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Artificial intelligence is rapidly changing how the US Intelligence Community approaches everything from intelligence analysis to cybersecurity — and the shift toward increasingly autonomous AI agents is raising new questions about trust, identity and human oversight. At the 2026 DoDIIS Worldwide Conference, senior officials outlined how they are preparing for that future, from networks of AI agents coordinating across intelligence and operations to the infrastructure and safeguards needed to make those systems trustworthy. The cybersecurity challenge is evolving just as quickly, with AI accelerating vulnerability discovery and forcing government networks to rethink Zero Trust, including how autonomous systems are identified,…

Home › North America › US Affordable Strike Programs Moved From Slideware to Contracts in August North America The US Navy issued a second CHAOS award to Zone 5 for a maritime Rusty Dagger, the Army live-fired a containerized low-cost cruise missile at White Sands, and Castelion took a $90 million Blackbeard contract. Export framing runs through all three. By Quwa Team · September 1, 2026 · 3 min read The United States Navy awarded Zone 5 Technologies an Other Transaction Agreement worth USD $65 million in late August 2026 to design, build and deliver a maritime-strike variant of the…

Tajikistan has created a Tourism Development Fund financed in part by a payment of 5 percent of the sale value of tour packages sold to Tajik citizens travelling abroad. The resolution was adopted on July 1 but publicized only in late August. The new rules open a dedicated account at the Ministry of Finance’s Central Treasury. Listed sources also include a per-day charge on foreign visitors’ packages, permit fees, fines, deposit income, and grants from international financial institutions. Spending is authorized by a 13-member council chaired by the head of the Committee for Tourism Development, alongside deputy ministers, agency heads,…

WASHINGTON — Two weeks after the Army picked a winner to provide prototypes for its next-gen wheeled howitzer, the service’s fires acquisition shop is now seeking a tracked variant, according to a recent solicitation.  “Most recently, the US Army reevaluated its objectives for modernization and progressed to replacing the M777 howitzer with a wheeled self-propelled howitzer system,” the request for information posted Monday read. “This RFI, however, is focused on an additional capability, namely a tracked self-propelled 155mm howitzer for employment within armored formations. This RFI must be recognized as a new and distinctly separate effort from the MTC-W effort.” …

Home › Turkey › Turkish Defence News › ASFAT Reveals MİLDEN Submarine’s Specifications Turkish Defence News ASFAT released MİLDEN’s principal dimensions and complement in late August 2026, the first time beam, draught and crew size have been made public. Diving depth, submerged displacement and the MİDLAS cell count remain withheld. By Quwa Team · September 1, 2026 · 3 min read ASFAT released the dimensions, personnel complement, and payload capacity of the Turkish Navy’s MİLDEN national submarine in late August 2026. The disclosure followed the public debut of the boat’s first hull block at TEKNOFEST Mavi Vatan, held at Gölcük…

A 582nd Helicopter Group MH-139 Grey Wolf takes off near Pine Bluffs, Wyoming. Credit: U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Nicholas Rowe. The MH-139 Grey Wolf, the helicopter intended to replace the Vietnam-era UH-1N Huey, has achieved initial operational capability (IOC).   Achieving this milestone means the helicopter is officially ready for real-world combat or operational deployment.  Discover B2B Marketing That Performs Combine business intelligence and editorial excellence to reach engaged professionals across 36 leading media platforms. Find out more The US Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC), which announced the development, stated that this is a significant step…

Taiwan and China are back at the annual Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) Leaders Meeting, returning after all external partners were excluded in 2025. And Beijing isn’t happy about it: China’s special envoy called Taiwan’s participation “very inappropriate” and warned, “There will always be consequences.” With multiple Pacific leaders not in attendance amid whispers of foreign interference, China-Taiwan competition is on everyone’s minds. While no Pacific country switched recognition in 2026, Beijing’s pressure campaign this year has been more systematic and intense than in any year since Naoero (formerly Nauru) flipped ties in 2024. Under Beijing’s version of the “One China”…

WASHINGTON — The Army has announced it awarded Georgia Tech Research Institute up to $33.4 million to be the lead weapons systems integrator for the service’s Common Autonomous Multidomain Launcher (CAML) prototype program. “The Army is moving with urgency to deliver adaptable, survivable, and scalable Fires capabilities to Soldiers,” Lt. Gen. Frank Lozano, Portfolio Acquisition Executive (PAE) of Fires, said in a service release late Monday. “CAML gives us a pathway to experiment with modular launcher concepts, learn quickly, and make informed decisions at the speed of relevance.”  The CAML program is set to serve as a replacement for the…

On 29 August 2026, the Chief of Army Staff (COAS) and Chief of Defence Forces (CDF), Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir, visited Pakistan Ordnance Factories (POF) at Wah. According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the CDF “witnessed the tests and trials of locally designed and manufactured arms and ammunition.” Among the items POF put on display was an assault rifle that it had not shown publicly before. Quwa noted at the time that the CDF’s review spanned POF projects ranging “from a new gas-operated assault rifle to new quadcopter-compatible drop munitions.” The likeliest identity of that rifle is the…

Elbit Systems’ SPECTRO XR. Credit: Elbit Systems Ltd. Israeli defence company Elbit Systems announced it has signed contracts totalling approximately $270m with an undisclosed international customer for advanced intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) and targeting payloads.   The deal, scheduled for completion over up to six years, involves delivering systems from the company’s SPECTRO family of multi-spectral electro-optic ISTAR solutions.  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 agreements, Elbit Systems will supply multi-spectral imaging systems integrating mid-wave infrared (MWIR), visible, and short-wave infrared…