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General Secretariat of the Gulf Cooperation Council Mar 13, 2026 General Secretariat – Riyadh His Excellency Mr Jasem Mohamed Albudaiwi, Secretary General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), affirmed that the joint ministerial meetings held separately with Jordan, Egypt, Morocco, and the United Kingdom have achieved positive results in enhancing bilateral relations. He praised their supportive and unwavering positions in standing with the GCC states against brutal Iranian aggressions. Joint ministerial meetings were held today, Thursday, March 12, 2026, via videoconference, between the GCC and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, the Arab Republic of Egypt, the Kingdom of Morocco, and…

News March 13, 2026 Lisa Daigle Assistant Managing Editor Military Embedded Systems U.S. Air National Guard photo LYSTRUP, Denmark. Defense/aerospace manufacturer Terma announced that it delivered new advanced defensive capabilities to the Franco-German Binational Air Transport Squadron (BATS), systems aimed at enhancing the protection of the squadron’s fleet of C-130J-30 aircraft.  Terma’s system — according to the company’s announcement — enables aircraft operators the ability to upgrade their systems in a modular fashion as technologies and operational requirements evolve.  The core of the aircraft survivability suite is Terma’s Defensive Aids Controller (DAC), which is designed to be both sensor- and…

Setermoen, Norway — Following their success in Ukraine, Arctic nations are assessing whether first-person-view drones could be deployed on Arctic battlefields. Roughly 240 kilometers north of the Arctic Circle, two soldiers — part of the Norwegian Armed Forces’ long-range reconnaissance unit — were imperceptible from their position deep in the woods during NATO’s Cold Response 2026 exercise.One of the only clues of their presence was a small, grey, first-person-view drone lying on the snow — a stark contrast to their all-white uniforms. The drone in question is an American system, the Skydio X10D, which is also used by Ukrainian forces.…

Exploiting the current growth in defence acquisitions, Leonardo numbers are on the increase and the trend is there to stay for the years ahead, however in the long term the company looks at the global security market to balance a potential decrease in defence orders, that might follow the hoped-for end of many of the conflicts currently underway The order intake data are certainly the key parameter to forecast a company evolution, and the estimated values for Leonardo are on the rise. It is to note that all following data do not include the IDV consolidation, which should happen on…

India – Press Information Bureau Department of Atomic Energy Posted On: 11 MAR 2026 4:51PM by PIB Delhi Under the Nuclear Energy Mission announced in the Union Budget 2025-26, a total budgetary provision of ₹20,000 crore has been made for the research, design, development, and deployment of Small Modular Reactors (SMRs). Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) has undertaken design and development works on SMRs namely, 220 MWe Bharat Small Modular Reactor (BSMR-200), 55 MWe Small Modular Reactor (SMR-55), and Up to 5 MWth High temperature gas cooled reactor meant for hydrogen generation. The lead units of these…

The Defense Department is planning more multiyear deals and expects they’ll help smooth kinks in fragile supply chains. But the way prime contractors manage their suppliers, and the  potential for bottlenecks, could stall progress. Quadrupling munitions production “takes leadership—and I think we’ve got that in the [defense] secretary and the deputy. I think it takes money. I think it takes commitment,” Michael Duffey, the Pentagon’s acquisitions and sustainment chief, said Thursday during the Ronald Reagan Institute’s national security summit. Duffey said multi-year procurement deals, such as recent ones with Lockheed Martin and RTX, have helped create “a trust level with industry because…

On occasion of the presentation of the Industrial Plan 2026-2030, the CEO and General Director of Leonardo, Roberto Cingolani, has provided some more details on the development and timeframe of implementation of the Group’s first proprietary constellation for Earth observation named “Space Guardian”, which initial launch window is planned for the end of 2027. EDR On-Line obtained additional information on the space programme aside of the presentation event, with a document provided by Leonardo after requests of information submitted since its unveiling in March 2025 A next-generation space infrastructure, “unique of its kind also thanks to its convergence with digital…

NEW YORK, New York — March 10, 2026 — Persistent Systems, LLC (“Persistent”), a global leader in secure mobile ad hoc networking (MANET) technology, announced that the UK Ministry of Defence has selected the Wave Relay® MANET, including the MPU5 tactical communication system, in support of Project CAIN, a key modernization effort for the British Army. Awarded through Persistent’s UK partner and authorized distributor Steatite Ltd., the program will deliver MPU5 radios, Rugged Display & Controllers (RDCs), and associated Dismount Kit equipment to the 16 Air Assault Brigade Combat Team, the UK’s rapidly deployable, first-to-fight airborne formation. As part of…

Anatolii Maksymov, an expert at the Ukrainian Security and Cooperation Centre and Middle East analyst, said Iran’s asymmetric military strategy is placing growing pressure on the United States and its regional partners as the conflict spreads across the Persian Gulf and surrounding energy infrastructure. In a published analysis of the ongoing confrontation, Maksymov argues that […]

This is the second part (I, II) of our somewhat silly look about the plausibility of warfare in Frank Herbert’s Dune. Last week, we looked at the system of warfare that is dominant in the setting when the first book opens: warfare among the Great Houses. While I noted some worldbuilding issues I see – some of the physics doesn’t quite work out, I don’t think lasers are satisfactorily dealt with and the implied social system doesn’t seem even remotely stable– we’re going to accept for this part that the system works more or less as Herbert describes it. The…