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Major military installations in the United States are unprotected from drone attacks, despite policies that mandate otherwise, a Pentagon watchdog report warns.The problem appears to be bureaucratic confusion over which bases should be covered, according to a Jan. 20 Department of Defense Inspector General report. The result is some startling lapses in counter-unmanned aerial system defenses, even at installations that have experienced multiple drone incursions.For example, Luke Air Force Base, Arizona, “where F-35 training takes place for 75 percent of the world’s F-35 pilots, is not designated as a covered facility or asset,” according to the report. RELATEDUnder Section 130i,…

United States and Bahraini forces conducted a live-fire counter-drone exercise in Bahrain on January 26, 2026, during which a U.S. mine-resistant ambush protected (MRAP) vehicle fired a Mobile-Low, Slow, Small-Unmanned Aircraft Integrated Defeat System (M-LIDS) interceptor at a fixed-wing aerial target, U.S. Central Command reported. The training event took place inside the U.S. Central Command […]

The top Democrat and Republican on the Senate Finance Committee are asking the Social Security Administration to elaborate on a recent court filing which stated that SSA doesn’t know the full extent of agency data accessed and shared by the Department of Government Efficiency.In a letter to SSA Commissioner Frank Bisignano, Sens. Michael Crapo, R-Idaho, and Ron Wyden, D-Ore., asked for a briefing on the recent court disclosure, writing that “we take very seriously the SSA’s stewardship of any personally identifiable information (PII) in its purview.”The government filed the disclosure, dated Jan. 16 and signed by a Justice Department official,…

January 27, 2026 – The Israel Ministry of Defense (IMOD) Defense Procurement Directorate (DPD) has issued a multi-year order for air munitions manufactured by Elbit Systems, valued at approximately $183 million (NIS 570 million).  The agreement, signed by IMOD Director General Maj. Gen. (Res.) Amir Baram will expand Israel’s defense industrial base and strengthen the IDF’s capabilities for the immediate future and the challenging security decade ahead. This initiative is part of the strategic approach led by Defense Minister Israel Katz and the Ministry’s Director General. Defense Minister Israel Katz: “Expanding Israel’s defense industrial base is a top-tier security and…

In collaboration with the US Army’s 25th Infantry Division (25ID), CPE C3N, multiple US Army stakeholders and several industry partners including Raft and Accelint, Lockheed Martin has delivered and successfully demonstrated the first iteration of a Next Generation Command and Control (NGC2) prototype, the company announced on 23 January 2026. The demonstration took place during the 25ID’s ‘Lightning Surge 1’ exercise, which took place from 20 to 22 January at Schofield Barracks in Hawaii. The 25ID is one of two US Army divisions selected to experiment with NGC2, which is the army’s effort to fundamentally change how digital mission command is conducted utilising a common data layer to provide a continuous…

DIGIT Mission Assurance Platform provides decision support for autonomous and manned naval operations. Credit: © Integer Technologies, LLC. Integer Technologies has introduced its DIGIT Mission Assurance Platform, designed to support decision-making and mission planning for naval vessels operating in distributed maritime environments. DIGIT Mission Assurance Platform supports both autonomous and human-in-the-loop operations. It aims to maintain operational capability in denied, degraded, intermittent, and limited (DDIL) communication scenarios. Discover B2B Marketing That Performs Combine business intelligence and editorial excellence to reach engaged professionals across 36 leading media platforms. Find out more The platform employs high-fidelity digital twins and real-time environmental forecasting,…

Leonardo Rheinmetall Military Vehicles (LRMV) has delivered the first four Lynx KF-41 infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs) to the Italian Army. They were delivered on 27 January 2026 at the Italian Army’s Multifuncional Experimentation Centre in Montelibretti, just northeast of Rome. This first delivery marks the official launch of the Army Armoured Combat Systems (A2CS) programme, for which an initial contract for the acquisition of 21 new ‘A2CS Combat’ vehicles was signed at the end of last year. The ceremony was held in the presence of the Italian Defence Minister Guido Crosetto, the Chief of Staff of the Italian Army, General…

WASHINGTON — The Navy needs to jumpstart its F/A-XX stealth fighter program, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Daryl Caudle said today, because the rapid spread of advanced anti-aircraft systems means adversaries like Iran are increasingly able to shoot down the Navy’s current mainstay F-18s. “When things heated up in Iran, guess who steamed over there, right? It was the United States Navy and the [USS] Abraham Lincoln strike group,” Caudle said. “Imagine what that looks like in ten years from now, with a different Iran, with different capability [that] can go against the F-18 capabilities of today.” (It’s not clear…

January 27, 2026 DSIT Solutions is proud to launch GhostFin, its unique multi-mission sonar suite for UUVs. Delivering advanced surveillance capabilities, GhostFin narrows the gap between unmanned vehicles and traditional submarines. Providing Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) and Anti-Surface Warfare (AsuW) solutions for UUVs, GhostFin comprises an active array and 2-sided Flank Array Sonars (FAS), a passive Towed Array Sonar (TAS), and a Bow Array Sonar (BAS). The system’s modular and compact design allows integration with a wide range of UUVs. Optimal configurations of sensors can be tailored to specific platform dimensions and operational requirements – from medium-sized UUVs to large-displacement and…

The TWZ Newsletter Weekly insights and analysis on the latest developments in military technology, strategy, and foreign policy. One of the most enigmatic weapons in the arsenal of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF), the PL-17 very long-range air-to-air missile, appears to have been shown for the first time at close quarters. The missile has been around for a relatively long time, but next to no official details about it have been released. Meanwhile, the threat that it and other Chinese air-to-air missiles pose has triggered a flurry of weapons development in the United States. As is often…