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LRGR was tested for a user defined minimum range of 60km. Credit: India Ministry of Defence. India’s Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) has completed a successful flight-test of the Pinaka Long Range Guided Rocket (LRGR) at the Integrated Test Range in Chandipur, Odisha. The test was carried out on 8 July 2026 for a “user defined” minimum distance of 60km.   Discover B2B Marketing That Performs Combine business intelligence and editorial excellence to reach engaged professionals across 36 leading media platforms. Find out more According to the Ministry of Defence (MoD), the rocket followed its intended trajectory and struck…

John Seward, WashTimes Defense industry leaders race to build cutting-edge tools that bring data to the front lines of battle Source link

A pair of federal employee unions last week sued Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over his April directive that the department terminate most of its collective bargaining agreements, alleging he violated the Administrative Procedure Act and exceeded his statutory authority when he sought to implement President Trump’s anti-union executive order.In March 2025, Trump signed an executive order citing a seldom-used provision of the 1978 Civil Service Reform Act to strip roughly two-thirds of the federal workforce of their collective bargaining rights on national-security grounds. Unions and the Justice Department have engaged in pitched legal battle ever since, across more than half a…

Asylon’s DroneDog. Credit: Asylon Robotics via LinkedIn. Asylon has received a Phase Three contract from the Warner Robins Air Logistics Complex (WR-ALC) to further develop, integrate, and demonstrate its Multi-modal Autonomous Robotics for Inspection of Aircraft (MARIA) system at the site. This agreement aims to introduce autonomous, repeatable, and unattended general visual inspection capabilities to the airframes of US Department of the Air Force (DAF). Discover B2B Marketing That Performs Combine business intelligence and editorial excellence to reach engaged professionals across 36 leading media platforms. Find out more The contract will see Asylon deploy its air and ground robotic platforms,…

Gary Anderson, The American Spectator Half-measures emboldened the IRGC. A second round should leave no doubt who won. Source link

When a team from the U.S. Embassy in Phnom Penh was finally able to meet with the Cambodian government to discuss USAID’s closure in late June 2025, five months after funding was halted, it was clear that their Cambodian counterparts were not happy. Given the complicated history between the two countries, the relationship had experienced ups and downs. But the abrupt halt of development assistance, with no communication for months, was unprecedented.  According to a former member of the U.S. in-country team, Chris Jones (a pseudonym to preserve anonymity), Cambodian officials mentioned the “challenges” caused to Cambodia’s national development goals…

G.F. Weiss, RCD There are lessons aplenty here for all nations, but those who govern Taiwan’s defense should pay closest attention Source link

Palladyne AI deploys SwarmOS during US Army 4th Infantry Division Ivy mass exercise. Credit: Palladyne AI has commenced work on a contract awarded by the US Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to address coordination challenges among autonomous systems in defence operations. The project, titled “Hierarchical Adaptive Networked Game-Theoretic Integration of Multiple Echelons (HANGTIME),” seeks to enable collective operation among platforms such as drones, ships, and satellites, which currently function largely in isolation. Discover B2B Marketing That Performs Combine business intelligence and editorial excellence to reach engaged professionals across 36 leading media platforms. Find out more The initiative will apply Palladyne…

India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday wound up a three-day visit to Indonesia, which saw him sign a raft of deals on critical minerals, agriculture, and missile procurements with the Southeast Asian nation. During the visit, which is part of a three-nation regional tour that will also take him to Australia and New Zealand, Modi held bilateral talks with President Prabowo Subianto, who personally dropped him off at the airport prior to his departure yesterday. The visit was Modi’s first to Indonesia since 2023, and came after Prabowo was welcomed to India as a Republic Day chief guest in January…

Jihoon Yu, RealClearDefense South Korea’s nuclear-powered submarine ambition has entered Washington’s strategic agenda. Source link