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V-BAT is a Group 3 vertical take-off and landing UAS. Credit: © Shield AI. India has chosen Shield AI to supply V-BAT uncrewed aerial systems (UAS) and licences for the company’s Hivemind autonomy software, which will be integrated into the V-BAT platform for the Indian Army. The agreement includes the procurement of V-BAT aircraft, as well as access to Shield AI’s Hivemind autonomy software development kit (SDK). Discover B2B Marketing That Performs Combine business intelligence and editorial excellence to reach engaged professionals across 36 leading media platforms. Find out more Shield AI stated that the SDK will allow selected partners…

Embraer’s KC-390 platform isn’t just a tanker, a transport or a medevac. It’s all those things – and more. The aircraft is designed to be transformed between capabilities in a matter of hours, not days, allowing for flexibility based on current mission needs. In this video, Breaking Defense examines the platform, its capabilities and how it can shift between missions quickly and effectively.

Russian UAS Geran (Shahed) on city street before the Victory Day parade in Moscow. Credit: Shutterstock / Oleg Elkov. Ukraine’s Defence Minister praised SpaceX’s “swift response” amid reports that Russia leveraged Starlink satellite systems It has been suggested that Russian forces used the LEO constellation to extend the range of its BM-35 attack drones to 500 kilometres It may not be the first time Russia equipped its drones with Starlink following Ukrainian intelligence reports that Starlink enabled Shaheds in 2024 and Molniya units last month Ukraine’s new Defence Minister Mykhailo Federov praised US broadband provider SpaceX today (29 January) for…

South Korea has completed deployment of the second performance upgrade of its Army Tactical Command Information System (ATCIS), finalizing fielding of the modernized command-and-control network to frontline units, the Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) announced on January 26. According to DAPA, the upgrade program has been successfully concluded and the system is now fully operational […]

It has recently come to our attention that some antiquated settings on our company email account have been preventing communications outgoing from us to reach some folks with Gmail accounts, and it is possible that the same issue may have affected other emails as well. We apologize for this. If you have tried to contact us and not heard back from us it is probably due to this issue. We are currently trying to go back through communications from the past several months to determine the extent of the problem and to contact folks who may have not received updates…

The U.S. Air Force has chosen the 319th Reconnaissance Wing at Grand Forks Air Force Base, North Dakota, to spearhead efforts to counter small-drone threats at U.S. military installations, the service announced earlier this month.The initiative, dubbed the Point Defense Battle Lab, will focus on developing and maintaining air supremacy over small unmanned aircraft systems, to include first person view drones, according to a Jan. 8 release. The 184th Wing of the Kansas Air National Guard will provide support to the project, bringing expertise in aerial tracking, surveillance and reconnaissance. In addition to countering drone threats, the effort will focus…

Kayla Harrison is on the road to recovery.The reigning UFC bantamweight champion recently underwent surgery to address a neck injury and she showed off a post-procedure scar Thursday via an Instagram post from her gym, American Top Team.Check out the photo below.Harrison announced she would undergo surgery ahead of a title defense against the returning Amanda Nunes that was scheduled to take place at UFC 324 in Las Vegas this past Saturday. The two-time Olympic gold medal-winning judoka was forced to withdraw from the highly anticipated bout, which is expected to be rescheduled, according to UFC CEO Dana White.A timetable…

After examining more than a hundred wargames and tabletop exercises, the conclusion is unavoidable: The US joint force has a logistics problem. And it does not stem from a lack of effort, insight, or participation. Rather, the real problem is that the board has not moved. Despite repeated play, the joint force’s game pieces—force design choices, posture decisions, assumptions about operational feasibility, and risk decisions—remain largely unchanged, even as wargames have begun to advance the decomposition of contested environments and illuminate the real-world logistics challenges US forces will face under congested and contested conditions. Across the Department of Defense, industry,…

The soft-pedal rollout of the National Defense Strategy—a Friday-night email to press as the Washington, D.C., area braced for a crippling snowstorm—has experts wondering whether there’s an implementation plan to go with it.“My real cynical take is the strategy isn’t worth the paper it’s written on because the president’s going to do whatever he wants and he’s not going to even try to adhere to it, which might be why it was released with such little fanfare,” said Stacie Pettyjohn, a CNAS senior fellow with the Center for a New American Security, which hosted a Wednesday discussion on the strategy.And…

A featherweight championship rematch headlined Saturday’s UFC 325 fight card in Sydney, Australia. Two-time titleholder Alexander Volkanovski puts his title on the line against Diego Lopes.Volkanovski and Lopes first fought last April in the UFC 314 main event. “The Great” won via unanimous decision to become a two-time featherweight titleholder. The rematch will be Volkanovski’s first title defense of his second championship reign. Lopes picked up a TKO win over Jean Silva in September to earn a second fight against the champion.Former welterweight titleholder Belal Muhammad believes Volkanovski put in a near perfect performance in the first fight with Lopes and needs…