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MELBOURNE — Malaysia has become the latest customer for the Caesar self-propelled howitzer, manufacturer KNDS announced today. The company made the announcement at Eurosatory, making the Southeast Asian nation the 15th customer for the Caesar. Malaysia will be acquiring 18 units of the wheeled 155mm howitzer, with the Franco-German KNDS working alongside local industrial partner Advanced Defense System (ADS) to deliver the vehicles. “We are particularly proud to support the Malaysian Army through the delivery of world-class artillery systems that meet the highest operational standards. This new milestone in KNDS’s history in Malaysia reflects our determination to support our partners…

In one of the most remarkable political developments in recent decades, the Trinamool Congress (TMC), one of the major forces in the opposition INDIA bloc, collapsed in just about a month after it lost the West Bengal legislative election to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Twenty TMC parliamentarians have aligned with the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA), helping the Modi government gain numbers at a time when they are desperately seeking a two-thirds majority in the parliament. A two-thirds majority allows for constitutional amendments, which the BJP wants to carry out on several contentious issues like redrawing…

India has achieved a textbook success in its cruise missile program with the first successful test firing of the Long Range Land Attack Cruise Missile (LRLACM) from the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur in Odisha on 15 June.This missile, often described as the Indian equivalent of the US Tomahawk, marks a decisive step forward after the setbacks faced during the Nirbhay experiment. The trial demonstrated flawless performance, hitting a target at a distance of 1000 kilometres with all previous issues resolved.Officials confirmed that the missile is a successor to the failed Nirbhay but incorporates extended range and advanced precision guidance.…

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BELFAST — The UK’s most senior uniformed official gave a warning to lawmakers today that future military operations will be reduced if extra funding is not approved by Prime Minister Keir Starmer and the Treasury to support the Ministry of Defence. Richard Knighton, chief of the UK defense staff, told a House of Lords committee that he is “most concerned” about day-to-day operations budgeting, which falls under a Resource Departmental Expenditure Limit (RDEL) account. “Without changes to the settlement that, as [former Defense Secretary] John Healey set out” then operations, training and exercising “will come under pressure,” Knighton said. Healey…

OpenAI will bring ChatGPT to GenAI.mil, the Pentagon’s generative-AI platform, in “early July,” a company official said Tuesday.The AI firm is working with the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office, Mohammed Husain—the company’s strategic delivery lead for cyber—said at the Defense One Tech Summit in Arlington, Virginia.“I think we’re going live extremely soon, and excited to make a broader announcement about that in early July,” Husain said.That will make ChatGPT available to more than 3 million defense personnel and certified for controlled unclassified information and Impact Level 5. The Pentagon launched GenAI.mil in December with plans to integrate Gemini for Government; officials later announced plans…

Earlier this month, the United States, alongside France and the United Kingdom, blocked a joint China-Pakistan proposal at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to list the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) and its Majeed Brigade as global terrorist entities. Islamabad and Beijing had jointly submitted the resolution to blacklist the militant group under the UNSC’s 1267 Sanctions Committee. Pakistan had argued that both groups operate from sanctuaries in Afghanistan and threaten regional security. To justify the listing under the U.N.’s counter-terrorism architecture, Pakistan’s U.N. envoy, Asim Iftikhar, explicitly linked the BLA to global jihadist networks operating out of Afghanistan. “Entities…

The Sri Lanka Navy has introduced a new Coastal All‑Terrain Vehicle (CATV), developed on a modified chassis of the Indian Mahindra Armado ALSV.Built locally by Ideal Motors with Mahindra’s technical support, the CATV is tailored for coastal patrol, rapid response, and anti‑smuggling operations, marking a significant step in Sri Lanka’s defence‑industrial cooperation with India.The Sri Lanka Navy’s Marine Corps has quietly inducted the CATV, which is structurally based on the Mahindra Armado ALSV but extensively re‑engineered to suit Sri Lanka’s operational environment. The chassis, suspension, and body have been modified to withstand coastal terrain, marshlands, beaches, and rugged inland areas.…

NatDef The Defense Department is not taking advantage of congressionally authorized authorities that can give it insight into Special Operations Command acquisition programs, a recent… Source link

WASHINGTON — The US has invoked the Defense Production Act to help munitions suppliers “essentially collude” without breaking antitrust laws and find ways to ramp up production, according to Michael Cadenazzi, the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Base Policy. “It’s a way for us to communicate and leverage industry,” Cadenazzi told an audience at a Center for a New American Security event today. “In this particular case,” he later added, “our interest is using voluntary agreements as a way to bring industry in in an antitrust environment to go ahead and have conversations with them. For us to articulate…