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India’s defence exports have reached an unprecedented milestone of ₹38,424 crore in FY 2025‑26, marking a sharp 62.66 per cent increase from the previous year’s figure of ₹23,622 crore.This rise of ₹14,802 crore is the largest annual jump ever recorded and reflects the growing global demand for Indian‑made military equipment and technologies.The achievement coincides with record domestic defence production of ₹1.78 lakh crore in FY 2025‑26, underscoring the rapid expansion of India’s indigenous defence ecosystem. Together, these figures highlight the country’s emergence as a significant player in the global defence market.According to the Ministry of Defence, Defence Public Sector Undertakings…

DefPost The U.S. Navy has completed the first phase of the F-35C Long-Range Anti-Ship… Source link

WASHINGTON — German defense behemoth Rheinmetall and US imagery provider Vantor announced today that they have inked an agreement on a joint venture to provide “spatial intelligence” to the German military. The new entity will support Germany’s “sovereign defence requirements” from offices within the country, “as well as existing and emerging European intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) programs,” the press release said. The plan is to “integrate Vantor’s spatial intelligence platform into Rheinmetall command-and-control systems.” The new system will fuze satellite synthetic aperture radar, electro-optical and infrared imagery from a variety of government and commercial satellites, as well as airborne…

On 14 May 2026, the Ministry of Defence Production (MoDP) held a session on drone technology with several of Pakistan’s private-sector unmanned aerial systems (UAS) developers, chaired by the Secretary Defence Production, Lt Gen (Retd) Muhammad Chiragh Haider, at the ministry’s Directorate General Research and Development Establishment in Rawalpindi. The official account describes the session’s purpose as strengthening coordination between the public and private sectors on drone warfare and surveillance, with the participating firms presenting their operational challenges and recommendations directly to the ministry. The MoDP committed to providing the regulatory procedures, testing infrastructure, procurement mechanisms, and research support that…

Following the Taliban’s return to power in 2021, the Central Asian states carefully recalibrated their approaches toward Afghanistan. While cooperation initially remained largely confined to bilateral economic and security issues, it has now entered a new stage of development.  In August 2025, Tashkent hosted a meeting of the Central Asian states’ special representatives on Afghanistan. This year, on April 5, the first Afghanistan-Central Asia Consultative Dialogue was held in Kabul. This initiative emerged as a new regional format aimed at institutionalizing interaction between Afghanistan and the Central Asian states. The platform effectively creates a new political and diplomatic space that…

India and the United States reviewed the progress of negotiations towards the interim bilateral trade agreement during the meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Donald Trump on the sidelines of the G7 Summit in France.The Ministry of External Affairs confirmed that US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer will visit India next week to advance discussions.The leaders expressed satisfaction with the significant progress achieved so far and directed officials to work towards a balanced, mutually beneficial, and commercially meaningful agreement at the earliest opportunity. The Ministry of External Affairs stated that Greer’s visit is directly linked to this effort.President Trump…

Anastasia Obis, FNN The Senate’s support for a flat 3.6% military pay raise could complicate the White House’s effort to implement tiered pay increases in fiscal 2027. Source link

US air-and-missile-defense (AMD) systems have shown their worth in the Iran conflict, intercepting wave after wave of attacks from missiles and drones. But a number of costly TPY-2 radars have been damaged or destroyed, and stockpiles of munitions components such as solid rocket motors (SRMs) are dwindling, exacerbating concerns about the capability of AMD systems to maintain effectiveness. Breaking Defense discussed the performance of AMD systems, munitions stockpile concerns and what needs to happen to ensure future deterrence capability with Tom Karako, director of the Missile Defense Project, Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). Breaking Defense: You’ve been publicly…

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency now has full access to Anthropic’s flagship Mythos Preview model, according to a U.S. official and a second person familiar with the matter.The cyberdefense agency received access around a week ago, the official said. Both sources spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss internal deliberations. The White House Office of the National Cyber Director has not yet set clear parameters for how the agency should use the model, the official added.The lack of parameters echoes earlier Nextgov/FCW reporting showing federal tech leaders have privately complained that ONCD has not adequately briefed them on implementing…

Nice, a Mediterranean city in southeastern France, was chosen by India’s Ministry of Education to host the Bharat Innovates summit from June 14 to 16. In the first time the event was held outside India, it brought together more than 120 Indian start-ups alongside French and European innovation actors. Inaugurated one day before the beginning of the G-7 summit in Évian, the gathering also provided an opportunity for French President Emmanuel Macron and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to meet once again. It was Modi’s eighth visit to France since taking office, underscoring the remarkable momentum of the France-India partnership.…