.S. Air Force photo/Greg L. Davis)

Rojoef Manuel

Collins Aerospace to Modernize US Navy’s E-6B Doomsday Aircraft

RTX subsidiary Collins Aerospace has received a $20.3-million contract to upgrade the US Navy’s E-6B airborne command post and communications relay aircraft.

8 January

Air