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Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Italy has marked a decisive moment in India-Italy relations, with both sides reaffirming their partnership as a “special strategic” one and outlining ambitious cooperation in trade, technology, clean energy, defence, and the emerging Indo-Mediterranean corridor. The talks with President Sergio Mattarella and Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni highlighted collaboration in AI, critical minerals, space, nuclear energy, and cultural linkages, while setting a roadmap for deeper ties through the Joint Strategic Action Plan 2025–2029.Prime Minister Modi met Italian President Sergio Mattarella in Rome on Wednesday, where the two leaders discussed a wide range of bilateral cooperation areas.…

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TAMPA, Fla. — The wildly complex, surprise operation to capture then-Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro set a “new standard” for multi-layered joint operations – and provided a glimpse of the “future of special operations” for years to come, according to the leader of US Special Operations Command. “On the night of Jan. 3, the world watched as Operation Absolute Resolve unfolded. What I will posit today and suggested then, was that it has been, is, and will be the most sophisticated, integrated, interagency joint force raid that we have ever conducted,” Adm. Frank Bradley told the audience full of special operators,…

Procuring a new submarine fleet has been a persistent problem for Australia’s defense strategy for almost two decades. In 2009, the government of Kevin Rudd commissioned a defense white paper that recognized the need for Australia to replace its aging Collins-class submarines, as well as expand the fleet from six boats to 12. What followed has been a mess of indecision, changing plans, and squandered opportunities. All of this has left the maritime nation, highly dependent on the Indo-Pacific’s sea lines of communication, without the adequate hardware to defend its own interests.   From the initial negotiations with Japan to construct…

India and South Korea have signed a series of landmark defence agreements in Seoul, deepening cooperation in cyber security, training, UN peacekeeping, and defence industry collaboration.The pacts highlight a growing strategic convergence between India’s Act East Policy and South Korea’s regional vision, with both nations reaffirming their commitment to a free, open, and rule-based Indo-Pacific.India and South Korea on Wednesday inked Memoranda of Understanding in critical areas of defence cooperation. These included agreements on Defence Cyber collaboration, training exchanges between India’s National Defence College and Korea National Defence University, and UN Peacekeeping cooperation.Defence Ministers Rajnath Singh and Ahn Gyu-back held…

Ryan Finnerty, Flight Global U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command has expanded the scope of its Skyraider II close air support aircraft to include rapid disassembly, loading into… Source link

TAMPA, Fla. — The US special operations family of combatant craft is set to receive a significant number of improvements as they are upgraded to “hyper-enable Naval Special Warfare operators,” service officials disclosed. Representatives from the Program Executive Office-Maritime, led by Capt. Jared Wyrick, listed multiple efforts to enhance combatant craft assault (CCA), combatant craft medium (CCM) and combatant craft heavy (CCH) as well as initial designs for next-generation vessels. Combatant craft are used to enable the insertion and extraction of small teams, as well as maritime assault, interdiction and resupply, even in contested environments. Naval Special Warfare currently operates…

When Prime Minister Narendra Modi was in the Netherlands on May 16, he shook hands with two CEOs: ASML’s Christophe Fouquet and Tata Electronics’ Randhir Thakur. The symbolism was clear: India is joining the most exclusive club of the world’s chip industry. However, there is more substance to the geopolitics than the ceremonial photographs showed. The celebratory occasion that Modi oversaw was the signing of an MoU between Tata Electronics and ASML. The Dutch technology firm has agreed to help Tata establish and ramp up its fabrication facility in Dholera, Gujarat, by providing a comprehensive portfolio of lithography tools and…

The Indian Army’s Simulator Development Division under ARTRAC has successfully handed over an indigenous Virtual Reality-based Aerial Delivery Training Simulator to the Army Airborne Training School in Agra, designed for C-17, C-130J, and Chinook platforms.This marks a major leap in immersive training technology, strengthening airborne operations and reducing reliance on live aircraft for costly and complex training missions.The newly developed simulator is a product of ARTRAC’s Simulator Development Division, which has been steadily advancing indigenous solutions in AR/VR for military applications.This VR-based aerial delivery simulator is tailored to replicate the operational environment of heavy-lift aircraft such as the C-17 Globemaster…

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