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UK to spend £400m+ on hypersonic and long‑range weapons in 2025/26, includes £500m air‑defence for Ukraine

The UK will spend over £400 million ($545m) in 2025/26 on hypersonic and long‑range weapons, funding joint missile projects with France, Germany and Italy, awarding a £12m contract to accelerate a sovereign hypersonic capability and backing a new £500m air‑defence package for Ukraine.

2026-02-13T05:24:38.677184-08:00

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Zelenskyy receives first German-built Linza 3.0 multi-purpose drone from Quantum Frontline Industries

2026-02-13T05:19:24.436064-08:00

Unmanned Airspace

Dronamics and HENSOLDT convert Black Swan cargo UAV into long‑endurance ISTAR platform for Europe

2026-02-12T08:54:24.260895-08:00

DefenseNews.com

Philippines' F-16 purchase stalls amid cost concerns and political opposition

2026-02-13T05:05:39.512064-08:00

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UK to spend £400m+ on hypersonic and long‑range weapons in 2025/26, includes £500m air‑defence for Ukraine The UK will spend over £400 million ($545m) in 2025/26 on hypersonic and long‑range weapons, funding joint missile projects with France, Germany and Italy, awarding a £12m contract to accelerate a sovereign hypersonic capability and backing a new £500m air‑defence package for Ukraine.

2026-02-13T05:24:38.677184-08:00

UK to spend £400m+ on hypersonic and long‑range weapons in 2025/26, includes £500m air‑defence for Ukraine

Vertical Mag

Zelenskyy receives first German-built Linza 3.0 multi-purpose drone from Quantum Frontline Industries Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy received the first Linza 3.0 multi-purpose drone built in Germany by Quantum Frontline Industries, in a ceremony patroned by German defence minister Boris Pistorius. The system was handed over to the Ukrainian Armed Forces for operational use.

2026-02-13T05:19:24.436064-08:00

Zelenskyy receives first German-built Linza 3.0 multi-purpose drone from Quantum Frontline Industries

DefenseNews.com

Philippines' F-16 purchase stalls amid cost concerns and political opposition A planned purchase of F-16 fighter jets by the Philippines has stalled as cost concerns and political opposition create a fiscal deadlock. Manila officials are exploring options to break the impasse, leaving the procurement — and planned capability upgrade — in limbo.

2026-02-13T05:05:39.512064-08:00

Philippines' F-16 purchase stalls amid cost concerns and political opposition

New York Times

Satellite imagery: Iran rapidly restores missile sites after Israel, U.S. strikes; nuclear repairs lag Satellite imagery analyzed by independent observers shows Iran quickly repairing missile launch and storage sites damaged in Israeli and U.S. strikes last year, while work at its struck nuclear facilities has proceeded more slowly. The contrasting recovery rates complicate assessments of Iran's military readiness and nuclear restoration timelines.

2026-02-13T03:09:22.819525-08:00

Satellite imagery: Iran rapidly restores missile sites after Israel, U.S. strikes; nuclear repairs lag

SpaceWatch Global

MSC 2026: Germany’s Space Security Moment At MSC 2026, Juliana Suess of the Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik outlines Germany’s “space security moment” — a policy pivot toward sovereign on‑orbit capabilities, tighter defence‑industrial commitments and new diplomatic trade‑offs as Berlin elevates space into national security planning and procurement choices.

2026-02-12T22:34:36.470085-08:00

MSC 2026: Germany’s Space Security Moment

Breaking Defense

US Navy to deploy a medium unmanned surface vessel with USS Theodore Roosevelt strike group Vice Adm. Brendan McLane said a medium unmanned surface vessel will deploy alongside the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt and its strike group during a deployment later this year, testing a tailored force‑pairing concept to integrate surface unmanned platforms into carrier operations.

2026-02-12T14:35:57.259099-08:00

US Navy to deploy a medium unmanned surface vessel with USS Theodore Roosevelt strike group

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Project Hecate: Space Force probes LEO comms signals as near‑term GPS alternative to preserve PNT after 2040 Project Hecate is a Space Force effort, driven by the Space Warfighting Analysis Center, to evaluate signals from low‑Earth‑orbit communications satellites as a near‑term alternative for positioning, navigation and timing — intended to help preserve GPS‑like services beyond 2040.

2026-02-12T13:03:51.956369-08:00

Project Hecate: Space Force probes LEO comms signals as near‑term GPS alternative to preserve PNT after 2040

Unmanned Airspace

Dronamics and HENSOLDT convert Black Swan cargo UAV into long‑endurance ISTAR platform for Europe Dronamics will outfit its long‑range Black Swan UAV with HENSOLDT’s MissionGrid ISR suite — including MissMarvin mission management and PrecISR sensors — converting the cargo drone into a Strategic Class ISTAR/AEW asset. The pairing aims to provide persistent wide‑area surveillance to close European coverage gaps.

2026-02-12T08:54:24.260895-08:00

Dronamics and HENSOLDT convert Black Swan cargo UAV into long‑endurance ISTAR platform for Europe

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UK to spend £400m+ on hypersonic and long‑range weapons in 2025/26, includes £500m air‑defence for Ukraine

Zelenskyy receives first German-built Linza 3.0 multi-purpose drone from Quantum Frontline Industries

Dronamics and HENSOLDT convert Black Swan cargo UAV into long‑endurance ISTAR platform for Europe

Philippines' F-16 purchase stalls amid cost concerns and political opposition

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