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Federal employees and contractors whose sensitive personal data was stolen in the massive Office of Personnel Management breaches disclosed a decade ago would receive identity protection for the rest of their lives under new bicameral legislation.Senate Intelligence Committee Vice Chair Mark Warner, D-Va., and Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, D-D.C., plan to introduce the RECOVER PII Act on Monday, aiming to prevent the federal government’s identity-protection program for victims from expiring Sept. 30, according to bill text first seen by Nextgov/FCW. Sens. Tim Kaine, D-Va.; Angela Alsobrooks, D-Md.; and Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., are also Senate cosponsors.Just over 10 years after…

WASHINGTON — Maritime drone manufacturer Saildrone has received a new task order from the Navy worth $16.3 million to continue their operations in the US Southern Command region into next year, firm representatives told Breaking Defense today.  Saildrone has deployed its Voyager unmanned surface vessels (USVs) to SOUTHCOM dating back to 2023 to support the command’s Joint Interagency Task Force South, which helps detect and monitor narco-traffickers in the region. For example, a Voyager was the type of USV cited in a US Navy press release as having played a pivotal role tracking and identifying a suspicious vessel in the…

Home › Turkey › Turkish Defence News › Baykar Doubles K2 Kamikaze Drone Swarm to Ten Aircraft in Autonomous Formation Test Turkish Defence News Baykar flew ten K2 Kamikaze UAVs as one autonomous swarm on 1 August 2026, doubling the five-aircraft formation shown in March. What the test actually proved. Baykar flew ten K2 Kamikaze unmanned aerial vehicles as a single autonomous swarm on 1 August 2026, doubling the five-aircraft formation the Turkish manufacturer demonstrated when it unveiled the loitering munition in March. Selçuk Bayraktar, chairman of the board at Baykar, released footage of the sortie captioned “10 x #K2…

Myanmar’s detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi met yesterday with a representative of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), as coup leader-turned-president Min Aung Hlaing prepares to visit Thailand. The military-backed government yesterday released four photos of the 81-year-old meeting with an ICRC official, whom a government spokesperson identified as Arnaud de Baecque, the ICRC’s resident representative in Myanmar. The ICRC confirmed the meeting, stating that the visit was carried out in accordance with the organization’s standards and procedures for visiting people deprived of liberty. This “included the opportunity to speak with Daw Aung San Suu Kyi…

Home › Turkey › Turkish Defence News › Aselsan’s GÖKSUR 100-N Turret Appears on the Production Line Turkish Defence News Aselsan has shown the GÖKSUR 100-N point defence missile system turret in production hardware form, a 20-round, 15 km naval air defence system built to replace the US RIM-116 RAM. Aselsan chief executive Ahmet Akyol published images on 3 August 2026 showing a GÖKSUR 100-N point defence missile system turret on the production line, released during a visit to an Aselsan production facility by Turkish Coast Guard Commander Rear Admiral Ahmet Kendir. It is the first time the system has…

Home › Turkey › Turkish Defence News › Paramount Integrates ASELSAN’s ASELFLIR-500 Targeting Turret onto the Mwari Light Attack Aircraft Turkish Defence News Paramount has integrated ASELSAN’s ASELFLIR-500 electro-optical turret onto the Mwari. Both firms frame it as market access rather than a customer requirement. Paramount Group has integrated ASELSAN’s ASELFLIR-500 electro-optical targeting system onto the Mwari, the South African light multi-role aircraft built at the company’s Wonderboom campus north of Pretoria. Paramount announced the integration on 27 July 2026, with ASELSAN confirming it the following day. Neither company has stated that the aircraft has flown with the turret fitted.…

Last year, the United States imposed sweeping tariffs on its trade partners worldwide, including those in Southeast Asia. The tariffs, which went as high as 49 percent, were based largely on the size of each country’s bilateral trade surplus with the United States. Really big exporters, like Thailand and Vietnam, faced stiff tariffs. Indonesia and Malaysia quickly agreed to lopsided reciprocal trade agreements with the U.S. to get the tariffs lowered to under 20 percent. That may have been hasty as the deals contain numerous provisions that are seemingly impossible to enforce.  In any case, the U.S. Supreme Court struck…

Home › Turkey › Turkish Defence News › BAE Systems Begins Manufacturing Türkiye’s Eurofighter Typhoon Fighters Turkish Defence News BAE Systems has begun manufacturing components for Türkiye’s 20 Eurofighter Typhoon jets at Samlesbury, with first delivery in 2030 and Turkish aircrew starting UK training in August 2026. BAE Systems confirmed in its 2026 half year results on 30 July that manufacturing of Türkiye’s 20 Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft is already underway in the UK and across the Eurofighter partner nations, with first delivery scheduled for 2030. The disclosure came as a single line in a financial statement rather than a standalone…

Home › Turkey › Turkish Defence News › Havelsan Delivers Air Force Information System to Azerbaijan Turkish Defence News Havelsan has delivered capabilities from its HvBS air force information system to Azerbaijan, on a contract signed in 2021 with implementation work running since 2022. Havelsan announced on 2 August 2026 that it has delivered a portion of the critical capabilities developed under its air force information system project to Azerbaijan. The statement was carried the following day in English as an air force information system deployed by Azerbaijan. The company describes the delivered modules as providing integrated command-and-control infrastructure for…

Home › Indian Defence News › Safran-GTRE Fighter Engine Joint Venture Reaches India’s CCS Indian Defence News Hindustan Times reports the Safran-GTRE 120 kN fighter engine joint venture for the AMCA is now a proposal before India’s Cabinet Committee on Security, with full Indian IP ownership. The Safran and Gas Turbine Research Establishment fighter engine joint venture has become a proposal before India’s Cabinet Committee on Security, according to Hindustan Times, which reported on 3 August that the program is expected to be cleared before 15 August 2026. The report is a written summary of the outlet’s weekly Point Blank…