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Bloomberg • Gerry Doyle

Iran ballistic missile strike hits Kuwait air base, injuring Americans and severely damaging MQ-9 Reapers amid US-Iran tit-for-t

An Iranian ballistic missile strike on a Kuwait air base injured several Americans and seriously damaged two MQ-9 Reaper strike drones as US President Donald Trump weighs extending a tenuous ceasefire. Separately, Iran claimed its Arash-e-Kamangir air-defense system downed a US MQ-9 near the Strait of Hormuz, while reports alleged additional MQ-9 losses from Yemen-based air defenses.

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Times of India

Iran Unveils DEADLY New ‘Arash-e-Kamangir’ Weapon, Destroys US MQ-9 Aircraft Near Hormuz | Watch

Also: India Defense News and Times of India

2026-05-29T21:59:06.521143-07:00

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Breaking Defense • Theresa Hitchens

SpaceX wins $4.16B Space Force contract to detect airborne moving targets

By Breaking Defense: "While this OTA agreement establishes initial SB-AMTI capability, the Space Force anticipates issuing multiple awards in the coming year ," the service said today.

The War Zone

Pentagon's Plans To Track Aircraft From Orbit Accelerated With New $4B SpaceX Deal

AirForceTimes

SpaceX awarded $4 billion Space Force contract to track airborne threats

Also: Defense Scoop, Reuters, Bloomberg, SpaceNews.com, Air & Space Forces Mag, interestingengineering.com, The Verge, insidedefense.com, TechCrunch, Seeking Alpha, Defense Daily and 4 more

2026-05-29T10:10:15.681121-07:00

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FlightGlobal • Ryan Finnerty

Canada to launch domestic production of military drones for Ukraine

By FlightGlobal: The deal establishes a partnership between Canadian and Ukrainian manufacturers to supply Kyiv with uncrewed weapon systems.

dronelife.com

Battle-Tested Innovation Meets Manufacturing Scale in New Canada-Ukraine Defense Partnership

Skies Magazine

Canada and Ukraine sign arrangement on drone production

2026-05-29T10:26:05.631331-07:00

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DefenseNews.com • Claire Barrett

US Navy to explore powering shore installations with aircraft carriers

By DefenseNews.com: Acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao revealed that Naval Station Norfolk will be “powered from an aircraft carrier" sometime this summer.

news.ssbcrack.com

U.S. Navy to Test Powering Shore Installations with Aircraft Carrier Nuclear Energy

ans.org

U.S. Navy to power Norfolk base using aircraft carrier

Also: marinecorpstimes.com and 3 more

2026-05-29T10:51:13.104888-07:00

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Vertical Mag • Quantum Systems Press Release

Romania selects Quantum Systems Vector systems for surveillance missions

By Vertical Mag: Quantum Systems expands its presence in Romania by supplying additional Vector reconnaissance systems for European defence.

2026-05-29T06:41:40.853032-07:00

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SpaceNews.com • Qurat-Ul-Ain Shabbir

Spatial data has become a weapon of war in the US-Iran war

By SpaceNews.com: mage by Michala Garrison We are in the geospatial era of warfare in which information derived from satellites is as strategically critical as territorial control.

2026-05-29T05:02:36.462998-07:00

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Defence24 • Michał Górski

Russian drone strikes Romania. NATO responds

By Defence24: On the night of May 28–29, Russia carried out further attacks on Ukraine. One of the Russian unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) entered Romanian airspace and struck a residential building complex in the city of Galați.

AeroTime

Russian drone hits residential building in NATO and EU member country Romania

Stars and Stripes

NATO vows solidarity after Russian drone incursion in Romania injures 2

Also: The Aviationist, Aviation Week, Times of India, The Independent and 4 more

2026-05-29T01:39:26.607924-07:00

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Reuters • Greg Torode, Laurie CHEN, Vijdan Mohammad Kawoosa

China is building launch pads near its nuclear missile silos

By Reuters: Satellite images show China is constructing a web of launch pads and other infrastructure near the isolated nuclear silos that hold the country’s longest-range missiles.