Aerospace
Anduril Fury’s semi‑autonomous first flight
Anduril Fury semi-autonomous first flight is poised to set a different tone for the U.S. Air Force’s Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) program. Rather than ru…
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Cyber
AMASS: adaptive swarms C2 for multi‑domain warfare
The U.S. Department of Defense’s AMASS (Autonomous Multi‑domain Adaptive Swarms‑of‑Swarms) initiative pushes adaptive swarms C2 from single‑swarm experiments to…
Aerospace
Fujian launches J‑35 in catapult tests
Lead: China’s third carrier Fujian (Type 003) has publicly conducted CATOBAR trials with the J‑35 stealth fighter, J‑15T multirole jet and KJ‑600 AEW\&C. This i…
Analysis
Europe’s jamming‑resistant GPS push
Europe is moving fast to harden Positioning, Navigation and Timing (PNT). Jamming‑resistant GPS in Europe is no longer optional. It is now a safety and sovereig…
Aerospace
NATO AEP‑107 refines sense‑and‑avoid for UAS
NATO has issued new versions of AEP‑107 (Edition B) and AEP‑107.1 (Edition A), updating minimum functional and performance requirements for sense‑and‑avoid (SAA…
Aerospace
Lockheed unveils Vectis stealth CCA
Lockheed Vectis stealth CCA is now public after its reveal at the Air, Space & Cyber Conference 2025. Skunk Works says it will build and flight‑test the Group 5…
Industry
MARNAV Block 2 resilient PNT demos set tone
The U.S. Marine Corps is pushing ahead with MARNAV Block 2 resilient PNT vendor demonstrations aimed at fielding M‑Code, NAVWAR‑ready, drop‑in replacements for…
Land
Army 3D‑printed parts approval speeds repairs
The U.S. Army has moved to delegate frontline approval for additively manufactured components, enabling commanders to authorize and field small replacements wit…
Land
Russia unveils Sarma 300mm MLRS
Russia has publicly shown the Sarma MLRS, a 300mm multiple launch rocket system on the KamAZ‑63501 (8×8) armored chassis, during President Vladimir Putin’s visi…
Aerospace
DAFI 99‑103 test and evaluation update: what changes
The U.S. Department of the Air Force has rewritten its core DAFI 99‑103 test and evaluation instruction, issuing a Guidance Memorandum on 22 August 2025. The me…
Industry
Taiwan’s Barracuda‑500 Goes Local
Why this matters now Taipei has crossed an important line. The Barracuda‑500 Taiwan missile—an autonomous, low‑cost cruise missile designed by Anduril—will now…
Aerospace
Defence Agenda Evening Brief — 19 September 2025
19 September 2025, 09:00 (Europe/Istanbul) Executive Summary This week’s signals cluster around three arcs: (1) combat mass at cost from DSEI—MBDA’s SPEAR GLIDE…
Analysis
NATO’s New Underwater Mission Network
Interoperability for the underwater fight—now on a NATO timeline NATO has tasked a Saab‑led consortium, MANGROVE, to deliver the Allied Underwater Battlespace M…
Aerospace
IRYDA Plus: Poland’s Unmanned Drone‑Fighter
Poland has unveiled the IRYDA Plus unmanned counter-drone fighter—a pilotless interceptor positioned to tackle mini‑UAVs, drone swarms and loitering munitions w…
Space
ISO 24113 revision could reset space‑debris rules
NASA and ISO delegates are moving to accelerate the next update of the ISO 24113 space debris standard, a quiet but consequential change that could alter compli…