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WASHINGTON — If Congress does not pass $350 billion in funding through the reconciliation process, the Pentagon will consider cutting expensive traditional weapon systems in order to protect drones, the department’s top technologist warned Friday. Emil Michael, who is both the undersecretary of defense for research and engineering, as well as the Pentagon’s CTO, indicated in comments at the Hudson Institute think tank that the building was prepared to protect its focus on buying large numbers of low-cost, high-tech systems if the reconciliation funding does not come through. “If we’re forced into that position, we just make other trade-offs, like…

India is once again revisiting the ambitious plan to construct a nearly 2,000‑kilometre deep‑sea gas pipeline linking Oman to Gujarat across the Arabian Sea.The project, estimated at around ₹40,000 crore, is being positioned as a strategic response to the energy uncertainty caused by recurring crises in West Asia.If realised, it would create a direct energy corridor between the Gulf and India, bypassing the Strait of Hormuz, one of the world’s most critical maritime chokepoints.The idea of such a pipeline has existed for more than three decades. Earlier attempts faltered due to prohibitive costs, technological hurdles, and doubts over commercial viability.South…

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WASHINGTON — The Pentagon has agreed with three Government Accountability Office (GAO) recommendations to help a civilian-led shop better oversee the acquisition of weapons for special operators, according to a new report. In a GAO report released today, the office looked at collaboration between the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low-Intensity Conflict (ASD(SO/LIC)) shop and the Special Operations Command (SOCOM) — the command for which the civilian shop oversees budgeting for acquisition programs. “ASD(SO/LIC) cannot effectively conduct program oversight, in part, because DOD policy has not fully enabled it to perform its acquisition-related responsibilities,” GAO wrote.  For…

The Defence Acquisition Council has approved the induction of the ₹5,150 crore Dharashakti Integrated Electronic Warfare (EW) System, a landmark indigenous capability that can jam multiple enemy airborne early warning and control systems (AEWCS), fighter radars, synthetic aperture radars (SAR), encrypted communications, and navigation networks.Critically, it now provides the Indian Army with the ability to jam and neutralise Pakistani UAVs and UCAVs at ranges of up to 150 kilometres, significantly enhancing India’s spectrum dominance.The Dharashakti EW system represents a decisive leap in India’s electronic warfare preparedness. Entirely indigenously developed, it integrates both communication (COM) and non-communication (Non-COM) segments. The COM…

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ŁASK AIR BASE, Poland — On the day that Poland officially inducted its first F-35A Joint Strike Fighters into its Air Force, the country’s defense minister announced the goal of buying two further squadrons worth of jets. Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz, the deputy prime minister and minister of defense, revealed that the classified Armed Forces Development Program, which was signed off on in December, included funding plans for two further F-35 squadrons. That document, which covers defense priorities ranging from air defenses to munitions to logistics and spells out how Warsaw intends to meet them by 2039, has been largely hidden behind…

The Pakistan Navy’s (PN) first Hangor-class submarine, PNS/M Hangor, arrived at Karachi on 11 June 2026, where it was received at the PN Dockyard in a ceremony led by Commander Pakistan Fleet, Vice Admiral Abdul Munib (Dawn). The arrival came six weeks after the boat’s commissioning at Sanya, China, on 30 April, an event attended by President Asif Ali Zardari as chief guest alongside the Chief of the Naval Staff (CNS), Admiral Naveed Ashraf (Naval News). PNS/M Hangor is the first of eight boats the PN ordered from China in 2015, and in many respects, its arrival closes a procurement…

The UK MoD building. Credit: UK MoD/Crown copyright Dan Jarvis replaces John Healey as UK Defence Secretary after Healey’s resignation on 11 June Jarvis takes over as the MoD braces for major cuts under the upcoming Defence Investment Plan. Defence spending claims are disputed, fuelling political backlash A former Parachute Regiment Major has been appointed the new UK Secretary of State for Defence, following the resignation of John Healey on 11 June over expected governmental cuts to the UK military. Dan Jarvis, who had been Minister of State at the Home Office and Minister of State at the Cabinet Office,…