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Adani Defence and Aerospace has marked a significant milestone in India’s indigenous defence manufacturing by delivering the first batch of 2,000 ‘Prahar’ light machine guns to the Indian Army. This consignment forms part of a substantial order exceeding 40,000 units of these 7.62 mm-calibre weapons, produced entirely in India under the ‘Make in India’ initiative.The handover took place at Adani’s small arms complex in Gwalior, where Additional Secretary and Director General (Acquisition) in the Defence Ministry, A Anbarasu, flagged off the trucks carrying the initial shipment. Joining him was Ashish Rajvanshi, CEO of Adani Defence and Aerospace, underscoring the collaborative effort…

CNN Hackers connected to the Iranian government accessed FBI Director Kash Patel’s personal email and posted materials — including photos and documents — taken from his account, a person… Source link

GLOBAL FORCE 2026 — In the wake of an Army call to industry that could shake up its quest for a Bradley replacement, a senior Army official said to expect more like it as the service reviews longstanding programs in its ground vehicle portfolio. “If you look at how quickly things are changing, from a technology perspective, who is actually interested in this defense space that is constantly evolving and changing, I think we’re doing ourselves a disservice if we only wait every five years to take a look at the market,” John Jolokai, executive director and senior contracting officer…

Space Command aims to move about 200 people from Colorado to its new headquarters in Alabama by year’s end. “I’m happy at the progress that we’re making, and that progress will continue over the next couple of years as we work to get a significant portion of our staff there, even while the permanent headquarters is being built,” Gen. Stephen Whiting, who leads U.S. Space Command, told senators during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing Thursday. The command’s move has been a matter of hot political debate. In his first term President Donald Trump pushed to move the command to a 60-acre site in Huntsville, Alabama.…

Four armed Ukrainian soldiers deploying an FPV drone system. Credit: Shutterstock/Dmytro Sheremeta. A Ukrainian drone hit Estonian infrastructure and another crash landed in southern Latvia Baltic Governments consider it a spillover of the Russia-Ukraine war; the Latvian MoD labelled the circumstance an “isolated incident” Ukraine targeted the Baltic port over the course of 24 and 25 March as part of its strikes against Russian oil terminals in Leningrad Oblast Two one-way attack drones of Ukrainian origin entered Estonian and Latvian airspace, hitting infrastructure and crash landing respectively on 25 March. Both uncrewed aerial systems (UAS) strayed from a Ukrainian drone…

Chennai-based Dashagriva Aerospace has emerged as a promising player in India’s burgeoning private space sector, announcing ambitious plans to develop High-Altitude Platform Systems (HAPS).These innovative platforms, often likened to pseudo-satellites, operate in the stratosphere at altitudes between 18 and 22 kilometres, offering persistent aerial surveillance and communication capabilities far superior to traditional drones or balloons.The company, rooted in the vibrant aerospace ecosystem of Chennai, revealed that its HAPS prototypes will undergo stratospheric trials next month, marking a significant milestone in indigenous high-altitude technology.This development aligns with India’s push towards self-reliance in defence and aerospace under the Atmanirbhar Bharat initiative, potentially…

Durigan & Whiteside, CIMSEC Since 2022, Russia has sharply increased its employment of illegal/coercive/aggressive/deceptive (ICAD)… Source link

BELFAST — Norway has unveiled a plan to spend an extra 115 billion Krone ($11.8 billion) on defense over the next decade, deeming the additional funding necessary to mitigate against an increasingly “unstable” global security environment. In a statement announcing the planned uplift today, Oslo said the new money will be added to the revised Long-term Defence Plan 2025-2036, initially approved in 2024. This plus up of cash would put the country on track to reach NATO’s 3.5 percent GDP spending target by 2035, though the national parliament first needs to sign off on the funding change and associated equipment…

In April 2018, days after India formally withdrew from the Su-57 Fifth Generation Fighter Aircraft (FGFA) program with Russia, Quwa published an analysis that identified the then-newly announced Franco-German Future Combat Air System (FCAS) as India’s most likely next-generation fighter pathway. At the time, the FCAS had existed for less than a week – Dassault and Airbus had announced their joint development agreement on 25 April 2018 – and the prevailing assumption was that India would pivot toward an American solution. Quwa argued otherwise, and laid out a specific case for why FCAS would absorb India: Remarkably, the FCAS is…

Nato has released its 2025 Annual Report. Credit: Alexandros Michailidis / Shutterstock.com Nato now puts UK 2025 defence spend at 2.31% of GDP (down from 2.4%) UK is below Nato averages and behind many allies, despite pledges of 2.6% by 2027 and 3.5% by 2035 Analysts say voters may not care much, but capability is squeezed by cuts and nuclear costs A report published by Nato has revised its previous forecasts for UK defence spending in 2025 to 2.31% of its GDP, in the latest credibility crisis to hit the UK Government amid persistent cuts, defence spending delays, and intransigence over the Iran-Middle East war. This new figure is a…