Author: thaobh.leo@gmail.com

Canada has announced that they will enter into detailed discussions and formal negotiations with Saab as the preferred supplier of Canada’s future AEW&C, enabled by Saab’s GlobalEye. At this point, Saab has not signed a contract nor received an order. The announcement was made by Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney at CANSEC, Canada’s largest defence and security trade show. Saab has offered to build, maintain and upgrade the Canadian GlobalEyes with a team of Canadian partners. The goal is to transfer knowledge and technology to Canada that will grow the domestic defence industry. Saab also plans to invest in research…

A scale model of the LOWUS from Korean Air, which will employ a 5,500lb-thrust engine. Hanwha Aerospace is now developing a 4,500lb-class engine. (Gordon Arthur)Hanwha Aerospace revealed on 26 May that it would work with the Korea Aerospace Administration (KASA) to develop a 4,500lb-thrust turbofan engine destined for sophisticated unmanned aircraft such as collaborative combat aircraft (CCA).Hanwha will lead this engine development project, and it will invest in engine design, core component development, test infrastructure and production readiness.Matching each other in funding, Hanwha Aerospace and KASA will jointly develop the engine by 2029. The former said it would invest around…

Why are there more antennas on Svalbard than anywhere else on Earth? Svalbard of all places, where cats and childbirth are banned and there are more polar bears than people? This cluster of islands in the Arctic, one thousand kilometers from Norway, is key to everything from your weather forecast to your car’s navigation. At 78 degrees north, Svalbard is the highest-latitude satellite ground station on Earth and is a crucial point in humanity’s growing dependence on space. In fact, the polar regions — the Arctic and Antarctic — are both crucial to space access.The polar regions are the only…

Ukraine has a six-month window in which to seize the battlefield initiative from Russia and strengthen its hand for peace talks, a senior commander told Reuters, predicting a “turning point” was imminent after more than four years of war.Russian forces have made grinding gains since their full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, but the advances have slowed this year and Ukrainian troops are increasing pressure on the battlefield to try to push them back.Brigadier General Andriy Biletsky, who commands Ukraine’s Third Army Corps, one of Ukraine’s most respected fighting forces, told Reuters in an interview that he believes Russia’s…

Kansas City, MO – 27 May 2026 – DroneShield is expanding urban airspace security capabilities ahead of FIFA World Cup 2026 through a regional multi-site deployment designed to support persistent low-altitude airspace awareness across the Kansas City metropolitan area. The initiative, led by the Kansas City Police Department (KCPD) in partnership with Airspace Link’s AirHub® Portal, and regional public safety stakeholders, combines operational airspace coordination, distributed radar coverage, radio frequency (RF)-based drone detection, and integrated situational awareness capabilities to help support security operations across multiple jurisdictions and operational environments ahead of the tournament. DroneShield’s role within the deployment is as…

T.J. Dillashaw was around Khamzat Chimaev for a good chunk of Chimaev’s UFC 328 fight camp, and the last thing Dillashaw expected when Chimaev fought Sean Strickland was for him to struggle in the cage—and with his weight cut.Strickland ended up winning the fight via split decision to regain the UFC middleweight title, but a lot of the storylines heading into the final 24-hour stretch had to do with how the previously-unbeaten Chimaev looked on the scale at the official weigh-ins.Dillashaw, who now owns Wild Society Nutrition, is well-versed on how weight cuts work being a former two-time bantamweight champion.…

The unsettling premise at the core of Liu Cixin’s 2008 novel, The Dark Forest, is that deterrence is more than a theory of international politics; it is part of a universal law governing the behavior of all societies. Western planners, policymakers, and other security thinkers concerned about potential future conflicts (or cooperation) with the People’s Republic of China should recognize the importance of this conception. A Chinese worldview that looks at national security, foreign policy, and international relations in this way has staggering implications for the future of geopolitics. Indeed, nearly 20 years after its first publication, the book stands…

Quarterhorse Mk 2.1 reached a top speed of Mach 1.21 during the flight. Credit: © HERMEUS CORP. Hermeus has completed the first supersonic flight of its high-Mach remotely piloted aircraft, Quarterhorse Mk 2.1.  The aircraft reached a top speed of Mach 1.21, the defence aviation company said in a statement on 26 May 2026.  Discover B2B Marketing That Performs Combine business intelligence and editorial excellence to reach engaged professionals across 36 leading media platforms. Find out more The flight took place during the aircraft’s third test at Spaceport America, operating over the White Sands Missile Range.   Hermeus noted that this milestone follows less than three months after Quarterhorse Mk 2.1’s first flight and comes 364…

The military measures readiness through deployments, training, retention and equipment. Recent ICE detentions of military spouses have exposed a question the Pentagon has not publicly answered: are threats of deportation affecting troops’ ability to serve?The Trump administration said in 2025 that “military service alone doesn’t exempt aliens from the consequences of violating U.S. immigration laws,” and a string of military spouses have been detained in immigration crackdowns.Deisy Rivera Ortega was detained and placed in ICE custody, according to the Department of Homeland Security, or DHS. Army Sgt. 1st Class Jose Serrano had served in the Army for more than 27…

American Rheinmetall, and Harbinger have formed a partnership to develop and field a family of robotic and uncrewed ground vehicles (UGVs) in support of U.S. Department of War (DoW) modernization priorities. The teaming pairs American Rheinmetall’s combat-proven vehicle integration, mission systems, and modular architecture development with Harbinger’s commercially based, autonomy-ready hybrid vehicle platform to deliver affordable, scalable robotic solutions that can be fielded at the pace of relevance. Under the agreement, the companies will jointly pursue current and emerging DoW programs where commercial-derived, hybrid-electric, and fully drive-by-wire architectures can accelerate the delivery of robotic combat, logistics, and sustainment capabilities. Initial…