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Rendition of Mexico’s C-130J-30 Super Hercules. Credit: Lockheed Martin Aeronautics/PRNewswire. Mexico has become the first Latin American nation to acquire the Lockheed Martin C-130J-30 Super Hercules tactical airlifter, according to a recent announcement from the Fuerza Aérea Mexicana (FAM). According to the Mexican Air Force, the acquisition represents the first of two international C-130J contract awards to be finalised in 2025, with details of the second customer yet to be released. Discover B2B Marketing That Performs Combine business intelligence and editorial excellence to reach engaged professionals across 36 leading media platforms. Find out more Mexico now joins 24 countries operating…

WASHINGTON — The House approved a compromise $838.7 billion fiscal 2026 defense spending bill today, paving the way for final passage through the Senate next week. Lawmakers voted 341-88 on a largely bipartisan basis to push forward the defense budget, which was coupled with FY26 spending for several other departments. The funding proposal includes $8.4 billion more than the Pentagon’s request, falling short of the more than $50 billion in additional funding asked for by the department in the months since it sent its budget proposal to the Hill. Those funding requirements include $26.5 billion in funding discrepancies between its FY26 request…

US Navy guided missile destroyer USS Stockdale (DDG 106). Credit: © BAE Systems. BAE Systems has secured two contracts from the US Navy, with a combined value of $98m, to undertake scheduled modernisation work on two the Littoral Combat Ship USS Kansas City (LCS 22) and guided missile destroyer USS Stockdale (DDG 106). The maintenance activities for both vessels are set to begin in May 2026 at BAE Systems’ San Diego shipyard. Discover B2B Marketing That Performs Combine business intelligence and editorial excellence to reach engaged professionals across 36 leading media platforms. Find out more The company received a $37m…

Audio of this article is brought to you by the Air & Space Forces Association, honoring and supporting our Airmen, Guardians, and their families. Find out more at afa.org The Space Force’s small size has limited its capacity to consider what role it will play in future operations on and around the moon. That needs to change, according to Vice Chief of Operations Gen. Shawn Bratton. The service is in the midst of distilling its future operating needs into an “objective force” that lays out what platforms, support structures, and manpower will be required to maintain space superiority between now…

Rheinmetall and KNDS Deutschland have ordered 350 mtu engines from Rolls-Royce for new Boxer armoured vehicles. Credit: © Rolls-Royce plc. Rolls-Royce has secured orders to supply 350 maximum transmission unit (mtu) 199 series engines for Boxer armoured wheeled vehicles intended for the German Armed Forces (Bundeswehr) as well as other international customers. The orders, placed by Rheinmetall and KNDS Deutschland (KNDS), are for the 8-cylinder engines, each capable of producing either 530 or 600 kilowatts (Kw). Discover B2B Marketing That Performs Combine business intelligence and editorial excellence to reach engaged professionals across 36 leading media platforms. Find out more The…

BERLIN — Ukraine claims to have detained two Russian spies who were involved in scoping out the damage caused by Moscow’s Oreshnik ballistic missile in Lviv. Ukraine’s security service, the SBU, said in a statement the suspects were a 64-year-old from the southwestern Transcarpathia region of Ukraine and his 22-year-old unemployed neighbor. The arrest was announced in the morning of Thursday, local time. According to the SBU, the agents were working for Russia’s military intelligence, the GRU, and were tasked with collecting data on the damage done by the nuclear-capable Oreshnik cruise missile. The junior partner in the spy duo…

The Air Force expects to have a Boeing 747 gifted from Qatar ready to serve as an interim Air Force One presidential transport plane by this summer.In a statement to Defense News, an Air Force spokesperson said the service “remains committed to expediting delivery of the VC-25 bridge aircraft in support of the presidential airlift mission,” and the plane is on track to be delivered no later than summer 2026. Breaking Defense first reported the expected delivery plans for the Qatar plane.The Air Force declined to comment on what changes may have been made to the requirements for the Qatar…

The Norwegian Armed Forces, alongside about 3,000 United States Marines and other U.S. and NATO units, will conduct Exercise Cold Response 26 in northern Norway in March 2026, with allied forces beginning cold-weather training deployments as early as January, U.S. and Norwegian officials confirmed. The exercise is a Norwegian-led, routine winter drill designed to test […]

UMEX 2026— Day two of the Unmanned Systems Exhibition (UMEX) and Simulation and Training Exhibition (SIMTEX) in Abu Dhabi wrapped up with more deals awarded by the UAE military to local defense companies, valued at AED 1.4 billion ($403 million). An official spokesperson for the Tawazun Council for Defense Enablement, Manea Abdulkarim Al Mansoori, said three of the contracts signed by the Emirati Ministry of Defense on Wednesday were with the UAE’s leading defense giant, EDGE Group. The first was worth AED 1.396 billion ($380 million) for the purchase of an undisclosed number of heavy-lift, long-rang Anavia HT-750 drones. The…

Thousands of U.S. Marines are deploying to Norway this month to begin training for a NATO military exercise as President Donald Trump’s push to control Greenland continues to unsettle European leaders. The Norwegian-led drills, called Cold Response 26, will test the alliance’s ability to operate in the Arctic. “This exercise isn’t just about preparing for today’s threats,” Maj. Gen. Daniel L. Shipley, commander of U.S. Marine Corps Forces Europe and Africa, said in a statement. “It’s about building the capabilities and strengthening the capacity necessary to deter future aggression and safeguard our shared interests.” Around 3,000 Marines from Camp Lejeune,…