DEFENSE-AEROSPACE

Firmenzentrale Rheinmetall AG, Rheinmetall Platz

Rheinmetall to Acquire Lürssen Naval Division and Expand into German Warship Production

September 25, 2025

Rheinmetall has agreed to acquire Naval Vessels Lürssen, the military division of the Lürssen Group, together with its subsidiaries. Closing is targeted for early 2026 and remains subject to antitrust approval. The companies have not disclosed a purchase price. NVL reported roughly

Joint Exercises / Special Ops Training

Ukraine’s Navy Leads Opposing Force at REPMUS 2025 in Portugal, Testing Naval Drones and Countermeasures

September 25, 2025

Ukrainian Navy personnel ran the opposing force during the REPMUS and Dynamic Messenger 2025 series off Tróia and Sesimbra through September, a first for the alliance-level unmanned maritime trials. The host navy concentrated the event at the Portuguese Navy’s Operational Experimentation Centre,

Russia-Ukraine War

Russian Tu-95 Bombers and Su-35 Fighters Tracked in Alaska Air Defense Identification Zone

September 25, 2025

Two Russian Tu-95 bombers and two Su-35 fighters operated inside Alaska’s Air Defense Identification Zone on September 24. U.S. aircraft launched to identify and intercept in the zone. The activity took place in international airspace and did not enter U.S. or Canadian

AI & Autonomy

YFQ-44A Flight Imminent, Anduril Advances Early Autonomy for Air Force Collaborative Combat Aircraft

September 24, 2025

Air Force leadership set mid-October for the first flight of Anduril’s YFQ-44A, the company’s entrant in the Collaborative Combat Aircraft program. The aircraft will use push-button departure and recovery with no conventional stick and throttle while human operators watch from the ground.

U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Diego Berumen

Defense Budgets / Policy

Meink Orders Shift of Maintenance Effort to High-Priority Fleets amid Parts Shortages and Aging Airframes

September 23, 2025

“If a system is not capable of operating in a contested environment, then we need to be second-guessing how much money we’re dumping into readiness on those platforms,” Secretary of the Air Force Troy Meink said at National Harbor during the 2025

Latest

Rheinmetall to Acquire Lürssen Naval Division and Expand into German Warship Production

Ukraine’s Navy Leads Opposing Force at REPMUS 2025 in Portugal, Testing Naval Drones and Countermeasures

Russian Tu-95 Bombers and Su-35 Fighters Tracked in Alaska Air Defense Identification Zone

YFQ-44A Flight Imminent, Anduril Advances Early Autonomy for Air Force Collaborative Combat Aircraft

Meink Orders Shift of Maintenance Effort to High-Priority Fleets amid Parts Shortages and Aging Airframes

Authors

Julien Mercier

Clara Nguyen

Priya Shah

Michael Adler

Lena Kovacs

Diego Ramos

Peter Johansson

Lucas Meyer