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5 December

Air to Air of Tiger ARH A38-001 performing a jettison of it's Counter Measure Dispensing System. At the Port Wakefield proving ground. Trial E3032 Tiger ARH CMDS

Australia Weighs Sending Old Tiger Helicopters to Ukraine

Canberra is assessing whether to send its fleet of 22 aging Eurocopter Tiger attack helicopters to Ukraine as it seeks more tools to counter Russian unmanned aerial systems and bolster frontline aviation, according to local Australian media.

5 December

Giulia Bernacchi

Kongsberg Selects Advanced Navigation for Boreas D90 Systems

Advanced Navigation finalized a contract to deliver over 50 Boreas D90 fiber-optic gyroscope inertial navigation systems to Kongsberg.

5 December

Akhsan Erido Elezhar

Japan Activates 100-kW Fiber Laser for Live Sea Trials

Fiber laser is a 100-kilowatt-class high-energy weapon, combining ten 10-kW fiber lasers into a single beam, housed in two 40-foot container modules, and equipped with a dome-shaped turret.

5 December

Ju Hyung Kim

How South Korea’s Nuclear-Powered Submarines Could Reshape Indo-Pacific Security

South Korea’s nuclear-powered submarine program will strengthen allied deterrence and reshape the region’s security architecture at a time of overlapping threats.

4 December

Lethal kinetic strike on a vessel in international waters operated by a Designated Terrorist Organization.

Staff Writer With AFP

New US Strike on Alleged Drug Boat in Pacific Kills Four

A strike on an alleged drug-trafficking boat in the eastern Pacific Ocean killed four people on Thursday, the US military said, amid a growing controversy over a campaign that has taken more than 87 lives.

4 December

An Australian submarine surfaces from the waters in the foreground. Land is seen peeking in the far background, with the whole scene illuminated by sunlight peering out of the clouds above.

Staff Writer With AFP

After Review, Pentagon Confirms Submarine Sales to Australia

The Pentagon said Thursday it has endorsed the tripartite AUKUS security pact with the United Kingdom and Australia, which would involve Canberra's acquisition of at least three Virginia-class nuclear submarines within 15 years.

4 December

USNS John Lewis (T-AO 205) sits pierside at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division (NSWC PHD), Friday, Nov. 4. The U.S. Navy fleet replenishment oiler, delivered to Military Sealift Command in July, is in the beginning months of its year-long ship qualification trials schedule and stopped by NSWC PHD for a stores resupply and minor repairs by builder representatives. The Underway Replenishment (UNREP) fuel and cargo delivery stations aboard the civilian-crewed ship use the new Electric Standard Tensioned Replenishment Alongside Method (E-STREAM) technology, designed by NSWC PHD UNREP engineers. USNS John Lewis is the first oiler to have the new E-STREAM systems on board, and the command’s UNREP team members were excited to see in person the system installed on a ship. (U.S. Navy photo by Dana Rene White/Released)

Rojoef Manuel

General Dynamics Teams Up With South Korean Giants to Boost US Shipbuilding

General Dynamics NASSCO has signed a memorandum of agreement with South Korean shipyards to ramp up cooperation on vessel design, manufacturing automation, and related technologies for the American market.

4 December

VISAKHAPATNAM, Andhra Pradesh, India (April 4, 2025) U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to Bayonet Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 11th Airborne Division, and Indian Army Soldiers, under the command of Col. Yash Agrawal and assigned to the 4/8 Gurkha Rifles Infantry Battalion, 91st Infantry Brigade, conduct field evacuation training during Exercise Tiger Triumph near Visakhapatnam, India, April 4, 2025. Tiger Triumph is a joint and combined U.S.-India exercise focused on humanitarian assistance and disaster response readiness, and interoperability. The exercise enables U.S. and Indian armed forces to improve interoperability and bilateral, joint, and service readiness in the Indian Ocean region and beyond to support a free and open Indo-Pacific. (Courtesy of Indian Army)

Rojoef Manuel

Neuralix AI Fires Up India’s Military Tech Revolution With Homegrown Defense AI

Karnataka startup Neuralix AI has rolled out India’s first fully indigenous defense AI platform, a milestone unveiled by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh at the Chanakya Defence Dialogue in New Delhi.

4 December

Australian Army soldiers from the 3rd Brigade march towards Brigade Headquarters as part of the 3rd Brigade Section Competition presentation at Lavarack Barracks, Townsville, Queensland. *** Local Caption *** The 3rd Brigade Section Competition was held at Lavarack Barracks, Mount Stuart Training Area and Tully Training Area, QLD, between 17-19 Oct 2023. The competition involved eight sections from within the Brigade testing themselves over a series of military skills stands. Stands included the obstacle course, marksmanship serials, casualty evacuation medical training, military flotation, section attack, section defence, communications, navigation, obstacle deduction and all arms call for fire with artillery assets.

Giulia Bernacchi

Australia to Reorganize Defense Department, Create Delivery Agency

Australia plans to create a Defence Delivery Agency to improve the efficiency of defense spending and project delivery.

4 December

Rows of humanoid combat robots stand in formation, featuring white armored bodies and black visors with blue digital displays, resembling a mass-produced autonomous fleet

Ethan M. Encarnacion

China Flaunts Combat Robot That Copies a Soldier’s Actions With AI

Have robots moved beyond doing only what they are told in code? China said they have pushed past that limit, presenting a machine that mirrors a soldier’s every action in near real-time.

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