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3rd. June, 2026.- Navantia has signed with the Ministry of Defence of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia a Follow On Support Contract for services associated to the life cycle support of the first batch of five corvettes already delivered, with a duration of five years. The contract is an increase of the life cycle support services that Navantia is currently providing since the commissioning of the first corvette in 2022. This new agreement includes an increment of a number of additional technicians for the platform and combat system maintenance and support services, to be executed at King Faisal Naval Base…

Pictured is a previous iteration of the Eurosatory arms fair. Credit: Eurosatory website. An Israeli Ministry of Defence (IMOD) spokesperson claims the Government has been excluded from the international Eurosatory arms fair scheduled to take place between 15-19 June. “This is a disgraceful decision,” the statement read. “One that reeks of political and commercial calculation.” Discover B2B Marketing That Performs Combine business intelligence and editorial excellence to reach engaged professionals across 36 leading media platforms. Find out more Army Technology is unable to confirm the development at this early stage. Nevertheless, the IMOD statement claims that the French authorities have…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Kuwait briefly shut its main airport Wednesday after Iranian drones heavily damaged a terminal building, killing one person and wounding dozens — the latest in back-and-forth attacks by Tehran and Washington that have tested a fragile ceasefire. Semiofficial Iranian news agencies have said the country had stopped communicating with mediators about extending the ceasefire in the war with the U.S. and Israel. A regional official said Tehran wanted a separate fragile in Lebanon enforced before returning to talks. U.S. President Donald Trump said negotiations continued. The talks have dragged on for weeks, and exchanges…

Iran Press TV Wednesday, 03 June 2026 7:37 AM An Iranian parliamentary official has stated that confrontation with the United States must be intensified, while a political analyst has warned that Washington is seeking to normalize attacks on the country under the pretext of a ceasefire. Member of the National Security and Foreign Policy Commission of the Iranian Parliament Esmaeil Kowsari, said Wednesday escalating aggression by Americans stem from their “evil thinking” when they claim a ceasefire, but they are carrying out actions that contradict it. “The Americans have no logic and understand nothing except force and power,” Kowsari added.…

In 2023, the NATO Baltic Defense College in Tartu, Estonia devoted its entire annual conference to the Interwar Period (1919 to 1939), a theme repeated at subsequent conferences sponsored by national militaries and academic societies throughout the United States and Europe. Western scholars and foreign policy analysts, provoked by Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine, seem persuaded that we are living at the close of another interwar era — one in which an egotistical European power shatters a decades-long continental truce, established and upheld by an international rules-based order, by invading a smaller neighbor ostensibly to defend threatened national minorities. A…

Most analyses of how to end the war in Ukraine focus on the intentions of one man: Russian President Vladimir Putin. This assumes that the person who single-handedly launched the invasion can also single-handedly stop it. But after more than four years of conflict, Russia’s economy and society have been reorganized around war, creating a powerful set of domestic incentives that makes ending the war difficult, and even dangerous, for Russia’s president.The Kremlin has made the war the central organizing principle of social and economic life, and the Russian state has been transformed by the war in turn. The country’s…

Neutralising incoming drones, especially when they operate in swarms, is an issue that most land and naval forces are giving a high priority considering the lessons learned from Ukraine. While the overall the C-UAS solution is universally considered a layered system, in the short-range lasers have a place on their own. At Eurosatory Esh-Tech of Israel will unveil its DroneLight, a system based on a pulsed-laser which guarantees lower energy consumption, improved performances and reduced acquisition cost Established three and half years ago, Esh-Tech was founded with the clear aim to develop an affordable and efficient laser effector to be…

What happens when one of the world’s most successful battle tanks is no longer considered future-proof?That’s the question driving the development of the M1E3 Abrams, the U.S. Army’s ambitious effort to reshape armored warfare for an era defined by drones, artificial intelligence, precision-guided weapons, and constantly evolving battlefield threats.For decades, the Abrams tank has been a symbol of American military power. Its combination of firepower, protection, and mobility helped establish a reputation that few armored vehicles could match. Yet modern warfare has exposed a difficult reality: even legendary platforms must adapt or risk becoming outdated.The M1E3 Abrams is not simply…

SĒLIJA, Latvia — As NATO military staff and officials greeted the booms of successful drone intercepts with polite applause, demonstrations at the Sēlija testing range in central Latvia last week showed both the progress European startups are making in counter-unmanned aerial systems as well as the difficulty to reliably take down flying drones.After an initial intercept by local drone maker Eraser failed and the target returned unharmed, CEO Edgars Gauručs was so stressed in a later demonstration that he missed the details of the successful takedown. Nordic Air Defense’s Kreuger 100 interceptor hit its target on the first try, missed…

UFC lightweight champion Ilia Topuria’s ex-wife blames Joe Rogan for a series of alleged death threats against her and her family. Ilia Topuria will headline the upcoming UFC White House card against interim titleholder Justin Gaethje in a highly anticipated matchup later this month. After almost a full year away from fighting, Topuria will finally return to the Octagon to defend his undisputed lightweight title against the UFC fan favorite Gaethje. Just weeks after knocking out Charles Oliveira at UFC 317, Topuria began a long hiatus from competition to deal with personal issues outside of the Octagon. He and his…