Military

Out of the 1.3 million active-duty troops with unclassified locations, 13%, or about 170,000 troops, were stationed abroad in September 2025.

This award of excellence was presented in Naples by Commodore Doug Sattler (CTF 69) to the commander of crew B of the FREMM Aquitaine, for the performance of his unit during anti-submarine operations in the North Atlantic during the year 2025.

The French Navy (Marine Nationale) FREMM frigate Aquitaine won the U.S. Navy’s “Hook’em” award. This marks the fifth time that the U.S. 6th Fleet awards the price to a French unit for its ability to find and track submarines (and the fourth time to a FREMM frigate)

The Indian Ministry of Defence has signed two contracts worth a total of ₹5083 crore ($550 million) for the acquisition of six Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH) MK-III (Maritime Role) for the Indian Coast Guard and Surface-to-Air Vertical Launch – Shtil missiles for the Indian Navy. The contracts were inked in the presence of Defence Secretary Shri Rajesh Kumar Singh at South Block, New Delhi.

looks at the legions of Pantsirs destroyed by Ukrainian drones in Ukraine

Unlike American fifth-generation jets like the F-22 or F-35, which utilize single-seat configurations, Russia argues that a second crew member is essential for modern Manned-Unmanned Teaming (MUM-T).

This last point is key, because the lesson from this exercise is that the Ukrainian participants employed tactics adapted for the modern, drone-saturated battlefield, while NATO forces have not been forced by the realities of war to do the same.

This is the future of C-UAS.

A good video about the AH-1Z that also explains the general idea behind a heavy attack helicopter, which is something that must be better understood by the world or else geopolitical miscalculations of power will continue to result. No, drones do not make these aircraft obsolete, rather these are the best platforms to hunt drones with possible.

Crews fired approximately 1,200 rounds in total between the two variants, both close and long range.

One of the defining features of the Hibiki class is its Small Waterplane Area Twin Hull (SWATH) design — a semi-submerged catamaran configuration rarely used on Japanese naval vessels.

The “demise” of the helicopter is a dangerous illusion.

One change made to the design during its development is an optimized canopy, with the new design providing improved visibility for the pilot in the rear seat. The first fully-instrumented aircraft has completed this change, and the second is undergoing it.

According to The Korea Times, two batteries of this system are currently deployed in the United Arab Emirates.

Operating a rotary-wing aircraft in contested airspace shouldn’t be possible, but the AH-64E Apache Guardian uses advanced sensor fusion, Longbow radar, and MUM-T drone integration to systematically hunt and dismantle modern integrated air defense networks.

Two Venoms, accompanied by aviation engineers, logisticians, and technical support staff, have been dispatched to maintain full operational autonomy.

The British military will receive the new SONUS acoustic system earlier than planned. Delivery has been accelerated by five years.

Building on the company’s tiltrotor expertise developed through the creation of its AW609 — which will become the first civil tiltrotor when certified — and in the subsequent next generation civil tiltrotor (NGCTR) demonstrator, the ATA-NXM (Advanced Tiltrotor Aircraft – Next Generation Military) concept sees the aircraft’s engines moved from below the rotors to the inner edge of each wing.

Defense Express calculates that if 400 Iranian missiles were engaged by Patriot systems alone, the cost of defense would range between $4.1 billion and $9.6 billion.

Months of delay in announcing a winner generated significant political and industrial tension. Last fall, Leonardo CEO Roberto Cingolani warned that the Yeovil facility could face closure without new UK government orders, arguing the company could not continue subsidizing the site indefinitely.

HAVA SOJ, Turkiye’s new stand-off electronic warfare aircraft based on Global 6000, was photographed during a test flight with its equipment integrated.