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Just three days after top military leaders left the Air and Space Force Association’s February conference in Colorado, the U.S. and Israel struck Iran, commencing Operation Epic Fury. Now, more than six months later, service officials are scheduled to gather again outside Washington D.C. to pitch their top budget priorities as the unresolved war wages on.The Air and Space Force Association’s Air, Space & Cyber conference next week comes as the services chug along on major acquisitions programs amid funding uncertainty on Capitol Hill. Those initiatives include fielding Collaborative Combat Aircraft, developing the Sentinel Intercontinental Ballistic Missile, accelerating production on…

Lumberjack demonstrated quantum sensing capability during a recent flight test. Credit: Northrop Grumman. Northrop Grumman has teamed up with SandboxAQ to demonstrate quantum sensing magnetic navigation on its Lumberjack uncrewed aircraft system (UAS).   The flight saw SandboxAQ’s AQNav MagNav system successfully guide the UAS using variations in the Earth’s magnetic field.  Discover B2B Marketing That Performs Combine business intelligence and editorial excellence to reach engaged professionals across 36 leading media platforms. Find out more During the demonstration, the quantum magnetic navigation system continued to operate effectively even when subjected to jamming and was able to maintain navigation in environments where…

Sometimes a fixation on the most dangerous threats can lead you to overlook the most probable dangers, like being so worried about an asteroid impact that you walk around staring at the sky… and then fall into an open manhole. The American government and AI industry are in danger of making that very mistake when it comes to artificial intelligence and terrorism. US frontier AI labs like OpenAI and Anthropic have focused on preventing the most potentially disastrous abuses of their products: the exploitation of AI to help terrorists build weapons of mass destruction.  And, indeed, there have been a…

AeroVironment LOCUST laser weapon system. Credit: AeroVironment via LinkedIn. AeroVironment has received the first international purchase order for its LOCUST laser weapon system. The contract, valued at over $50m, covers the delivery of LOCUST systems and support to an undisclosed international customer, the company confirmed. Discover B2B Marketing That Performs Combine business intelligence and editorial excellence to reach engaged professionals across 36 leading media platforms. Find out more The export order represents a new chapter for AeroVironment’s directed energy programme, arriving shortly after the firm was selected by the US Army for a $464.8m contract under the Enduring-High Energy Laser…

WASHINGTON — The forthcoming Pentagon cyber strategy will focus on delivering “big outcomes” for the defense secretary and President Donald Trump in the way of offensive actions, according to a top cyber official. “We often hear about offense versus defense … but defense in itself is not the outcome; it’s not the goal. It is to allow us to go on offense with something big, something muscular, and something that will drive the outcomes. Our strategy attempts to do that,” Brig. Gen. William Wilburn, deputy principal cyber advisor for the Department of Defense, said at the Billington Cybersecurity Summit Wednesday.…

Saab’s GlobalEye system. Credit: Saab. The Netherlands is planning to strengthen its air and maritime surveillance capabilities with Saab GlobalEye Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) aircraft. A Letter of Intent (LoI) has been signed with Sweden, though no binding contract is currently in place. Discover B2B Marketing That Performs Combine business intelligence and editorial excellence to reach engaged professionals across 36 leading media platforms. Find out more According to the Dutch Ministry of Defence, the agreement gives Dutch aircrews operational access to Sweden’s GlobalEye AEW&C aircraft beginning in 2028. This arrangement is intended to provide Dutch personnel with early training…

Saab received approximately Skr2.9bn contract to continue concept work on future fighter system. Credit: Saab. Defence prime Saab has received a new order valued at approximately Skr2.9bn ($302.4m) from the Swedish Defence Material Administration (FMV) to continue concept work on Sweden’s future fighter system. The contract, covering the period from 2026 to 2028 with options to extend into 2029 and 2030, builds on previous agreements signed in 2024 and 2025. Discover B2B Marketing That Performs Combine business intelligence and editorial excellence to reach engaged professionals across 36 leading media platforms. Find out more According to Saab, the focus of this…

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STOCKHOLM — The Netherlands have agreed to purchase a Saab-made GlobalEye airborne surveillance and command-and-control aircraft, with delivery scheduled for 2031, Sweden announced today.  The plane, which would be delivered in 2031, is in addition to The Hague’s role in a NATO purchase of up to 10 GlobalEye aircraft, announced earlier this year. In effect, this plane would guarantee the capability for Dutch requirements, in addition to the pooled NATO resource.  “I welcome the Netherlands’ decision to purchase GlobalEye. Through this cooperation, Dutch crews will be able to train on Swedish systems as early as 2028, while we build the…

KIELCE — The CEO of Ukrainian Armor says that the Eastern European firm is looking to German industry, potentially like Mercedes-Benz’s defense arm, in a bid to forge an industry partnership to support manufacturing of two new land vehicles unveiled at the MSPO trade show.  Speaking about plans for the Saigak Armored Personnel Carrier (APC) and Varta 3 Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicle, unveiled here, Vladyslav Belbas told Breaking Defense, “We are trying to pay attention to the German market, in terms of [securing] cooperation with German companies such as Mercedes-Benz.” Saigak, he said, represented the firm’s first foray…