India Claims Pakistan Used ASİSGUARD’s Songar Armed UAVs
Indian authorities stated that Pakistan used more than 300 UAVs, some of which were identified as Songar armed UAVs developed by ASİSGUARD after inspections.
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Unmanned Systems
Weapon / Missile
Kazakhstan Might be the New User of Kalekalıp KNG-C5 Carbine
Ar-Namis LLP, responsible for supplying personnel-level equipment to Kazakh military and law enforcement, listed the KNG-C5 carbine among its portfolio.
Bilateral Relations
Turkish MFA: Norway Lifts Defence Industry Embargo
The Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) announced that Norway has lifted its military embargo on Turkiye.
Weapon / Missile
Ukraine Receives Minimi Mk3 LMGs From Charity Fund
Ukrainian National Guard's Azov Brigade has received FN Minimi Mk3 light machine guns from the Come Back Alive Foundation's funding.
Unmanned Systems
Expo and Air Show
UNAC Presents MUM-T with Rider UGV at Eurosatory
French vehicle manufacturer UNAC presented its RIDER UGV as part of a manned-unmanned teaming concept by employing a UGV to support an infantry section.
Weapon / Missile
France and Belgium to Co-produce Evolys
France and Belgium are discussing the joint supply of FN Herstal's Evolys machine guns with interchangeable barrel calibres.
Ammunition
Weapon / Missile
Investment
Country
Defence Politics
U.S. Army Increases Budget for NGSW Infantry Weapons
The U.S. Army increased the Fiscal Year 2025 budget to acquire M7 rifles and M250 machine guns from $132.9 million to $367.3 million.
Weapon / Missile
Ammunition
Expo and Air Show
ST Engineering Reveals Next-Generation SAR Rifle
Singaporean ST Engineering has revealed the follow-up to its SAR-21 assault rifle with new features during the Singapore Airshow.
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 looks at Türkiye’s defence-industrial rise through EFES 2026 - USNI News used the EFES 2026 exercise to examine how Türkiye is linking operational military activit...
- 12:00 Reuters tracks Ankara’s goal of doubling defence exports - Reuters reported that Turkish officials want to double defence exports within two years after export...
- 12:00 Breaking Defense highlights 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 spotlights ASELSAN’s autonomous warfare concept - Defense News reported that ASELSAN used SAHA 2026 to present a future warfare concept centred on aut...
- 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 reporting keeps focus on KAAN’s next prototype phase - International defence coverage continued to highlight Turkish Aerospace’s target for the first ‘true...
- 09:00 NATO pushes allies to fill US air and naval capability gaps - Washington is pressing European allies and Canada to provide more manned and unmanned aircraft plus...
- 09:00 AI-driven drone swarms rise as a new NATO planning priority - NATO officials are warning that AI-enabled drone swarms could reshape warfare within five years, pus...
- 09:00 Counter-drone demand expands beyond battlefields into critical infrastructure - Growing drone incursions around airports, ports, oil facilities and data centres are accelerating de...
- 09:00 Europe’s loyal wingman race becomes a core airpower trend - Collaborative combat aircraft took centre stage at Berlin Airshow 2026 as European companies and air...
- 09:00 Ukraine’s drone combat know-how is becoming an export asset in Asia - Ukrainian drone firms are marketing battlefield-proven systems and swarm concepts in Japan, Taiwan a...
- 09:00 NATO accelerates live testing of counter-drone technologies - Alliance members and industry partners are expanding field trials of drone detection and interceptio...
- 09:00 Hypersonic threats keep driving demand for persistent tracking networks - The spread of hypersonic weapons continues to push Western defence planners toward integrated radar...
- 09:00 Military space resilience shifts toward larger distributed constellations - Armed forces are increasingly favouring proliferated satellite constellations over a small number of...
- 09:00 Autonomous maritime systems gain importance in surveillance and strike planning - Navies are broadening interest in autonomous surface and underwater systems for persistent ISR, infr...
- 09:00 Industrial surge capacity is becoming a decisive defence metric - Across missiles, drones and air defence, governments are placing more weight on production scalabili...
