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Patria has concluded a Memorandum of Understanding with Polish company Bydgoskie Zakłady Elektromechaniczne BELMA S.A. to evaluate potential cooperation related to BELMA’s products within Patria TRACKX armoured tracked vehicle solution. The purpose of the cooperation is to exchange relevant information to assess and pursue opportunities for combining Patria TRACKX with BELMA’s modular mine-laying system. The objective is to support future sales opportunities, develop competitive customer offerings and identify mutually beneficial business opportunities. The cooperation will support Patria’s aim of expanding armoured vehicle cooperation with Polish defence companies. A preliminary solution combining the Patria TRACKX flatbed variant with BELMA’s mine-laying system…

The Pentagon has decided which company will make the U.S. Navy’s next-generation stealth fighter and could announce the winner in the coming weeks or sooner, two people briefed on the matter said.Boeing and Northrop Grumman are competing for the contract, which previous programs of similar scope suggest could be worth tens of billions of dollars over its lifetime.The program, currently unnamed but designated F/A-XX, has been buffeted by delays and funding disputes for years. Some Pentagon officials had sought to delay it by up to three years, citing concerns about engineering and supply chain capacity. Congress pushed back, earmarking $750…

September 08 , 2026, Israel – ImageSat International (TASE: ISI), a global leader in space-based intelligence solutions, today unveiled EROS NOVA, its next-generation Very-Very-High-Resolution (VVHR) Earth observation satellite. Designed to deliver imagery at a native resolution of 25 cm, EROS NOVA will provide an exceptional level of visual detail from space, supporting precise intelligence collection, identification and analysis for defense, intelligence and strategic applications. EROS NOVA represents the latest evolution of ISI’s satellite portfolio, combining advanced VVHR and SWIR capabilities, video collection, and onboard AI. Designed around the evolving requirements of modern intelligence organizations, the satellite will provide users with…

The Department of Veterans Affairs will mark the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks by hosting volunteer events on Saturday, Sept. 12, at more than 144 locations, including national cemeteries, VA-funded facilities and private cemeteries, beautifying the grounds to honor the fallen. The VA has held events on Patriot Day, as the date was declared by Congress in December 2001, to honor the 47 veterans and family members killed in the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, as well as the more than 16,000 veterans who have died since and are interred at VA national cemeteries. “As our nation marks…

FORT BELVOIR, Va.— AI is “dramatically lowering the barrier” to creating biological weapons, according to the Army’s updated biodefense strategy—even as it gives commanders and troops a better picture of how biological threats, both natural and manmade, will shape future battlefields, service officials say.The new strategy aims to prepare the Army to “deploy, fight, and win decisively in a bio-contested environment” by 2035, via new training, advanced early warning, and hardened equipment. But its leaders and bio-threat experts are already working to overhaul how the service thinks about and responds to biological threats. AI will be central to this new…

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Tuesday afternoon that seeks to give veterans quicker access to benefits and services by enhancing data sharing between the Pentagon and the Department of Veterans Affairs, requiring a review of relevant information technology contracts and deploying new digital tools to process claims.The order gives the Department of Defense 30 days to ensure all current servicemembers’ military personnel files, health records and service treatment records are shared with the VA as soon as they are released or discharged from military service. It currently takes 90 to 180 days for records to be exchanged when service members transition…

Patch 3.02 for Tekken 8 added Bob to the game. He’s the second DLC fighter to join via Season 3 after Kunimitsu. It would seem that Bandai Namco has recently become aware of a few bugs within Tekken 8 that are in need of being addressed. It’s been announced that a new patch is set to drop tonight as a result. According to Bandai Namco, the patch is set to…

VIENNA — Saab has received a new contract worth approximately SEK 2.9 billion (roughly $303 million) from Sweden’s Defense Materiel Administration, FMV, to continue conceptual work on the country’s future fighter system, the company announced in a statement Wednesday.The deal’s work period runs from 2026 to 2028, with options extending into 2029 and 2030, and builds on agreements signed in 2024 and 2025.According to Saab, the work covers flying and ground-based demonstrators, advanced studies and the development of future system concepts for both manned and unmanned platforms. The company says the program is meant to strengthen Sweden’s capabilities in systems…

A British Army soldier from 216 (Parachute) Signals Squadron operates an L3Harris UK/PRC-325 high frequency backpack radio while deployed in Afghanistan. This radio formed part of the wider Bowman tactical communications, and command and control system which is now being replaced. (UK MOD)In June the United Kingdom’s Ministry of Defence awarded the first contract under its Tactical Communications Framework procurement vehicle.The Tactical Communications Framework (TCF) is an eight-year project which provides “central government and wider public sector organisations with specialised military grade tactical communications and information systems”, according to the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD). Worth around $11 billion the…

A drone that costs a fraction of the target it threatens can create a surprisingly complicated problem. That simple economic equation helps explain why the best kamikaze drones have become such a closely watched part of modern warfare.The term “kamikaze drone” is often used broadly, covering everything from relatively simple one-way attack drones to sophisticated loitering munitions that can search for targets before committing to an attack.They don’t all do the same job, and that distinction matters. A long-range system designed to strike infrastructure is solving a very different problem from a compact loitering munition hunting battlefield equipment.The biggest lesson…