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More "air-launched" solutions but it is my belief that this indicates a direction of travel applicable to ground-launched, ship-launched and sub-launched as well as UxV launched systems. "The Pentagon expects to receive a total of 8,000 missiles annually once production ramps up for its three...

20 more These were hit in the Black Sea and apparently represent a new phase after hitting 117 vessels in the Sea of Azov on the otherside of the Kerch bridge. The Azov campaign forced the Russian tankers into the Black Sea. https://militarnyi.com/en/news/usf-struck-20-vessels-russia-black-sea/

My allusion to the MDTF stems from the MDTF including (like the USMC MLR) both a Long Fires element and a local Air Defence element. NASAMs is primarily a local defence system. I will be curious to see how the IAMD (Theater protection) gets managed. As of now I am seeing both the LRPF assets...

Further to my last. ottawa and alberta new carbon capture agreement lower targets longer time more subsidies +6 Ottawa and Alberta finalized a Memorandum of Understanding with five major oilsands producers on the $20-billion Pathways carbon capture and storage (CCS)...

But hanging on to the tanks, IFVs and SPHs. Also interesting to note that Long Range Fires and GBAD get grouped together in their own brigade. (Multi-Domain Task Force?)

Put a big number on it and punt it down the line. The industry is proceeding faster on emissions reduction than Pathways requires...

The above represents the operating environment of the HMS Prince of Wales and its onboard "hybrid" force. https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2026/07/operation-firecrest-hms-prince-of-wales-hybrid-navy/ Not shown is the top cover supplied from air and space assets operated by the RAF and...

Lessons of the PT Boats for USVs https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2026/july/history-lessons-hellscape "Modern drone technology could make the Jeune Ẻcole strategy viable. Drones attacking en masse with strong sensors, fire control, stealth, and reliable communication assets could...

A new theory of the Australian Army appears to have been found. https://www.army.gov.au/our-work/strategy/australian-army-contribution-national-defence-strategy-2026 https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2026-07-06/armys-contribution-national-defence-strategy “Our role is explicit: we...

More of a demonstration than a raid. A Ukrainian USV delivered a UGV to the beach at Kinburn Spit at the mouth of the Dniepr while a UAV observed and spotted. The Ukrainian UGV fired on a Russian position...

Maybe not https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/british-shipyard-gearing-up-to-build-drone-warships/ Appledore Devon ready to build two LASV75 at a time and deliver two a year. "The LASV75 is Navantia UK’s UK-designed large autonomous surface vessel, designed from the keel up as an uncrewed...

CBO estimate on base defence costs 74 MUSD capital cost per base 5 MUSD annual operating cost per base "Options to Counter Small Unmanned Aircraft SystemsJuly 9, 2026Report ""CBO describes current methods to detect and counter small unmanned aircraft systems and estimates it would cost about...

RAF picking up the pace https://aviationweek.com/defense/aircraft-propulsion/exclusive-raf-boss-speeds-cca-plan-details-combat-fleet-ambition "Service boss Air Chief Marshal Harv Smyth wants an operational concept demonstrator to be flying alongside a Eurofighter Typhoon as soon as the 2027...

https://aviationweek.com/defense/aircraft-propulsion/uk-seeking-low-cost-single-use-engines-munitions

https://www.autonocion.com/us/eu-warship-estonian-island/#google_vignette "A 500-ton warship taking shape on an Estonian island can sail with ten sailors, six, or none at all — it changes jobs by swapping shipping containers, minehunting one week and mothership for smaller drones the next, in...

Just wondering where all these extra soldiers and sailors, ship builders and LUV assembly workers, oil workers and pipeline welders and critical mineral miners and nuclear powerplant workers, electricians and framers are going to come from.

Further to the labour shortage https://edmontonjournal.com/business/energy/alberta-oilsands-jobs-mou-pathways-project-fort-mcmurray

Further to this https://www.businessreport.com/article/saronics-louisiana-shipyard-helps-drive-a-new-wave-of-defense-technology?amp=1 "Saronic is also competing for a role in the Navy’s roughly $2.1 billion effort to build a new fleet of medium-sized unmanned surface vessels. The company was...

https://www.armyrecognition.com/news/army-news/2026/france-showcases-scorpion-french-army-transformation-for-high-intensity-warfare-bastille-day-2026

Getting the non-military involved in crisis management. https://news.err.ee/1610076253/ukraine-war-drives-nonmilitary-women-to-join-defense-organization-in-estonia ""Women's Voluntary Defense Organisation is the women's organization of the Estonian Defense League, but while the Defense League...