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In an era of weaponized interdependence, economic security has become the organizing principle of the India-Japan partnership. However, economic security partnerships are only as strong as the industrial ecosystems that underpin them. As the India-Japan Economic Security Initiative takes shape, its success will depend not on strategic convergence alone but on industrial capacity – the ability to manufacture, process, refine, design, and scale strategic technologies within trusted networks. While India-Japan strategic alignment is real and the institutional architecture is substantial, they will still need an industrial ecosystem capable of translating that convergence into competitive advantage.  When China weaponized rare earth…

Mumbai-based GoFloat is developing indigenous Scuba Lifting Bags, designed to raise underwater loads with precision and reliability.These lifting bags are available in multiple capacities and are built with durable TPU-coated nylon to withstand harsh marine conditions. Their introduction marks another step in India’s growing self-reliance in marine safety and underwater engineering equipment.GoFloat’s Scuba Lifting Bags are engineered to provide buoyancy for lifting heavy objects underwater. They are available in three models, SLB25, SLB50, and SLB100, offering lift capacities of 25 kg, 50 kg, and 100 kg respectively. Each bag is made from TPU-coated nylon, which ensures high puncture and abrasion…

Schogol, T & P The XM8 carbine is about a pound lighter and several inches shorter than the M7 rifle, which the Army has fielded since 2024. Source link

BELFAST — After months of delay, the UK published its Defence Investment Plan (DIP) today, which is to be bankrolled by £298 billion ($395 billion) over the next four years, a surge of £15 billion over previous budget estimates. The document sets out long-term British spending commitments, headlined by a promise to invest 2.7 percent GDP before the end of the decade, an increase of 0.4 percent since 2024, when outgoing Prime Minister Keir Starmer first took office. RELATED: UK prime minister pledges nearly $105B defense budget by 2029 “The central purpose of this defense investment plan, which we published…

The FIFA World Cup 2026 in the United States, Mexico, and Canada has captured the global imagination through open play, star players, fan diversity, and state-of-the-art stadiums. Few events attract attention quite like a World Cup, drawing worldwide television audiences at all hours of the day and night. Yet football’s showcase tournament is rarely free from controversy. This World Cup has generated criticism over travel restrictions, eye-watering ticket prices, and commercial pressures that have reshaped the game. Less visible are protests directed at corporate actors, such as Aramco and Mytel, linking FIFA to states with dismal human rights records. The…

India has achieved a historic milestone as Skyroot Aerospace’s Vikram‑1 rocket has had its Stage 1 successfully stacked at the First Launch Pad of the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota.This marks the first time a privately designed, developed, and manufactured orbital rocket has been placed on this government launch pad, signalling the imminent maiden flight of India’s first private orbital mission.The stacking of Stage 1 is a decisive step in the final launch preparations. Stage 1 is the rocket’s largest and most powerful section, housing the primary solid‑fuel propulsion system. This stage provides the initial thrust required to lift…

Losey, Air & Space Forces Magazine The Air Force plans to turn at least one test B-21 Raider into an operational aircraft as part of the beddown at Ellsworth Air Force Base. Source link

TOBYHANNA ARMY DEPOT, Pa. — As reporters walked through halls the size of football fields peering at spaces that will soon whir with machines and conveyor belts carrying stacks of minuscule parts, Army officials revealed new details on how they are scaling up drone component production at an unprecedented pace. These details come ahead of an Army advanced manufacturing strategy expected to be released in the coming weeks. “How do you take a culture that typically has five to eight years to stand something up and do it in weeks and months? We had to bend a lot of things,…

Fire Point’s chief designer and co-founder, Denys Shtilerman, said the Ukrainian company’s FP-9 ballistic missile has finished all major development work except its solid-fuel engine, telling the Ukrainian YouTube channel Pressing in a rare on-camera interview that “we have everything for the FP-9, which can reach Moscow, except the engine.” Shtilerman said the engine will be tested this month, with flight tests expected to follow soon after a successful validation. FP-9 is Fire Point’s largest ballistic missile to date, a ground-launched weapon designed to carry an 800 kg warhead out to roughly 855 km. Follow EMEA Security Developments With More…

UK Ministry of Defence building, Whitehall, London. Credit: Shuterstock / Alex Segre. After months of anticipation, the figures behind the Defence Investment Plan have been published The UK Prime Minister made a speech introducing the “record investment” at BAE Systems’ drone manufacturing arm Malloy Aeronautics on 30 June The figures indicate some growth in defence spending but, apparently, less than pre-existing ambitions laid out last year The UK has finally released the figures behind the long anticipated and routinely delayed Defence Investment Plan (DIP), more than 12 months after the UK’s defence priorities were identified in the Strategic Defence Review.…