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Two interceptor missiles are launched at a Kratos Defense Firejet cruise missile surrogate target

Taiwan Unveils New Generation of Low-Cost Strike Drones and Missiles at 2025 Defense Exhibition

September 19, 2025

Taipei’s aerospace and defense show ran September 18-20 at TaiNEX 1 with 490 exhibiting companies across 1,500 booths. Organizers counted 51 first-time products on the floor, signaling a heavier emphasis on unmanned and low-cost strike systems this year. At the Xiangshan Forum

An air-to-air right side view of a Soviet MiG-31 Foxhound aircraft.

News & Policy

Russian MiG-31 Formation Crosses Into Estonian Airspace – Tallinn Summons Russian Chargé d’Affaires

September 19, 2025

Three Russian MiG-31s crossed into Estonian airspace near Vaindloo Island on September 19 and stayed about twelve minutes. Estonian air surveillance tracked them entering from the Gulf of Finland, five nautical miles inside the border at the deepest point, then exiting to

USNS Wally Schirra (T-AKE 8) departs Hanwha Ocean shipyard after a seven-month overhaul at Gyeongsangnam-do, Republic of Korea, March 12, 2025. (Courtesy photo)

Defense Infrastructure & Manufacturing

Hanwha, Samsung, and HD Hyundai advance coordinated shipyard projects for U.S. Navy support

September 17, 2025

Korea Investment Week in Seoul ran from Sept. 9 to 12 and produced shipbuilding announcements with direct bearing on U.S. yards and Navy sustainment. Hanwha confirmed a multibillion-dollar expansion at its Philadelphia yard and outlined a Busan-centered maintenance program for U.S. naval

Cybersecurity & Electronic Warfare

Extending ICAM into field units as the Army readies automated account provisioning and myAuth evaluation

September 16, 2025

The Army will extend identity, credential and access management across the enterprise and into field units this year. Officials expect wider use of automated account provisioning and privileged access tools by the end of 2025, with more systems added as connectors mature.

Naval Systems

Germany’s First P-8A Poseidon Enters Service Pipeline to Bolster Anti-Submarine Patrols in the North and Baltic Seas

September 16, 2025

Germany accepted its first P-8A Poseidon at the manufacturer’s site near Seattle on Oct 1-2. The aircraft is the first of eight on order and carries the German tail number 63+01. Delivery followed U.S. Foreign Military Sales procedures with government quality checks

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Taiwan Unveils New Generation of Low-Cost Strike Drones and Missiles at 2025 Defense Exhibition

Russian MiG-31 Formation Crosses Into Estonian Airspace – Tallinn Summons Russian Chargé d’Affaires

Hanwha, Samsung, and HD Hyundai advance coordinated shipyard projects for U.S. Navy support

Extending ICAM into field units as the Army readies automated account provisioning and myAuth evaluation

Germany’s First P-8A Poseidon Enters Service Pipeline to Bolster Anti-Submarine Patrols in the North and Baltic Seas

Authors

Julien Mercier

Clara Nguyen

Priya Shah

Michael Adler

Lena Kovacs

Diego Ramos

Peter Johansson

Lucas Meyer