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Shield AI to acquire radar maker Echodyne to bust drones
Shield AI’s CEO said the purchase of Echodyne supports the company’s aim to branch into different areas of unmanned systems.
Middle Column
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Germany names Army Chief Freuding as next chief of defense
German Army Chief Christian Freuding will succeed Carsten Breuer to become the country’s next chief of defense in February 2027.
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MBDA plans to fly ‘fat’ hypersonic interceptor demonstrator before end-2029
“So it’s a bit fat, but it’s a Formula 1. It’s hypersonic, truly hypersonic, not just Mach 5,” MBDA executive Lionel Mazenq said of the envisioned Hydis interceptor missile for Europe.
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Air
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Russia is giving its drones bigger antennas to beat Ukrainian jamming
Kyiv now needs roughly twice as many jammers to stop each upgraded Shahed, intel officials and experts said.
Land
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‘Open the hives’ — Why France is turning tank gunners into FPV pilots
Cpl. Igor started a new job this year, swapping the sights of a 105 mm gun on the French Army’s AMX 10 RC reconnaissance vehicle for first-person view goggles and a handheld controller.
Pentagon
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The Pentagon needs more ammo for the Iran war. Small communities are paying the price.
From polluted waterways to repeated safety violations, the Army’s aging ammunition factories have left a troubling legacy, The War Horse reports.
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US Air Force asks industry for new cruise missile for Ukraine
The U.S. Air Force is looking for contractors to mass produce the Extended Range Attack Munition for Ukraine.
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US approves $2.1 billion Patriot missile sale to Ukraine
The missiles — which are yet to be manufactured — are not expected to be delivered until a couple of years into the 2030s.
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Pentagon tells Europeans to cool their rhetoric on Russia, sources say
Pentagon officials have in recent weeks asked several NATO countries to tone down their rhetoric regarding the threat posed by Russia, sources told Reuters.
Naval
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Saildrone expands its European market reach with manufacturing partner in Norway
CEO Tom Fidjeland told reporters at the Euronaval trade show here that taking on the work of churning out Surveyors was “technically not difficult,” with a first mold already being readied.
Space
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‘The West can’t stop me’: Space wars heat up as Russia tails a Ukraine-linked US satellite
Washington blamed Moscow for deliberately moving a Russian military satellite with an undisclosed mission close last week to a U.S.-registered satellite.
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China used US military designs to build robot quadrupeds — and now they’re taking over
Experts and robotics makers say China used Pentagon-funded work to design robot dogs and then proliferated them beyond U.S. capabilities to keep up.
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Army requests 133,000 GMLRS rockets by 2034
As questions about stockpiles swirl, the Army issues a call to ramp up production of ground-launched rockets.
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“Damn, bud. You got to fly higher.” Sheriff bodycam footage shows pilot after fighter jet crash
Video from the Yakima County Sheriff’s Office showed a bloodied F/A-18 Hornet pilot after he hit trees on a low-level training operation and had to eject.
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Trump orders Pentagon to cut back military exercise with South Korea
President called the annual joint exercise costly and hostile to North Korea, says US should “substantially reduce” it.
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