Turkiye to Acquire F-16 Jets Unconditionally
US Senate has removed amendments that condition F-16 sale to Turkiye from National Defence Authorization Act (NDAA).
USA News
Air
Bilateral Relations
Land
Expo and Air Show
Oshkosh Displays JLTV and MCWS at AUSA
US Defence Company Oshkosh has two new systems at the Association of the United States Army (AUSA) Fair.
Land
Expo and Air Show
AbramsX Unveiled
General Dynamics unveiled its new main battle tank prototype, Abrams X, at the Association of the United States Army (AUSA) Fair.
Ammunition
Expo and Air Show
Repkon opens a booth at AUSA
REPKON took place at the AUSA Fair with its short-medium-long range rocket bodies and barrel product group. The fair will be held in USA.
Country
Unmanned Systems
U.S. to charge Military Platforms Wireless: Power
DARPA is working on energy distribution by leveraging wireless power beaming to create a dynamic, adaptive, light-speed wireless energy web.
Navy / Maritime
Sensors
Ultra to Prepare next-generation sonobuoy for U.S. Navy
The U.S. Navy has awarded Ultra Group a Multiple Award Delivery Order Contract (MADOC) for the next five years to provide next-generation sonobuoy systems.
Weapon / Missile
Bilateral Relations
Kuwait to Acquire $3 Billion Worth of NASAMS and MRADS
The US State Department approved a possible FMS to Kuwait of the National Advanced Surface-To-Air Missile System (NASAMS).
Unmanned Systems
The RAF Receives the first PROTECTOR UAV from GA-ASI
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems announced that the first Protector RG Mk1 UAV had been handed over to the Royal Air Force (RAF).
Simulator / AI / Drill/ Software
Sensors
Expo and Air Show
Greece to Install ‘Outpost’ Autonomous Towers on Islands
A Greek defence start-up is proposing a new autonomous surveillance tower, “Outpost,” to improve the monitoring of remote islands.
Regional / Strategy
US is Reluctant to Asses Ukraine's NATO Application
U.S. believes Ukraine's NATO application "should be taken up at a different time," White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said in response to Kyiv.
Air
Bilateral Relations
New Amendment to Limit Turkiye’s F-16 acquisition
U.S. Senator of Maryland from the Democrat Party, Chris Van Hollen submitted an amendment to the bill H.R. 7900, to condition F-16 fighter sales to Turkiye.
Land
Ammunition
Kuwait to acquire M1A2K Tank Ammunition
The US State Department approved a possible FMS to Kuwait of M1A2K tank operational ammunition for an estimated cost of $250 million.
Air
USAF’s NGAD Might be Delayed
The US Air Force (USAF) expects delivery of the 6th generation Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD ) fighter jets by 2030, but this may not happen.
Weapon / Missile
USAF Selects Raytheon and Northrop Grumman for HACM
US Air Force has selected Raytheon and Northrop Grumman Corporation to develop the Hypersonic Attack Cruise Missile (HACM).
Global Defence Trend Brief
- 12:00 Italy gives conditional approval to Leonardo-Baykar drone venture - Reuters reported that Italy has conditionally approved the Leonardo-Baykar joint venture to produce...
- 12:00 USNI analyses Türkiye’s growing defence-industrial ambition - The U.S. Naval Institute’s USNI News published a field report and analysis on Türkiye’s expanding de...
- 12:00 Reuters tracks Türkiye’s push to double defence exports - Reuters reported that Turkish officials want to double defence exports within two years after total...
- 12:00 Breaking Defense spotlights Turkish one-way attack systems at SAHA 2026 - Breaking Defense reported that Turkish companies used SAHA 2026 to unveil multiple one-way attack sy...
- 12:00 Defense News highlights ASELSAN’s autonomous warfare concept - Defense News reported that ASELSAN used SAHA 2026 to present a future warfare vision centred on auto...
- 12:00 Le Monde examines Türkiye’s expanding defence footprint in Mali - Le Monde reported that Türkiye has become an increasingly important security partner for Mali throug...
- 12:00 French strategic study identifies Türkiye as a rising European supplier - The Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique assessed Türkiye as one of the most notable new entrants...
- 12:00 Middle East Forum analyses Baykar’s expansion into Europe - A Middle East Forum analysis argued that Baykar’s growing presence in Europe shows how production ca...
- 12:00 Jerusalem Post highlights Baykar’s export-heavy revenue model - The Jerusalem Post reported that Baykar generated roughly $1.8 billion in drone exports in 2024 and...
- 12:00 Foreign defence coverage keeps focus on KAAN prototype timeline - International defence reporting circulated this month continued to highlight Turkish Aerospace’s tar...
- 09:00 NATO pushes higher air and missile defence capacity targets - NATO members are under growing pressure to expand air and missile defence inventories, command netwo...
- 09:00 US Army deepens integrated air defence networking efforts - The US Army continues integrating radars, launchers and command systems into common battle networks...
- 09:00 Europe expands ammunition and missile production capacity - European governments are increasingly funding new ammunition and missile production lines to rebuild...
- 09:00 China strengthens multi-domain reconnaissance architecture - China is continuing to link satellites, drones, maritime patrol assets and ground-based sensors into...
- 09:00 Japan accelerates hardening and dispersal of military infrastructure - Japan is investing in hardened facilities, dispersed ammunition storage and rapid reinforcement logi...
- 09:00 Counter-drone procurement shifts toward affordable layered defence - Military organisations are increasingly prioritising combinations of jamming, interceptor drones, gu...
- 09:00 Autonomous underwater vehicles gain prominence in seabed security - Navies are expanding the use of autonomous underwater vehicles for surveillance, mine countermeasure...
- 09:00 Hypersonic defence drives demand for persistent tracking networks - Defence agencies are accelerating work on layered radar and satellite tracking architectures designe...
- 09:00 Military space resilience shifts toward proliferated constellations - Armed forces are increasingly favouring larger constellations of smaller satellites rather than a fe...
- 09:00 Industrial surge capacity becomes a core defence benchmark - Governments are placing greater emphasis on production scalability, secure supply chains and the abi...
