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Footage reveals Ukraine’s 123rd Territorial Defence Brigade using an Unmanned Surface Vehicle (USV) to deploy a Roboneers Rys UGV on the Russian-held Kinburn Split, marking a breakthrough in automated cross-domain naval operations. The Ukrainian armed forces have reportedly conducted a groundbreaking amphibious raid against Russian-held positions at the Kinburn Split. Executed entirely by unmanned vehicles operating across the sea, land, and air domains, the operation marks the first completely automated amphibious assault in military history conducted under wartime conditions. The raid, reportedly conducted by Ukraine’s 123rd Territorial Defence brigade, was done by delivering a unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) on a…

Paris, France, 14 July 2026 – At the inaugural meeting of the anti-ballistic coalition at the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs, Airbus Defence and Space, Destinus, MBDA Deutschland, Safran Electronics & Defense, and Thales today signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) to establish the Bliksem EXO Consortium, a multinational European industrial partnership for the development, qualification, industrial scale production, and support of Bliksem EXO. The signing took place in the presence of Rob Jetten, Prime Minister of the Netherlands. Bliksem EXO is conceived as a sovereign European exo-atmospheric interceptor system against medium- and intermediate-range ballistic missile threats, including…

On July 7-8, NATO held its 36th official summit in Ankara, Turkey. There were several consequential topics to discuss at this year’s meeting, chief among them the wars in Ukraine and Iran and the uncertain future of European defense and security. We asked five experts to assess the outcomes of the summit for the various parties involved.Liviu HorovitzAssociate Researcher at German Institute for Security and International AffairsThe key takeaway from Ankara is that even President Donald Trump is struggling to escape NATO’s strategic logic. He arrived attacking allies and questioning the alliance’s value, yet left reaffirming Article 5 and praising…

Just two years ago, hackers were tapping into generative artificial intelligence to probe targets, translate technical material and troubleshoot malicious code. The technology sped up some key parts of a cyber operation, but other stages remained solely in human hands.That line is now beginning to blur. In a range of cyberattacks observed over the past year, AI systems generated commands, tested vulnerabilities, and helped hackers move through victim networks, sometimes carrying out thousands of commands with less human direction than researchers had previously seen, according to research released Monday night by cybersecurity firm Check Point.It means AI has now been…

Credit: WB GroupDefense Feeds, Gdynia – Poland is continuing to expand its investment in maritime autonomy after successfully evaluating the StormRider naval drone alongside one of its frontline frigates during a Baltic Sea exercise.The demonstration focused on integrating live intelligence collected by the unmanned aircraft directly into NATO-compatible networks, giving commanders faster access to information without relying solely on the sensors carried aboard surface warships.The trial reflects a broader transformation taking place across allied navies. Rather than treating drones as separate reconnaissance assets, many fleets are now integrating them into routine shipboard operations, allowing commanders to extend their surveillance range…

Recovery teams from the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency traveled over the weekend to China to renew searches for the remains of missing service members ahead of projected budget cuts that would severely curtail future missions.The mission to China was expected to last through early September, with an investigative team working in Hunan province while field operations are conducted in Guangshi province bordering Vietnam, according to DPAA officials.The presence of a new recovery team in China marked another milestone in the slow evolution of China’s cooperation on the MIA issue since agreeing in 2008 to give limited access to records of…

The U.S. Army is relocating the 116th Military Intelligence Brigade, the service’s only fixed-wing aerial intelligence brigade, to Texas as part of a modernization effort centered on the forthcoming High Accuracy Detection and Exploitation System, or HADES, the Army announced on Monday. The restructuring will also create the Army’s first operational unmanned aircraft system, or UAS, battalion at Fort Hood, where new hangars will support the larger HADES jet aircraft. The move will begin in Fiscal Year 2027, when the brigade headquarters and two battalions relocate to the installation, followed by the remaining battalion and companies the following fiscal year.…

When the European Union announced its unprecedented defense investment agenda last year, many in America questioned whether Europe would deliver. Some argued we were too slow to rearm, too fragmented to strengthen our defense industry, or too accustomed to relying on U.S. military power. One year later, Europe’s answer is not a press release or promise. It is budgets approved, production expanding, procurement accelerating, and capabilities being delivered.This is not a temporary surge. It is a structural shift to taking care of our own backyard. It will take time, to be sure, but the tracks are laid and the train…

PARIS — Ukraine has agreed on a plan to acquire 16 Rafale fighter jets from France together with the accompanying weapon systems, French President Emmanuel Macron said at a press conference here late Monday following a meeting of the group of countries that have pledged support to Ukraine.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Macron agreed on a roadmap between their two countries that also includes the acquisition of a first batch of SAMP/T NG air-defense batteries, complementing systems and their missiles to be delivered in coming weeks, Macron said. France will also provide radar systems and additional missiles, the president said.The…

The Medicare Physician Fee Schedule favors services with separately billable professional and technical components, allocating indirect practice expense (PE) using the sum of physician work and clinical labor. For most other services, indirect PE depends only on physician work. This report shows that revising the allocation to depend on both physician work and clinical labor for all services is a straightforward approach to align payments. This research was sponsored by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and conducted in the Financing and Organization Program of RAND Health.This publication is part of the RAND research report series. Research reports present…