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STOCKHOLM — Sweden will “evaluate and discuss” the potential acquisition of a French naval-based long-range strike capability, the head of the Swedish military told Breaking Defense, but for he’s concentrating on nearer term goals for a new frigate. “The most important thing for me right now is that we move forward in integrating the Swedish weapon systems and sensor systems that we have included in the contract. So that’s the main topic,” Swedish Commander-in-Chief Gen. Michael Claesson said in an interview. “But of course we will evaluate and discuss the French [long-range naval cruise missile] offer as well.” Swedish Defense…

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Model of AR6 heavy-lift UAS at Farnborough International Air Show 2026. Credit: Tekever. Portugal’s leading UAS builder, Tekever, has acquired Scotland’s Flowcopter according to a 1 September press release The rationale behind the move is to harness the company’s novel hydraulic transmission capability for heavy-lift UAS Notably, Tekever’s newly unveiled AR6 system relies on this novel propulsion system Tekever has acquired Flowcopter, a Scottish aerospace company, already a close supplier in its uncrewed aerial system (UAS) component supply chain. The move brings Flowcopter’s digital hydraulic transmission technology under Tekever’s control as the UAS builder brings its latest AR6 system to…

Whenever young Bruneians want to eat chicken wings and drink beer, they often head to Limbang in neighboring Malaysia. It may sound strange to cross an international border for an evening out, but Limbang is only a few kilometers from Brunei’s capital, Bandar Seri Begawan. One might marvel at how, despite an unresolved border dispute in the area, the two countries allow their citizens to freely travel back and forth. But as part of ASEAN, Bruneians and Malaysians don’t need visas to cross the border. Geography has also made this sleepy town something of a go-between for Brunei and Malaysia,…

Top officials of India and China have agreed to work on identifying less contentious sections of their contested border for delimitation as part of a broader process toward resolving their longstanding boundary dispute. A special group of negotiators will identify these less disputed parts of the border and delimit them, a joint statement released on August 26 said. The statement came a day after India’s National Security Adviser Ajit Doval met China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Beijing for talks. Doval and Wang are the designated special representatives of their two countries for the boundary talks mechanism, which was established…

India’s ambitious plan to mix ethanol with petrol was touted as the country’s answer to reducing crude-oil imports, saving precious foreign exchange and, above all, bringing down petrol prices. Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari, one of the biggest advocates of ethanol blending, had even said that the use of ethanol would bring down the price of petrol from around 110 Indian rupees or $1.15 per liter at present to just 15 rupees. Gadkari is not the petroleum minister. His vociferous support for ethanol blending has raised many eyebrows. Opposition parties, including the Congress, have accused him…

Following the Senate’s lead last month, House lawmakers on Tuesday advanced a continuing resolution that extends government funding to Dec. 11. As Breaking Defense’s Valerie Insinna reports, the resolution ensures current weapons programs can be funded at fiscal 2026 levels, and it prevents a situation where civilians are furloughed and troops work without pay. In this episode of the Congressional Round Up, Breaking Defense Editor-in-Chief Aaron Mehta unpacks additional implications for the US military, including potential automatic cuts to reconciliation funds if certain money isn’t spent by October. Source link

Late last month, Indonesian authorities announced the seizure of around 2.6 tons of liquid methamphetamine from a ship off the coast of Sumatra. The bust was just the latest in a series of drug mega-seizures that have taken place over the past two years, as the region’s law enforcement agencies struggle to combat an unprecedented surge in trafficking. According to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), authorities in East and Southeast Asia seized a record 349 tons of methamphetamine in 2025, a 48 percent increase over the previous year – and just 65 tons a decade ago.…

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump announced Tuesday plans to formally nominate Hung Cao to be Secretary of the Navy. Cao was confirmed as the Navy’s number two civilian last October, and has been acting secretary since Trump fired then-Navy Secretary John Phelan in April. “I am pleased to nominate a true WARRIOR, Hung Cao, to become the next Secretary of the Navy,” Trump said in a Truth Social post. “We need Patriots like Hung leading our Navy and Marine Corps, and I can think of no one better than him to make sure our Great Navy and Marine Corps remain…