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Australia delivers Abrams tanks to Ukraine for war with Russia

Volodymyr Zelenskyy · Ukraine

Australia delivers Abrams tanks to Ukraine for war with Russia

48% Left coverage: 31 sources

France, Italy reportedly opt out of US-NATO arms deal for Ukraine

France, Italy reportedly opt out of US-NATO arms deal for Ukraine

58% Left coverage: 12 sources

France declined to join the plan because of President Emmanuel Macron's push for European nations to strengthen their own defense industries by purchasing domestically produced arms, Politico reported, citing French officials.See the Story

China Expands Military Operations Across the Pacific: Report

Anthony Albanese · Australia

China Expands Military Operations Across the Pacific: Report

50% Center coverage: 8 sources

China is expanding its military footprint across the Pacific, conducting simultaneous aircraft carrier drills and dispatching naval vessels into new waters, according to a new report by The Wall Street Journal. In June, Chinese carriers performed joint operations near Japan’s Iwo Jima, marking the first time a Chinese carrier moved beyond the second island chain. Chinese ships also circled Australia earlier this year, performing live-fire drills…See the Story

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US Needs to Prepare Markets for the Risk of a Chinese Invasion of Taiwan

Army’s Typhon Missile System Strikes at-Sea Target During Milestone Launch

67% Center coverage: 3 sources

The U.S. Army fired its mid-range missile system, Typhon, from Australia for the first time this week, striking a maritime target during the ongoing Talisman Sabre exercise.Aircraft · Australia See the Story

US clears Norway to purchase $2.6B worth of HH-60W helicopters

80% Right coverage: 5 sources

Oslo’s purchase of the HH-60W could help extend the helicopter’s production line after the US Air Force moved to end procurement of the platform in 2022.Helicopters · Norway See the Story

L3 Officially Reveals Wolf Family of Mini Cruise Missiles - Overt Defense

On July 17, L3Harris officially revealed their Wolf family of launched effects which aims to address the growing market for mini-cruise-missile style systems that are being sought by the US Army and USMC. The system is intended to extend the range of attack helicopters out to ~370km which is a stunning increase in range from the 8km range of the Hellfire and even the Spike-NLOS interim Long-Range Precision Munition which ranges out to 32km. This…U.S. Army · United States Read Article

CMMT Cruise Missile Flight Tested in Multiple Configurations

On July 16, Lockheed Martin announced it had successfully flight tested two variants of its Common Multi-Mission Truck (CMMT). The CMMT is a modular family of air vehicles intended to dramatically reduce the cost and development time of cruise missiles, advanced decoys, and small ISR aircraft. Concept art showing CMMT-D being deployed from C-130s via rapid dragon (LMT) The first variant tested was CMMT-D which flew in May of this year. This comp…Lockheed Martin · United States Read Article

SPRINT: Bell to Build X-Plane that Transforms Between Rotor and Jet Power

Bell has won Phase 1 of DARPA’s Speed and Runway Independent Technologies (SPRINT) program which seeks to develop the next-generation of vertical take off and landing aircraft. Phase 1 was limited to preliminary engineering work and now the winner, Bell, will move on to Phase 2 which will involve maturing the design and building a flight worthy X-Plane. A model of Bell’s HSVTOL during wind tunnel testing, its rotors can be seen folded. These tes…Holloman Air Force Base · Holloman Air Force Base Read Article

Army Hands Anduril $100 Million OTA for NGC2 Prototype

67% Right coverage: 3 sources

The Army has awarded Anduril a $99.6 million contract to lead a prototyping effort that will yield a Next Generation Command and Control architecture for the 4th Infantry Division within a year, moving the service a step closer toward scaling its network to the division-level. NGC2 is the Army’s sweeping network modernization program designed as a four-layered technology stack to include “transport, infrastructure, data and applications,” allow…U.S. Army · United States See the Story

Royal Malaysian Navy Launches Second Maharaja Lela-Class Frigate KD Raja Muda Nala

On 3 July 2025, the Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) officially launched its second Maharaja Lela-class frigate (KD Raja Muda Nala) during a ceremony at the Lumut Naval Shipyard. The Queen Consort of Selangor (Tengku Permaisuri Norashikin) attended the ceremony and performed a naming ritual with sanctified water and officially named the ship after Raja Muda Nala (an 18th-century Selangor prince). The event underlined Malaysia’s pride in its home-grown…Selangor, Malaysia · Selangor Read Article

French Navy Commissions Tourville Suffren-Class Nuclear Submarine

The French Navy has commissioned its newest the new Suffren-class submarine, Tourville (S637) on 12 July. It is the third of six Suffren-class SSNs planned for the French fleet and was originally delivered late last year, on 16 November 2024. Tourville was built by Naval Group and was laid down in June 2011 at Cherbourg and launched in July 2024. The submarine is named after 17th century French admiral Anne Hilarion de Tourville and will replace…Cherbourg, Normandy · Cherbourg Read Article

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