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DefScoop The Defense Department is requesting close to $30 billion in fiscal 2027 to purchase and enable next-generation AI supercomputers and modernize the military’s computing… Source link

Coming at the back of a recently signed India-EU Free Trade Agreement as well as the India-EFTA Trade and Economic Partnership Agreement (TEPA) signed with Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, and Switzerland, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Gothenburg and his subsequent appearance at an India-Nordic summit in Oslo were, on the surface, about familiar themes: innovation, green transition, AI, and advanced manufacturing. However, the trip might also catalyze the emergence of a more consequential story. The industrial and technological domains that were tabled in Gothenburg are not merely commercial opportunities; they are also precisely the competencies that any serious Arctic…

India and the United States have signed a landmark framework on critical minerals and rare earths in New Delhi, aimed at reducing dependence on vulnerable supply chains and countering monopolistic control, particularly China’s dominance.The agreement strengthens cooperation across mining, processing, recycling, and investment, marking a decisive step in building resilient supply chains for semiconductors, EVs, defence, and advanced technologies.The framework was signed by External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio during Rubio’s visit to India, coinciding with the Quad Foreign Ministers’ meeting. Both leaders emphasised the strategic importance of securing reliable access to critical minerals,…

The WarZone LTC Alan Wood, SOCOM’s Program Manager for Lethality, offers some exclusive insights into the future of SOCOM small arms. Source link

WASHINGTON —The House Armed Services Committee has unveiled its $1.15 trillion defense policy bill for fiscal 2027, with lawmakers putting their legislative muscle into boosting weapons production for critical munitions, fighter jets and warships. The bill authorizes the amount requested in the president’s FY27 discretionary request but does not factor in the $350 billion in the Pentagon’s mandatory funding request, which would bring national security spending to $1.5 trillion in FY27. Whether the department gets that funding will depend on if Republicans can muster the political willpower to push through another reconciliation bill — a tall order as GOP lawmakers…

The House Armed Services Committee has not received a budget amendment to fund the E-7 Wedgetail, though the Defense Department recently reversed course and promised to support the next-generation radar plane. Earlier this month, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told House lawmakers that the Pentagon would amend its $1.5 trillion budget request to include Wedgetail—which had been zeroed out in favor of space-based systems. Last week, Air Force Secretary Troy Meink told House lawmakers the estimated $1.5 billion amendment is “working its way” to Congress. But the initial draft of the HASC chairman’s 2027 National Defense Authorization Act released on Tuesday did…

China’s newest generation frigate, the Type 054B, has for the first time been confirmed operating as part of the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) aircraft carrier Liaoning’s strike group in the Western Pacific, marking another milestone in Beijing’s accelerating blue-water naval ambitions. Japan’s Ministry of Defense announced on May 26 that the Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) had monitored the Chinese carrier Liaoning and four accompanying warships sailing about 880 kilometers southwest of Okinotorishima, the southernmost island in Japan, on May 25. The following day, Japanese forces also confirmed repeated takeoffs and landings of carrier-based fighter jets and helicopters from the…

Pakistan has firmly rejected the idea of joining the Abraham Accords, despite direct pressure from US President Donald Trump. Defence Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif made it clear during an interview with Samaa TV that Islamabad would not support any agreement that contradicts the country’s fundamental ideologies.He stressed that Pakistan’s position on the matter was unambiguous, stating, “We have a very clear stance that this is not acceptable to us.”Asif questioned the credibility of engaging with Israel, remarking, “How will you sit down with those people whose word cannot be trusted even for a single day?”He pointed to Pakistan’s long-standing refusal…

Sempa, AmSpect. Washington’s foreign policy class is already preparing to dismantle America First and revive the liberal international order. Source link

WASHINGTON — The House Armed Services Committee doesn’t want the Navy to sign off on a construction contract for the Trump-class battleship until the service provides Congress more details about the ship’s design, according to the chairman’s mark of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) released today.  The draft legislation includes a section that would prohibit the Navy from inking a contract or other agreement that “includes a scope of work for the construction” of the lead ship until after the Secretary of the Navy proves to lawmakers that the weapons systems the service plans to include on the vessel…