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Borsuk (Badger) infantry fighting vehicle

Poland Negotiating Second Batch of 146 Borsuk IFVs

Poland is negotiating the acquisition of an additional batch of Borsuk infantry fighting vehicles with the platform’s manufacturers.

7 May

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Jakob Smith, 773d Logistics Readiness Squadron ground transportation support operator, guides a forklift during a Prepositioned Warfighting Materiel movement at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Jan. 15, 2026. The movement of PWM revamps Pacific Air Command's ability to rapidly generate airpower and provides the theater with enhanced infrastructure, robust material maintenance, and advanced command, control, communications, computers, and intelligence capabilities. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Hunter Hites)

Rojoef Manuel

KBR Nabs $449M US Army Deal for Logistics, Base Support Ops

The US Army has awarded KBR contracts worth up to $449 million to provide logistics, sustainment, and installation services across the US and Europe.

7 May

Giulia Bernacchi

Loft, Magellium to Develop Next-Gen Earth Observation Network for France

Loft Orbital and Magellium Artal Group secured a contract to develop a next-generation Earth observation constellation for France.

7 May

Akhsan Erido Elezhar

France’s New SSA Camera Can Spot 10-Centimeter Objects in Space

Simera Sense France is rolling out a new space situational awareness camera designed to improve how satellites detect, track, and react to activity in orbit in real time.

7 May

A quadcopter drone hovers over open water ahead of a red vessel's deck, illustrating the UK's development of an automatic drone landing platform for moving ships

Ethan M. Encarnacion

UK Develops ‘World’s First’ Automatic Drone Landing Platform for Moving Ships

Could drones land and take off autonomously from moving ships at sea? A London-based developer says it has built the first system designed to make that possible.

7 May

Skyeton Raybird fixed-wing reconnaissance UAV on a ground display stand, now upgraded with real-time anti-interceptor detection capability

Ethan M. Encarnacion

Ukraine’s ‘Raybird’ Drone Now Spots Interceptors in Real Time

A flagship Ukrainian drone has just evolved, transforming from a simple airborne surveillance platform into an upgraded system that detects hostile interceptors in real-time.

7 May

Jodesz Gavilan

Poland’s New Miecznik Frigates to Use L3Harris Platform Management System

L3Harris is set to supply the ship management system for Poland’s new Miecznik-class frigates as Warsaw pushes ahead with one of its largest naval modernization programs.

7 May

A rafale fighter jet takes off from the French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle.

Staff Writer With AFP

French Aircraft Carrier Pre-Positions for Possible Hormuz Mission

France's Charles de Gaulle was on Wednesday heading towards the southern Red Sea to pre‑position for a possible mission to restore navigation in the Strait of Hormuz.

6 May

Rojoef Manuel

KNDS, RITEK Open Leopard 2A8 Tank Factory in Norway

KNDS Deutschland and automotive servicing company RITEK have inaugurated a new manufacturing center for the Leopard 2A8 main battle tank in Levanger, Norway.

6 May