DEFENSE-AEROSPACE

Australia Questions AUKUS Commitments as US Pushes Higher Defence Spending and Taiwan Clause

July 21, 2025

Australia's plan to get nuclear-powered submarines with help from the U.S. and U.K. is on pause for now. U.S. defense officials say the Pentagon will get an internal report on July 29 that could change the cost, schedule, and rules for the

Defense Budgets / Policy

House passes $832 billion defense budget for FY 2026, sending it to the Senate amid a close 221-209 vote

July 21, 2025

The House wrapped up final paperwork Sunday night on its $832 billion defense-spending bill and sent the text to the Senate, beating the gavel-out by a few minutes and keeping the measure on track before the August recess. Leaders now have ten

Defense Infrastructure & Manufacturing

Kyiv Sets January 2026 Deadline for 50% Local Arms Production

July 17, 2025

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has set a six-month deadline for reaching a home-grown share of one-half in Ukraine's overall weapons supply. The target, announced on 17 July after parliament approved a reshuffled cabinet, would lift the current forty-percent domestic share to fifty before

Air & Missile Defense Systems

NATO Accelerates Patriot Battery Deliveries to Ukraine Under Fast-Track Orders

July 17, 2025

NATO's supreme allied commander, U.S. Air Force Gen. Alexus Grynkewich, has orders to push Patriot air- and missile-defense batteries to Ukraine at a pace faster than any previous transfer in the two-year campaign to reinforce Kyiv's skies. He told Army officers and

Cybersecurity & Electronic Warfare

Experts Warn of Serious Escalation After Salt Typhoon Hacks Army National Guard Systems

July 17, 2025

A Chinese state-sponsored intrusion set off alarms in Washington this week after investigators confirmed that the hacking unit known as Salt Typhoon burrowed into a U.S. Army National Guard network for nine months and quietly siphoned off the keys to many other

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Australia Questions AUKUS Commitments as US Pushes Higher Defence Spending and Taiwan Clause

House passes $832 billion defense budget for FY 2026, sending it to the Senate amid a close 221-209 vote

Kyiv Sets January 2026 Deadline for 50% Local Arms Production

NATO Accelerates Patriot Battery Deliveries to Ukraine Under Fast-Track Orders

Experts Warn of Serious Escalation After Salt Typhoon Hacks Army National Guard Systems

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Julien Mercier

Clara Nguyen

Priya Shah

Michael Adler

Lena Kovacs

Diego Ramos

Peter Johansson

Lucas Meyer