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The United States plans to significantly reduce the aircraft and warships it makes available for NATO operations in Europe, the New York Times reported on Friday, citing two senior European officials. The decision would limit NATO’s ability to launch long-range strikes and conduct surveillance, the report said.The U.S. plan includes cutting the number of F-16 and F-15E fighter jets from roughly 150 to 100, reducing maritime reconnaissance aircraft from 26 to 15, and removing all eight aerial refueling tanker jets it previously made available to Europe, the report said.The U.S. also aims to redeploy a missile-launching submarine and an aircraft…

Berlin, Germany, 12 June 2026 – At this year’s International Aerospace Exhibition (ILA) in Berlin, Airbus Defence and Space and leading Ukrainian technological defence company SkyFall signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to launch a strategic partnersh ip. As a drone pioneer, SkyFall combines rapid prototyping with serial manufacturing to deliver advanced unmanned aerial systems for combat missions, logistics, and military reconnaissance. The signing took place in the presence of German Federal Minister of Defence Boris Pistorius.  The partnership reinforces the protection of Ukraine’s airspace against drone and missile strikes and strengthens Ukraine as a leading European centre for defence innovation.…

The fight around Bakhmut that began in the summer of 2022 and dragged on well into the following year exposed an old truth under new conditions: A brigade can keep fighting while reaching operational culmination. Russian and Ukrainian formations fought through months of dense artillery, drone observation, electronic warfare, damaged routes, and exhausted replacements. Courage did not solve the problem of repeated battle. A formation needed ammunition, fuel, medical evacuation, recovery, engineers, air defense, route security, fresh units, and command posts able to move and still control the fight. Modern combat made every supporting function visible and targetable. Brigades retained…

Modern warfare is changing character. Missions are no longer won through isolated platforms, but by the ability to effectively integrate personnel, communications, and command networks into a unified operational architecture. Operational success depends on efficient data sharing, enhanced visibility, and speed of command. In this new and evolving environment, EDGE Group has unveiled the KATIM Digitised Soldier (KDS), an advanced operational system purpose-built to deliver high-performance connectivity, blue force tracking, and shared situational awareness among deployed soldiers and frontline commanders. Its mission is clear: to empower armed forces to sense, decide, and act faster than their adversaries. KDS places the…

Knoxville, TN – June 11, 2026 – Qore Performance, Inc., the leaders in human performance architecture and thermoregulation technology, is proud to announce an immediate material update for ICEPLATE EXO® Gen 3 Ultralight Minimalist Plate Carrier. Starting this Thursday, ICEPLATE EXO® Gen 3 will feature an all-new, fully Berry Compliant Trelleborg Brigade laminate, offering procurement officers and end-users uncompromised compliance alongside elite structural performance. Recognizing the diverse requirements of institutional purchasing organizations, Qore Performance now offers ICEPLATE EXO® Gen 3 in two distinct high-performance material configurations: the new Berry Compliant Trelleborg Brigade laminate option and the established USMCA Compliant Carolina…

The next war over Taiwan may be deterred not by aircraft carriers or nuclear arsenals, but by a Dutch lithography machine. ASML, headquartered in Veldhoven, the Netherlands, is the sole manufacturer of the extreme ultraviolet lithography systems required to produce the world’s most advanced semiconductors. Without its machines, the most sophisticated foundries on earth — including those of the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) — cannot operate. This fact should be at the center of how the United States thinks about deterrence in the Indo-Pacific. Currently, it is not.The conventional wisdom holds that Taiwan’s semiconductor industry acts as a “silicon…

Israel Adesanya is rooting for his greatest rival to do something that’s never been done before.On Sunday, Alex Pereira attempts to be the first person to win titles in three UFC divisions when he fights Ciryl Gane for the interim heavyweight title in the co-main event of UFC White House. As a former middleweight and light heavyweight champion, “Poatan” will make history just by stepping into the cage on Sunday, becoming the first person to ever fight for a belt in three weight classes in the UFC, but if he succeeds, it will be a wholly unprecedented accomplishment. And his…

The Parliament in Greece has approved more than €1 billion in defense procurements, including ten VICTA Diver Delivery Units from SubSea Craft and ten V-BAT reconnaissance VTOL drones from Shield AI. On June 11, 2026, the Special Permanent Committee on Armament Programs and Contracts of the Hellenic Parliament approved eight defense procurement programs worth more than €1 billion for the Hellenic Armed Forces. Among them is a program for the acquisition of ten VICTA Diver Delivery Units (DDUs) from the British SubSea Craft (SSC) and ten V-BAT reconnaissance Vertical Takeoff and Landing (VTOL) Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) from US company…

Saint-Germain-En-Laye, France – June 12, 2026 – Exail, a global leader in navigation systems for defense applications, launches a new deployable navigation solution designed to sustain operational continuity for armed forces operating in GNSS-denied environments. Housed in a ruggedized, transportable case, the plug-and-play system can be rapidly deployed without dedicated infrastructure, enabling ground and naval forces to maintain accurate positioning and navigation capabilities when satellite signals are jammed, spoofed, or unavailable. Designed for immediate front-line deployment, the system enables defense forces to rapidly redeploy high-precision navigation capabilities across platforms as the mission requirements evolve. It is compatible with any wheeled,…

The 2026 Summer Games Fest has brought a whole host of new details for the upcoming Star Wars: Zero Company, and seeing how it was one of my most anticipated games of 2026, I couldn’t be more excited. Let’s dive into all the details we know about this XCOM-like experience and how the Star Wars theme will make it special! Star Wars Zero Company is a single-player, turn-based tactics game that effectively brings XCOM-style strategy to a galaxy far, far away. Developed by Bit Reactor, a studio stacked with veteran developers behind legendary strategy titles like XCOM and Civilization, in…