The European Commission begins disbursement today of €3.9 billion as the first payment under the first tranche of around €6 billion dedicated to drone procurement to Ukraine
Russian hackers are stealing backup data from individual accounts of Signal and users containing stored messages and media files,
Irans Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi has rejected Frances bid to demine the Strait of Hormuz in collaboration with its allies, saying the operation will exclusively be carried out by the Islamic Republic. Behind Irans condition is its plan to charge a fee for the navigation (after the 60 day MoU with the US expires)
Russia is implementing a new artificial intelligence environment to improve the performance of its air defense systems to help easily identify and track targets. Artificial intelligence systems are now being actively introduced in air defenses and the result will be seen by November
Airbus has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Kawasaki Heavy Industries to work on a Japanese anti-submarine warfare variant of the U950 Eurodrone, Europes first Large Long Endurance Remotely Piloted Aircraft System (RPAS). Japan has held observer status in the Eurodrone programme since 2023
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Sweden and Poland have reached an agreement on Polands procurement of three A26 submarines from Saab. Under the agreement, Poland will lease the Swedish HMS Södermanland submarine until 2032
The Indonesian MoD has announced plans to give up joint production of the KF-21 fighter jet but instead buy a certain quantities of the aircraft directly from Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI). The head of Indonesia's Defense Logistics Agency, TNI Vice Marshal Yusuf Jauhari, was quoted as saying on June 26, "Indonesia will not carry out joint production of the KF-21, but will instead buy it directly from Korea
Russian Forces destroyed two Ukrainian MiG-29 aircraft at the Voznesensk airfield in the Nikolayev region using Geran-4 Seeker UAVs, the Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) reported. The MoD released footage showing the destruction of combat aircraft and ground support equipment belonging to the Ukrainian army at the Voznesensk airfield in the Nikolayev region