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NATO’s Allied Maritime Command said this week that its ships are keeping a constant watch on Russian naval activity from the Baltic Sea to the Mediterranean, with Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 tracking Russian vessels transiting the Mediterranean as part of that effort. The command, known as MARCOM, did not name a spe
Leonardo DRS has adapted its ground-based counter-drone technology for use at sea, packaging it into a system called the Maritime-Mission Equipment Package, or M-MEP, the company said in a social media announcement. The M-MEP is built to detect, identify, track and defeat drones threatening ships, using a modular desig
A Ukrainian fighter pilot who runs the social media channel “Sonyashnyk” told the outlet Waypoint that jet-powered Shahed drones remain difficult to stop even as Ukraine’s air defense system continues to evolve, arguing that focus on the small number of drones that get through overlooks the far larger number destroyed
The first production-standard HÜRJET jet trainer, distinct from the program’s two earlier flight-test prototypes, completed its maiden flight on Victory Day, August 30, marking the transition from prototype testing to a working production line for the Turkish Air Force, according to a social media announcement. The HÜR
New satellite images have surfaced showing China’s largest known stealth drone undergoing testing at a secretive air base in China’s Xinjiang region, according to analysts tracking the program on social media. Aviation researcher Andreas Rupprecht posted on LinkedIn that two new images had leaked showing the aircraft,
HMS Queen Elizabeth is due to leave Portsmouth Naval Base at 6:20 p.m. on Saturday, September 5, carrying more than 800 sailors on a three-month deployment around British and northern European waters, according to UK Defence Journal. The deployment is the first extended sea period for the 65,000-tonne carrier since it
The U.S. Navy demonstrated a system last month that can refuel an unmanned surface vessel at sea without any crew on board, a step toward keeping robotic boats on station indefinitely instead of returning to port when they run low on fuel. The Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division ran the demonstration off the coas
Swiss manufacturer ANAVIA completed on-site customer acceptance of six HT-100 Naval unmanned helicopters purchased by the Angolan Navy, the company said, following individual flight tests and sign-offs for each aircraft delivered. The acceptance was conducted jointly with ADSB, a partner involved in the delivery. ANAVI
Ukrainian drone maker Buntar Aerospace raised $10.4 million in funding from Axon Enterprise and Munkene AS, placing the round among the six largest disclosed funding rounds in Ukraine this year, according to venture capital firm Defence Builder, citing data from Vestbee. The full list, in order of size: language-learni
Something big and mysterious rolled down a Japanese road late last week, and the internet is obsessed with figuring out what it is. A user on X posting under the name Yuzu snapped photos of a tracked military vehicle riding on a flatbed truck at night, completely wrapped in a yellow tarp. You could still […]
Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense has confirmed that a Swedish-supplied Saab 340 airborne early warning aircraft (AEW&C), known as the ASC 890, has been flying combat missions over Ukraine since March 2026, according to information the ministry released detailing the country’s expanding fleet of Western combat aircraft. Sw
Soldiers assigned to the newly redesignated 3rd Stryker Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, began receiving Stryker vehicles at Fort Carson, Colorado, on September 2, marking the next step in the unit’s conversion from a tank formation to a wheeled Stryker force. The brigade, known as the Iron Brigade, previously operated
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