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France to test its own AI-powered battlefield command in June NATO exercise

The French Army has developed its own large-language model for staff officers, called Berthier, named after Napoleon’s chief of staff.

BörsenWoche 562: Editorial: Armament will not save German car manufacturers

Germany's auto industry is weakening. More and more companies are therefore looking at lucrative arms deals. But that won't help stock prices.

Past failures haunt Quad’s US$20 billion critical minerals push

The Quad’s newly announced US$20 billion critical minerals framework aims to loosen China’s near-monopoly on the materials that power modern defence, technology and clean energy industries. But analysts say its success will depend on the ability of Australia, the United States, India and Japan – the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue’s four members – to move beyond policy declarations and deliver measurable outcomes. The initiative, announced after a meeting of Quad foreign ministers on May 27, has

Does Pete Hegseth’s volte-face on China reflect an America in decline?

Listening to US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth at the recently concluded Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, I thought of the iconic Sichuan opera act of face-changing, where performers switch masks in an instant. Last year, Hegseth’s speech at the event was filled with blatant attacks on China. This year, he put on a completely different face, declaring that: “Under President Trump’s leadership, relations between the United States and China are better than they’ve been in many years.” Why this...

Indonesian police in the market for hi-tech Chinese equipment

Indonesia is considering buying hi-tech policing equipment from China, setting out a shopping list for technology ranging from drones to tactical armoured vehicles at a police equipment trade show in Beijing. The Indonesian National Police is particularly interested in counterterrorism equipment, including intelligence technology, tactical weapons, bomb disposal gear and special purpose vehicles, according to a list of requirements released at a forum held at the expo on Thursday. Most of this..

Joint Chiefs head makes first official visit to post-Maduro Venezuela

The visit comes five months after the high-risk U.S. military operation to remove Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.

Safeguarding federally funded innovation: Navigating the new era of research security

As global competition intensifies, this new Breaking Defense webinar examines how research security policies and practices are evolving to protect federally funded innovation while maintaining open scientific collaboration.

A message from Normandy, 82 years later

In remembrance of eight U.S. service members who received the Congressional Medal of Honor for their actions during the D-Day assault and the Normandy campaign that followed.

Boeing to start 737 Max production on new assembly line July 6, CEO says

The new 737 Max final assembly line in Everett, Washington, will serve as a catalyst for increasing Max production to 52 jets per month.

Navy lifts price ceiling for new trainer jet

The Navy updated the price ceiling to $2.7 billion in May, up from roughly $1.8 billion.

Under ‘Drone Dominance’ push, Pentagon begins receiving small drones

So far, the department has ordered 20,000 small, FPV-style drones from 10 vendors.

Huge fascist-era underground cisterns draw Western special forces to Italy for tunnel training

After resisting 150 bombing runs by the Allies in the Second World War, the cisterns continued to be used by the Italian Air Force to hold aviation fuel.

UK’s Keir Starmer says Russia could attack Nato within 4 years

Russia could attack a Nato country within four years according to western intelligence assessments, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer warned on Friday. He made the comments as he pledged his government would publish a long-delayed defence investment plan before next month’s Nato summit. “It is our intelligence assessment and the assessment of other countries in Nato that there could be an attack by Russia on Nato as soon as 2030,” Starmer said. “So you can see the urgency and the priority that...

Lockheed Martin UK-led consortium unveils GBAD concept for NATO

While company representatives were tight-lipped about the exact technical details of their offering, they explained that a flexible, software-based system would allow individual member-nations to connect their sensors to another nation’s command nodes.

Cooking robots: Artificial intelligence is conquering field kitchens

The start-up Circus is installing more and more automatic cooking machines for the military. CEO Nikolas Bullwinkel reports rapidly growing demand from the defense sector.

DoD cyber strategy will set a ‘clear and specific vision’ for AI to enable the force: Official

Katie Sutton, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Cyber Policy and Principal Cyber Advisor, is looking to coordinate AI adoption across several entities within the Pentagon.

Interview: Hegseth advisor – “The USA is firmly behind the NATO alliance”

There can be no talk of turning away from NATO and Europe. That's what Eric Geressy, senior advisor to US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, says. In an interview with the Handelsblatt he also comments on the Bundeswehr.

Summer most likely window for US attack on Cuba, Chinese defence tech firm says

Any US military attack on Cuba would most likely take place this summer, according to a Chinese defence technology company closely tracking US military movements around the island. The assessment by Jingan Technology, a civilian start-up founded in 2021 in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, said that if the US were to use force against Cuba, it would most likely take the form of a rapid “decapitation and paralysis” operation aimed at regime change, rather than a large-scale invasion. The company uses.

HASC adopts FY27 defense policy bill, adds right to repair language

Rep. Maggie Goodlander, D-N.H., said the provisions would “streamline … processes, cut red tape, and close loopholes” that make it impossible for troops to repair equiprment.

US forces board sanctioned tanker in Indian Ocean, Pentagon says

U.S. forces have intercepted multiple commercial and oil tankers in the Indian Ocean in recent months.

3 things to know about delayed US arms sales to allies

“The bottom line is the US is becoming less dependable as a supplier,” one analyst said.

Trump is turning allies and partners into friends of China

China-Canada relations are undergoing a thaw after years of estrangement and recrimination. China and India are seeking a rapprochement despite deep-seated distrust and sometimes violent border disputes. Both cases share a common element: Donald Trump. Meanwhile, following the US president’s visit to Beijing, his defence secretary Pete Hegseth avoided mentioning Taiwan at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore. He sounded almost conciliatory by hailing ties with Beijing as “better than they’ve...

The US Army wants thousands of air defense missiles to replace the Stinger

A new Army Request for Information seeks to identify companies that can deliver 11,000 next-gen, short range interceptors beginning in Fiscal Year 2028.

Trump's second term Taiwan arms sales top Biden-era total by nearly 40%

UK running out of time to boost defense as investment plan stalls, military chief warns

Defence Minister John Healey said on Monday that Prime Minister Keir Starmer was determined to publish it before a July 7 NATO summit.

How a pig farm dispute exposed fault lines in Malaysia’s multiracial politics

Pig farmers in the central state of Selangor have spent years trying to keep their business out of Malaysia’s culture wars. A royal decree has dragged them straight into one. The state’s decision to shut down pig farms, prompted by Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah, Selangor’s hereditary ruler, has transformed a long-standing local dispute over pollution and odour into a flashpoint touching on royal influence, the livelihoods of a minority community and the delicate balancing act facing Malaysia’s..

Chinese military team inspects Russian bases as Putin hails ‘natural allies’

A PLA inspection team visited several facilities in Russia’s Eastern Military District this week, including an air defence missile unit in the far-eastern Jewish Autonomous Region, Russian media reported. The visit, conducted under a decades-old confidence-building mechanism, came as President Vladimir Putin described China and Russia as “natural allies and partners”, while emphasising that their deepening military cooperation was not directed against any third party. The June 2-3 inspection...

Frankfurt: Several injured after an incident with a Lufthansa plane

According to Lufthansa, the nose gear of a Boeing 787 is folded into the parking position at the terminal. Crew and ground staff were on board - passengers were not yet. The cause is being investigated, the airline said.

Greenland is part of Denmark 'for now,' Marco Rubio says

SS: While testifying before the House Foreign Affairs Committee on Wednesday, he was asked by congresswoman Sarah McBride whether he was "aware that Greenland is indeed part of Denmark". "For now," Rubio replied. Greenland has been a hot topic since US President Donald Trump's return to the White House, with the president repeatedly arguing that Washington needs to acquire the Danish territory to bolster national defence. submitted by /u/JKKIDD231 [link] [comments]

Aviation: Lufthansa plane breaks down at Frankfurt Airport – search for cause begins

A new Lufthansa Boeing 787-9 was damaged on Thursday when the landing gear unexpectedly retracted. Members of the crew were injured. There are parallels with another incident.