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RCD Lawmakers must address permanent magnet manufacturing challenges with equal importance as rare earth supply chain challenges. Source link

Home › North America › Canadian Defence News › North Vector Dynamics Pushes ITAR-Free CM-70 Counter-Drone Missile as Ottawa Builds Out Export Financing Canadian Defence News Calgary’s North Vector Dynamics revised the specifications of its CM-70 counter-UAS missile, pitching ITAR-free export as Ottawa builds out defence financing through the Defence, Security and Resilience Bank and EU SAFE access. North Vector Dynamics, a Calgary-based startup, published a revised specification set for its CM-70 counter-unmanned aerial system missile in a social media post on 27 July 2026, the first substantive change to the design’s public figures since the spring. The weapon itself…

Mark W. Castillon, RealClearDefense How Institutionally Tolerated Boundary Failures Become Procedural Leverage – The Pattern Everyone Knows But No One Stops Source link

In the late 2000s, Pakistan shifted its long-term drone development and procurement strategy away from the budding private sector – where companies like Integrated Dynamics and Satuma led the field – and towards its stronger, much better-provisioned state-owned enterprises (SOEs), specifically the National Engineering and Scientific Commission (NESCOM). That decision undoubtedly chilled the private sector’s ability to develop, a problem this author discussed in an analysis (available for free). It also explains why Pakistan is only now turning to private firms to build its drones. However, that same decision – taken independently of other factors – did elevate Pakistan’s drone…

The resignation of India’s Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on July 25 was the first real concession Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government has made to street protesters in several years. The protests were spearheaded by the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), an online satirical initiative of Abhijeet Dipke. It was a response to a comment by Chief Justice Surya Kant, who described unemployed youth who “attack everyone” online as cockroaches. The CJP attracted a million sign-ups online and went on to draw youth to Jantar Mantar. But the movement it spurred was not about Dipke. What galvanized the sit-in was the corruption…

Saima Afzal, RCD Russia’s newest defence offers to India arrive at an awkward moment. Source link

Home › North America › US Navy Picks CoAspire’s RAACM-ER for $70 Million CHAOS Coalition Strike Program North America The US Navy selected CoAspire’s RAACM-ER for the CHAOS program under a $70 million agreement, aiming to arm allies with a low-cost maritime strike weapon via Foreign Military Sales. The United States Navy has selected CoAspire’s Rapidly Adaptable Affordable Cruise Missile-Extended Range (RAACM-ER) in its ground-launched configuration for the Coalition Heterogenous Affordable Offensive Strike (CHAOS) program, under a $70 million prototype agreement announced at the Farnborough International Airshow on 22 July 2026. The award runs through CMG Networks on behalf of…

Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s coalition has suffered another state-level setback, losing control of the government in Negeri Sembilan to two rival political coalitions, a month after a similar defeat in Johor. In Saturday’s election, the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition won 18 of the 36 seats in the state’s legislative assembly and was set to form government with the pan-Malay Perikatan Nasional (PN) coalition, which won seven seats. Anwar’s Pakatan Harapan (PH) pact, which had ruled Negeri Sembilan in coalition with BN prior to this weekend’s election, won the remaining 11 seats, down from 17. Speaking on Saturday night, BN Chairman…

Home › Europe › European Defence News › Leonardo and BAE Chiefs Float Earlier GCAP Service Entry as Partner Window Narrows European Defence News Leonardo CEO Lorenzo Mariani says GCAP entry into service could move forward around two years from 2035, while BAE Systems CEO Charles Woodburn warns the window for new partner nations is closing. Leonardo Chief Executive Officer Lorenzo Mariani told the company’s half-year earnings call on 31 July 2026 that there is a strong push to bring forward the first entry into service of the Global Combat Air Programme, by roughly two years against the standing 2035…

Myanmar’s President Min Aung Hlaing on Friday criticized the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)’s Five-Point Consensus conflict resolution plan, accusing member states of “discriminating” against the country. The remarks came during a speech to a joint session of parliament marking the first 100 days since the former military chief, who led the 2021 military coup, took office at the head of a military-backed civilian administration. “The government noted that although some ASEAN member states had, over the past five years, adopted positions and practices that it regarded as discriminatory towards Myanmar, Myanmar had exercised patience and continued to cooperate…