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GM200 MMA radars. Credit: Thales. The Qatar Emiri Air Force has placed an order for Ground Master 200 (GM200) MM/A and Ground Master 400 Alpha (GM400α) radars with Thales to enhance the country’s airspace control capabilities. The order was signed at the DIMDEX Exhibition in Doha, held from 19 to 22 January 2026. Discover B2B Marketing That Performs Combine business intelligence and editorial excellence to reach engaged professionals across 36 leading media platforms. Find out more The GM200 MM/A is designed for aerial multi-mission operations and can track small targets at distances of up to 350 kilometres. The GM400α radar…

For nearly 30 years, I have worked inside the Department of Veterans Affairs adjudicating disability claims for veterans and their families. For more than 13 of those years, I have also served as an employee advocate with the American Federation of Government Employees at VA Central Office. Those roles have given me a rare vantage point into the VA’s culture, priorities and values. I have worked under secretaries appointed by both Democrats and Republicans, alongside employees across disciplines and job series. One thing has always been constant: VA employees are deeply committed to serving our nation’s veterans. Today, that commitment is…

JERUSALEM — Israeli defense giant Elbit Systems has selected startup Lowental Hybrid to supply a new hybrid-electric engine small enough to fit in tactical drones, aiming for a breakthrough that could significantly extend the range of unmanned systems, Lowental Hybrid announced Wednesday. “This achievement reflects how close cooperation between innovative startups and established defense leaders can accelerate meaningful progress in the UAV domain,” CEO of Lowental Hybrid Doron Fridman told Breaking Defense. The company said in a statement that “the long-term agreement spanning a decade includes development, procurement, and services, with an initial scope of approximately $1.4 million, followed by…

The Army is now accepting applications for a new enlisted career track focused entirely on space operations, formalizing a role that has until now, relied on soldiers temporarily assigned from other branches. The new military occupational specialty, MOS 40D Tactical Space Operations Specialist, will be officially established Oct. 1, according to an Army press release published Tuesday, and is open to soldiers in grades E-4 through E-9 across the active-duty Army, National Guard and Army Reserve.“This is the first space-specific MOS for enlisted soldiers, and it couldn’t have come at a better time,” Lt. Gen. Sean Gainey, commanding general of…

“Mission Accomplished” — the banner behind President George W. Bush while aboard the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln — grandly declared that invasion of Iraq, launched just 26 days prior, on March 20, 2003, was over. “Major combat operations in Iraq have ended,” Bush said at the time. “The battle of Iraq is one victory in a war on terror that began on Sept. 11, 2001, and still goes on.” The White House eventually shifted what it said the banner’s intent was, claiming instead that the phrase was noting the carrier’s completion of its deployment. The invasion, meanwhile, consisting…

As nations increasingly develop and deploy dual-use space systems — those capable of serving both civilian and military objectives — the international community may consider governance mechanisms to address their potential risks, including miscalculation and escalation in space. This report marks the first phase of a three-year project aimed at assessing those risks and offering policy recommendations to the United States and its allies on the development and enforcement of a global governance regime. In this report, the authors present the findings of a literature review in which they examined the landscape of national approaches to dual-use space systems across…

PRAGUE — Germany is spearheading an initiative to create a “two-speed” European Union, proposing that a core group of six major economies bypass the bloc’s traditional consensus-based decision-making to accelerate defense cooperation and industrial competitiveness amid mounting geopolitical pressures.German Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil and his French counterpart, Roland Lescure, jointly convened finance ministers from Poland, Spain, Italy and the Netherlands on Jan. 28 for a video conference to establish what is being called the E6 format of the six leading European economies.“Now is the time for a Europe of two speeds,” Klingbeil said at a Berlin event ahead of the…

Elbit America to Continue Delivering Night Vision Systems to USMC through 2027 Squad Binocular Night Vision Goggle systems allow Marines superior situational awareness no matter where the mission takes place FORT WORTH, TEXAS – Jan. 28, 2026 – Elbit Systems of America (Elbit America) received a delivery order valued at approximately $74.4 million for Squad Binocular Night Vision Goggle (SBNVG) systems from Marine Corps Systems Command. The SBNVG systems will be produced at the company’s facility in Roanoke, Virginia through 2027. The delivery order was placed under a multi-year Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (ID/IQ) contract valued at roughly $500 million secured…

“The Highlight” Justin Gaethje won the interim lightweight title last Saturday, defeating Paddy Pimblett via unanimous decision in the UFC 324 main event.Pimblett was knocked down and badly hurt several times throughout the bout but managed to stay in the fight and inflict damage until the end. Despite losing to Gaethje, UFC commentator and former two-division champion Daniel Cormier believes Pimblett won over fans and silenced the doubters. “Very rarely does a guy elevate in a loss as much as I believe Paddy Pimblett will elevate in this loss,” Cormier said on his YouTube channel. “So many people wanted to call him a hype job. So…

Product January 28, 2026 Image: Holt Integrated Circuits ALISO VIEJO, Calif. Holt Integrated Circuits announced the launch of its HI-85104, what is says is the world’s first quad ARINC 429 line driver, a part that Holt describes as enabling aerospace designers to achieve higher channel density while reducing board area, component count, and design complexity. The HI-85104 integrates four fully independent ARINC 429 transmit channels into a compact 6 mm × 6 mm QFN package, replacing four discrete single-channel line drivers with a single device. Compared to traditional implementations, the HI-85104 can reduce board area by up to 30%, making it ideal for space-constrained, high-channel-count applications such…