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France will deploy its Arcadia AI battlefield command system—built with Mistral AI, Thales, Safran.AI and Airbus—at NATO's CWIX exercise in Poland (Jun 8-26), positioning it as a digital sovereignty alternative to Palantir's Maven Smart System....
President Trump issued a national security memorandum on June 5, 2026, directing the Pentagon to revise its foundational policy on autonomous weapon systems—DoD Directive 3000.09—within 90 days....
Pakistan's military is pressing for a 20-25% increase in defense allocations in the federal budget expected mid-June 2026 for fiscal year 2026-27. This builds on last year's approximately 17-20% surge to PKR 2....
Chief of the Defence Staff Richard Knighton warned Russia is raising stakes beyond acceptable thresholds and the UK faces a £28bn (8bn) funding shortfall over four years. PM Starmer's Defence Investment Plan has been delayed for months amid budget rows ahead of a July 7 NATO summit.
The US Air Force confirmed it will purchase unused MQ-9A Block 5 Reapers from General Atomics after losing dozens during combat operations against Iran, reducing its fleet from 231 to 135 aircraft—a B combined loss. GA-ASI has fewer than 10 available....
The Pentagon has begun accepting deliveries under its Drone Dominance initiative, a program targeting $1 billion in drone purchases aimed at fielding low-cost unmanned systems to every infantry squad by end of FY2026. Approximately 20,000 small one-way attack and FPV-style drones have been ordered from 10 of the 11 initial Gauntlet vendors....
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