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SLDinfo The book Lessons in Military Transformation: From the RMA to the Drone Wars analyzes military transformation as it is actually experienced by operational forces rather than… Source link

The SAHA 2026 International Defence and Aerospace Exhibition — Türkiye’s flagship defence expo — ran from 5–9 May at the Istanbul Expo Center, drawing 1,700 companies – 263 of them international – from over 120 countries across 400,000 square metres of exhibition space.[1] More than 30,000 industry professionals, 140 official delegations, and 200 trade procurement representatives attended the Istanbul defence show, making SAHA 2026 one of Europe’s largest defence exhibitions by floor space and exhibitor count.[2] SAHA Istanbul was founded in 2015 with 27 member firms. Its first exhibition in 2018 hosted 170 companies and roughly 10,000 visitors.[3] Eight years…

When Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, the world turned against Vladimir Putin. Leaders lined up to condemn Moscow. Sanctions piled up. And public opinion soured. In 24 countries surveyed by Pew Research, spanning Europe, the Asia-Pacific, Africa, and Latin America, an average of 82 percent of people had an unfavorable view of Russia.  There was just one outlier: India, where 57 percent viewed Russia favorably – a record high. A majority of Indians said they trusted Putin to “do the right thing” in world affairs. India was the only country surveyed where that was true. When the invasion began, the…

IIT-Hyderabad has launched a landmark initiative to establish India’s largest indigenous clean metal and alloy powder manufacturing facility through gas atomisation, with a capacity of 100 kg, announced IIT-Hyd on its X Handle.Backed by DRDO’s Defence Metallurgical Research Laboratory (DMRL), industry partner Innomet Advanced Materials Ltd., and funded by the Defence Technology Development Fund (DFTM), this project is set to transform India’s additive manufacturing and aerospace ecosystem.The Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad is embarking on this ambitious project to create a premium metal powder manufacturing facility dedicated to additive manufacturing and aerospace applications.The facility will employ advanced gas atomisation technology,…

Airforce Tech. L3Harris plans to utilise advanced data processing and networking methods in building the ABMS digital infrastructure Source link

On May 11, Beijing announced that U.S. President Donald Trump would visit China from May 13 to 15 – just two days before his summit with President Xi Jinping was due to begin.  Trump had publicly confirmed his visit dates back in March. For months, Beijing’s public response remained deliberately noncommittal: “China and the United States are in communication regarding U.S. President Donald Trump’s proposed visit.” Preparatory diplomacy continued in the background, including a bipartisan congressional visit to Beijing that raised issues likely to feature in Trump’s agenda: market access for U.S. firms, Boeing aircraft sales, tariff relief and agricultural…

The Indian Army has inducted two new indigenous combat systems under Emergency Procurement (EP-6), marking a significant step in its modernisation drive. The systems include the UAV-Launched Precision Guided Munition (ULPGM) and the AGNIKAA VTOL-1 First-Person View (FPV) Kamikaze Drone.Defence sources confirmed that the handover took place in Hyderabad in the presence of officials from the Army’s Western Command, following successful trials in high-altitude conditions, electronic warfare scenarios and precision-guided munition firing exercises.Both systems have been designed, developed and manufactured indigenously, reflecting India’s growing emphasis on self-reliance in defence technology. The ULPGM, co-developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation…

GD U.S. Army airborne troops tested robotic assault tactics and combat vehicles during African Lion 26 in Morocco Source link

The war in Iran was not on Xi Jinping’s agenda. He had other plans for May – specifically, a carefully planned summit with U.S. President Donald Trump in Beijing designed to stabilize what has become the world’s most consequential and combustible bilateral relationship. Instead, Beijing finds itself navigating a conflict it didn’t start, doesn’t want, and cannot afford to ignore. How China handles this moment will reveal more about its actual power – and its vulnerabilities – than any trade deal announced in Beijing. I spent more than two decades in China, including as president of the American Chamber of…

Exactly one year after India’s Operation Sindoor, Pakistan’s Army Chief and Chief of Defence Staff, Field Marshal Asim Munir, has once again issued a fiery warning to New Delhi, vowing that any future “misadventure” would bring “extremely widespread, dangerous, far-reaching and painful” consequences.His remarks, delivered at GHQ Rawalpindi, revive the rhetoric of ideological confrontation and nuclear brinkmanship, even as Pakistan continues to grapple with the heavy damage inflicted during the four-day conflict in May 2025.Munir made the statement while presiding as chief guest at a commemorative ceremony attended by Air Chief Marshal Zaheer Ahmed Babar Sidhu and Admiral Naveed Ashraf.He…