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WASHINGTON — South Korea’s defense ministry acknowledged today that an ongoing exercise with the US will be sharply curtailed, after US President Donald Trump said the drills were unnecessarily “hostile” toward the autocratic regime in North Korea. The ongoing exercise, dubbed Ulchi Freedom Shield (UFS), was expected to run from Aug. 17 through Aug. 27 but will now end on Friday, Aug. 21, South Korean officials said today, according to South Korea’s Yonhap News Agency and international reports. On Sunday, Trump wrote on his social media site Truth Social that the exercises “are not only costly […] but send a…

The THMS is compatible with both tracked and wheeled platforms. Credit © Elbit Systems Ltd. Elbit Systems said that its subsidiary, Elbit Systems Sweden, plans to introduce its new Tactical High Mobility Shelter (THMS) at DALO Industry Days 2026 defence exhibition in Denmark. The platform, described by the company as “highly mobile and rapidly deployable,” is designed to strengthen battlefield connectivity for digitally connected and distributed land forces. Discover B2B Marketing That Performs Combine business intelligence and editorial excellence to reach engaged professionals across 36 leading media platforms. Find out more Developed and manufactured in Sweden with a European supply…

English (Original) Spanish – Español French – Français German – Deutsch Arabic – العربية Chinese – 中文 Japanese – 日本語 Russian – Русский Portuguese – Português Italian – Italiano Korean – 한국어 Dutch – Nederlands Turkish – Türkçe Polish – Polski Hindi – हिन्दी 🤖 Hi! I’m here to help you understand this article. Ask me anything about the content! Send The US has charged 17 Iranian nationals over an alleged state-sponsored cyber campaign that targeted hundreds of universities, companies and government bodies and stole more than 31 terabytes of academic data and intellectual property. The defendants are accused of…

A C-130 Hercules military transport aeroplane. Credit: Chris Chambers Yorkshire/Shutterstock.com. StandardAero has been awarded a place on the US Air Force’s (USAF) new maintenance contract for T56 engines, which power the C-130 Hercules military transport aircraft. The 10-year indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ), firm-fixed-price agreement has a ceiling value of $342.2m. Discover B2B Marketing That Performs Combine business intelligence and editorial excellence to reach engaged professionals across 36 leading media platforms. Find out more Under the terms of the contract, StandardAero will perform depot-level maintenance for T56 Series engines, associated modules, and components. The agreement extends to the global fleet of more than…

Hanwha K9 Mobile Howitzers. Credit: Hanwha Defense USA. Hanwha Defense USA (HDUSA) has landed its first major contract with the US Army to provide prototype K9 Mobile Howitzers (K9MH) for the military’s Mobile Tactical Cannon (MTC) programme. Awarded under Other Transaction Authority, the agreement is valued at up to $262.9m and covers an estimated four-year period. Discover B2B Marketing That Performs Combine business intelligence and editorial excellence to reach engaged professionals across 36 leading media platforms. Find out more The agreement encompasses the accelerated supply of six prototype systems, with an option for a further 12 units. According to the…

Legislation aimed at improving the amount of paid leave federal employees are eligible each year took another step forward as Democratic senators introduced companion legislation shortly before Congress left for its August recess.In June, a bipartisan group of House lawmakers introduced the Comprehensive Paid Leave for Federal Employees Act (H.R. 9261), a measure that would provide feds with up to 12 weeks each year of paid family leave, to be used to attend to a serious health condition or care for a spouse, child or parent. It also would cover absences needed in connection with a family member’s deployment into…

The Trump administration says the nation’s science and technology research ecosystem needs to embrace “novel security solutions” to ensure the U.S. maintains its global edge, according to a new document publicly released on Monday. The National Security Science and Technology Strategy published by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy outlines how the U.S. innovation sector should be leveraged and guarded to defend the country. The new document builds off last year’s National Security Strategy, which called, in part, for “protecting the competitiveness of the U.S. economy and bolstering the resilience of the American technology sector.”To help safeguard the…

A Tomahawk cruise missile being fired during US Navy exercises in the Philippine Sea in 2018. Credit: US Navy RTX has secured $22.9bn from the US War Department for the production of Tomahawk cruise missiles The munition, with a range of 1,000 miles, has served as the cornerstone of America’s long-range effects in the Middle East this year Consumption rates have demonstrated the need for industry to step up the sustainment of advanced missile stockpiles In a bid to sustain advanced missile stockpiles, the US War Department has provided Raytheon, an RTX business, with $22.9bn to accelerate the production of…

The newest White House tech strategy pushes faster development of emerging technologies for the military, gives defense innovators more room to experiment, and will broaden the federal market for young defense tech startups. But it also doubles down on a particular approach to developing AI—one that favors a handful of well-connected U.S. tech companies at the expense of other innovative approaches. That could benefit China and slow the U.S. military from getting the tools commanders actually want. Here’s a breakdown of the winners and losers.Winners: swarms, deployed AI, faster military technologyThe strategy puts a big emphasis on new, tech-driven approaches to…

On August 23, Kazakhstan will elect the first members of its new Kurultai, a 145-seat unicameral legislature established under the constitution that entered into force in July. Seven political parties are contesting the election in a single nationwide constituency. All seats will be filled through proportional representation, with no directly appointed deputies. A consequential question is what the newly elected institution will be expected to do. The distribution of seats and the composition of the new legislature will naturally dominate domestic attention. But the election also has implications beyond Kazakhstan. It will test whether the country can support its increasingly…