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News July 06, 2026 Dan Taylor Technology Editor Military Embedded Systems GCAP fighter concept via Leonardo READING, United Kingdom. Edgewing won an 18-month, £4.6 billion contract from the Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP) Agency for the next phase of the fighter aircraft development program involving Italy, Japan, and the United Kingdom, Leonardo announced in a statement. The contract covers completion of the concept and assessment phase and additional joint design and development work, the statement reads. GCAP Agency manages the program on behalf of the three governments, while Edgewing serves as the trinational prime contractor and design authority for the…

The Office of Personnel Management last week proposed new regulations that would end the HR agency’s annual administration of the Federal Employees Viewpoint Survey, instead passing the task along to individual agencies with fewer guardrails and less transparency.OPM Director Scott Kupor announced the plan in a blog post, arguing without evidence that the annual survey of federal employee engagement and job satisfaction had become a “box-checking exercise” for some agencies and a “vanity” project for others. The proposed changes come after OPM failed to administer the FEVS in 2025, a violation of federal statute.“Employee engagement surveys should therefore be designed,…

Rohde & Schwarz Australia and BAE Systems Maritime Australia (BAESMA) have successfully completed the Preliminary Design Review (PDR) for delivery of NAVICS for the Hunter Class Frigate Program (HCFP). Sydney, July 6, 2026 – Rohde & Schwarz Australia has recently achieved a significant milestone in the delivery of the Integrated Communication System (ICS) for the Royal Australian Navy’s HCFP with the completion of the PDR. Preliminary design demonstrates the system maturity where requirements are allocated to sub-systems, and a system architecture is defined to represent all external and internal interfaces. Rohde & Schwarz Australia has partnered with BAESMA to deliver the ICS, comprising a multi-domain product…

    The NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCIA) has selected the consortium formed by Thales and Leonardo as its trusted provider to deliver a next-generation secure deployable communication and information system dedicated to the Allied Special Operations Forces Command (SOFCOM).     This is the first project of a large NATO programme aimed to deliver state-of-the-art communication and information systems to the SOFCOM, in order to strengthen the Alliance’s resilience for modern warfare.     This pan-European technological and industrial partnership leverages the best of Alliance industry, combining proven building blocks with the latest available technologies to deliver urgently needed and scalable…

Maritime operators are expected to keep track of an increasingly complex environment. Small boats, floating objects, low visibility contacts and boat operating without reliable identification data can be difficult to detect, particularly in busy waterways or demanding weather conditions. While radar and Automatic Identification System (AIS) technologies remain essential, they do not always tell the whole story. HAVELSAN has developed BLUEVISION to help close that gap. The AI-powered maritime awareness solution adds a visual layer to existing navigation and surveillance systems, helping crews and operators identify, track and assess objects that might otherwise go unnoticed. The technology is already in…

Welcome to The Ukraine Compass, a weekly digest of Ukrainian commentary and analysis from across the political spectrum only for War on the Rocks members. Each Monday, we bring you a curated selection of articles from Ukrainian media offering insight into how Ukrainians themselves debate the issues shaping their country.American coverage often narrows the view to the battlefield — these pieces widen it, revealing the texture of daily life, politics, and public argument in a nation at war. The perspectives gathered here are varied, candid, and often surprising, together forming a more complete picture of Ukraine as it really is.Frontline and StrategyЕспресо —…

The NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCIA) has selected the consortium formed by Thales and Leonardo as its trusted provider to deliver a next-generation secure deployable communication and information system dedicated to the Allied Special Operations Forces Command (SOFCOM). This is the first project of a large NATO programme aimed to deliver state-of-the-art communication and information systems to the SOFCOM, in order to strengthen the Alliance’s resilience for modern warfare. This pan-European technological and industrial partnership leverages the best of Alliance industry, combining proven building blocks with the latest available technologies to deliver urgently needed and scalable capabilities. In response…

Bottom lines up front This article is part of a series featuring Atlantic Council experts’ analysis and recommendations on the key challenges facing allies at the upcoming NATO Summit in Ankara, Turkey, and beyond. WASHINGTON—A major theme of this year’s NATO Summit in Ankara will be evaluating how the Alliance’s thirty-two members are stepping up to take on more responsibility for their own defense. This will be most evident in progress toward reaching defense-spending commitments agreed to last year in The Hague. But just as important will be assessing where NATO’s European allies and Canada are using their capabilities to shoulder more…

Merab Dvalishvili headlines an RAF event in his native Georgia and he’s bringing an old friend with him.Saturday’s RAF Georgia main event sees former bantamweight champions Dvalishvili and Henry Cejudo compete against each other for the first time since Dvalishvili beat Cejudo at UFC 298 in February 2024. Their rematch takes place on the RAF mats, with Dvalishvili aiming to score a second win over the Olympic wrestling gold medalist.2016 Olympic champion Kyle Snyder faces a stiff test in the co-main event as he defends his RAF light heavyweight title against longtime Abdulrashid Sadulaev, the man who denied Snyder a…

The nation’s largest combat veteran organization is fending off criticism over a political cartoon that depicts vets facing a firing squad for proposed changes to benefits in a sweeping reform bill — an illustration that drew fire last week from one of the bill’s primary sponsors.The Veterans of Foreign Wars has used the cartoon to protest a portion of the Take Care of America’s Veterans bill that would pay for new benefits by altering requirements for sleep apnea and tinnitus disability ratings. Although veterans who currently get compensation for the two conditions would not see a change to their ratings…