Bell Textron has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Department of the Navy with an estimated value of approximately $300 million. The agreement was signed in August 2026 at Bell’s manufacturing facility in Amarillo, Texas. The contract combines fixed-price, fixed-price incentive, and cost-reimbursement elements with fixed-fee provisions. The base contract, with options for extension […]

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A security alert was declared at Leipzig/Halle Airport on the night of Wednesday following a potential security threat. Shortly before midnight, a drone was discovered near the runway. According to BILD, the drone was attached to an unidentified substance. Investigators were particularly concerned because it was also fitted with a detonator. The device was subsequently […]

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Today, we will take a closer look at Russia’s new Volna Kupol Garant electronic warfare (EW) system, which has recently attracted significant attention in the media. Is it truly capable of disrupting the operation of the Starlink satellite network, as claimed by Russian sources, or is it primarily another element of an information campaign? We […]

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Russia is increasingly relying on ballistic missiles in its campaign against Ukraine, taking advantage of the challenges associated with intercepting such weapons amid Ukraine’s ongoing shortage of air defense assets. According to newly released reports, a North Korean missile unit has begun deploying to western Russia. Andrii Cherniak, a representative of the Main Intelligence Directorate […]

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The N3XT experimental division of Germany’s Quantum Systems has developed a quadrotor drone that reached a horizontal flight speed of 699 km/h. This performance makes it the fastest battery-powered unmanned aerial vehicle ever recorded. According to the developers, the test flight was conducted on July 26 during internal trials, while official certification by Guinness World […]

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Ukrainian drone operators have already destroyed a substantial number of Russian armored vehicles and even aerial targets using low-cost Shrike drones priced at approximately $400. Thousands of these platforms are now undergoing a major upgrade with an AI-enabled autonomy system that allows them to independently track and engage moving targets. In mid-July 2026, the Ukrainian […]

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France continues flight testing of the Airbus H160M Guépard, its next-generation multirole military helicopter. On July 31, the program reached another milestone as the second prototype completed its maiden flight. The first prototype has been in the air since July 24, 2025. The H160M is being developed for the French Armed Forces under the HIL (Hélicoptère […]

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Operators from Group 13, a special unit of Ukraine’s Defence Intelligence (HUR), have carried out a successful operation in temporarily occupied Crimea, striking a command vehicle belonging to the Russian Podlyot radar system, as well as a Parol-4 radar interrogator used for friend-or-foe (IFF) identification. Ukraine’s Defence Intelligence released exclusive footage of the operation on its […]

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The Ukrainian-made FP-5 Flamingo cruise missile, developed by domestic defense company Fire Point in close partnership with the UK’s Milanion Group, is capable of flying at extremely low altitudes, making it exceptionally difficult for enemy radar systems to detect. U.S. military analyst Trent Telenko recently shared a detailed analysis of a video on X, arguing […]

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Ukrainian defense technology company SkyFall has unveiled a new middle strike attack drone during the Farnborough International Airshow. According to company representatives, the new platform features a piston-driven propeller engine and a fixed wing with a wingspan of approximately 3.5 meters. SkyFall also stated that the drone is already undergoing combat testing. According to Defender […]

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Ukrainian manufacturer F-Drones has delivered its first batch of F10 FPV drones to the U.S. military under the Pentagon’s Drone Dominance Program. The initial shipment consists of 2,000 unmanned aerial vehicles, making the F10 the first Ukrainian drone authorized for export to the United States as part of the initiative. According to Militarnyi, the first […]

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The recent announcement by the Ukrainian Army Aviation Command identifying the UH-60 Black Hawk as the preferred future helicopter for Army Aviation brigades has sparked debate among defense analysts over the merits of this decision and the potential alternatives. Today, we take a closer look at one such alternative – the Italian-built Leonardo AW149 multirole helicopter. Development […]

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Ukraine could deploy combat laser systems against aerial targets within the next 2–3 months, according to Brigadier General Andrii Lebedenko, Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The development of these systems is being carried out by specialists within the Armed Forces in cooperation with private Ukrainian defense companies. The experimental system, named “Tryzub” (“Trident”), […]

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Ukraine has employed domestically developed guided rocket-assisted aerial bombs to strike enemy targets at ranges of up to 200 km. In terms of overall concept, the weapon has been compared to a simplified version of the Tomahawk cruise missile. Ukrainian defense manufacturers continue to expand the country’s portfolio of long-range strike capabilities by introducing guided […]

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Russia has reportedly lost another aircraft following an aviation accident in Krasnodar Region. According to reports circulating online, the aircraft involved was an L-39 jet trainer. The incident was first reported by the Russian military blogger Fighterbomber on his Telegram channel. Few details have been released so far, although he claimed that the crew had […]

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Ukrainian forces have tracked down and destroyed a rare and high-value Russian Forpost-R reconnaissance and strike UAV capable of carrying guided munitions. The drone, which can deploy KAB-20 laser-guided aerial bombs, was detected and shot down on July 27, 2026, by operators of the 7th “Topota” Battalion of the 414th Separate Brigade “Madyar’s Birds” while […]

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For six decades, aspiring U.S. Air Force fighter pilots have completed advanced jet training in the supersonic Northrop T-38 Talon before transitioning to frontline combat aircraft. During that time, several generations of fighters have entered service: the third-generation F-4 Phantom II gave way to the fourth-generation F-16 Fighting Falcon, while today the Air Force is […]

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A glimpse of the future of battlefield logistics has gone viral. A video circulating widely on social media in recent days – even drawing the attention of military analyst Rob Lee (@RALee85 on X) – shows soldiers from Ukraine’s 3rd Separate Special Purpose Regiment “Prince Sviatoslav the Brave” receiving a food delivery from KFC in a Glovo-branded paper bag. […]

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This week, U.S. forces in the Middle East intercepted and destroyed an Iranian Shahed-series drone using an interceptor drone that had previously been combat-tested in Ukraine, according to a U.S. official cited by Business Insider. The engagement marked the first operational use by the U.S. military of the American-developed Merops system to destroy a hostile […]

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Ukraine is taking active steps toward establishing domestic production of critical air defense capabilities through a new cooperation initiative with the U.S. defense company Raytheon. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with a company delegation led by Vice President Joseph DeAntona, after which he announced that Ukraine and Raytheon would work together on the production of […]

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