Defence Secretary Transfers Duties to Deputy Secretary
Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin transferred duties of his office to Deputy Secretary of Defence Kathleen Hicks as he was hospitalised on Sunday.
Austin News
Country
Air
E/W
Bilateral Relations
F-22 Shoots Down Suspected Chinese Spy Balloon
A U.S. Air Force fighter shot down a Chinese high-altitude surveillance balloon. This marks the F-22 Raptor’s first enemy air platform kill.
Air
Indonesia is Near Purchasing F-15D fighter
Indonesia's defence minister Subianto met U.S. Secretary of Defence Austin and said that the F-15D fighter jets acquisition project is awaiting final sign-off.
Air
Indonesia to Secure F-15 Deal This Week
Indonesia is close to acquiring F-15 Eagle jets. Defence Minister Prabowo Subianto will meet U.S. Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin and CIA Director William Burns.
Bilateral Relations
India, US to Strengthen Defence Relations amid CAATSA
Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Foreign Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met with Secretary of State Anthony Blinken and Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin.
Bilateral Relations
The US Sends Fighters to Defend UAE Amid Houthi Attacks
The US has announced the deployment of fighter planes to the UAE in response to missile assaults conducted by Yemen’s Houthi movement against the Gulf state.
Air
Regional / Strategy
The U.S. to Station Attack Helicopter Squadron in ROK
The U.S. Army will permanently station an attack helicopter squadron in the Republic of Korea (ROK) to defend the country from China and North Korea.
Navy / Maritime
Bilateral Relations
Britain sells Royal Navy ships to Egypt after 30 years
The UK has sold Royal Fleet Auxiliary ships, Fort Austin and Fort Rosalie to Egypt for the first time in more than 30 years.
Global Defence Trend Brief
- 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...
