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Soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division conducted field trials at the Joint Readiness Training Center (JRTC), Fort Polk, Louisiana, in April 2026, demonstrating autonomous drone-enabled breach operations that kept dismounted troops out of the direct line of fire. The division's 3rd Mobile Brigade Combat Team, designated since 2023 as the Army's lead experimental unit for air assault and strategic mobility, deployed more than 500 drones during the rotation....

Canadian Defense Minister David McGuinty stated Ottawa is interested in learning more about the Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP) following a bilateral meeting with Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi in Tokyo, according to reporting by Breaking Defense and Reuters on 26 June 2026. GCAP is a trinational development programme led by the United Kingdom with participation from Italy and Japan....

Ukrainian defense manufacturer Global Mark unveiled the Sea Trident ST-1000 at the Eurosatory 2026 defense exhibition in Paris on 26 June 2026, marking the company's first entry into extra-large uncrewed underwater vehicle (XLUUV) development. The Sea Trident ST-1000 is a steel-hulled, oval-section autonomous underwater vehicle designed for long-range maritime strike and logistics operations in contested environments....

Hanwha Systems unveiled the Striker Medium Uncrewed Surface Vessel (MUSV) family at the Eurosatory 2026 defense exhibition in Paris, presenting a purpose-built autonomous strike platform intended to extend the reach of naval task groups without exposing crewed vessels. The Striker-S, the primary variant displayed, measures 35 metres in length with a 6-metre beam and displaces approximately 250 tonnes....

The House Appropriations Committee has included over .55 billion for the Air Force E-7 Wedgetail airborne early warning and battle management aircraft in its fiscal year 2027 defence spending bill, effectively reversing an earlier Pentagon decision to cancel the programme....

The Trump administration is preparing to approve a sale of General Electric F110 turbofan engines to Turkey valued at over 00 million, according to four sources cited by Reuters. The engines are required to power the Turkish Aerospace Industries TF Kaan next-generation fighter aircraft, a domestically developed platform that entered prototype flight testing in early 2024....