Defence`s Feeds

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Today, the Department of War announces a contract awarded by the U.S. Navy to Boeing for the Sixth-Generation F/A-XX Strike Fighter under the Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) program. The contract is valued at more than $20B for the full-scale development phase. The contract procures multiple test aircraft for ground, airworthiness, systems, and weapons integration testing.

The Department of the Air Force awarded Boeing a contract for 22 F-15EX Eagle II aircraft under Lot 7 - preserving the buying power of congressionally provided reconciliation funding and sustaining F-15EX production.

Today, the U.S. Navy announced its plans to procure 30 Medium Unmanned Surface Vessels following the completion of Phase I at-sea testing marking a key milestone for the program and demonstrating the Department's commitment to deliver asymmetric capability to Fleet warfighters to counter evolving threats.

Following successful completion of Acceptance Trials in August, the Navy has taken "preliminary acceptance" of the nation's next aircraft carrier, the future USS John F. Kennedy (CVN 79) from Newport News Shipbuilding, a division of HII (HII-NNS) on Sept. 29.

Today, under Operation Economic Outcast, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned 10 individuals and entities in multiple jurisdictions that have procured weapons and weapons components for Iran's Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics (MODAFL), the entity responsible for weapons research, production, and acquisition for Iran's armed forces. MODAFL also oversees organizations engaged in the development of Iran's ballistic missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).

Iran threatened to attack energy infrastructure across the Middle East if its security isn't guaranteed as it ratcheted up its rhetoric while waiting for the United States to officially respond to a plan Tehran says would reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

Service members from one of the separate mechanized brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine conducted the first logistics mission using a Ukrainian-developed amphibious unmanned ground vehicle (UGV).

A new wave of deadly Russian attacks on civilian infrastructure in Ukrainian cities is fueling bipartisan calls in Washington for US President Donald Trump to use sweeping new sanctions powers against Moscow, with lawmakers arguing that greater economic pressure could strengthen efforts to end the war.

Fifteen European Union countries have agreed to set up a new mechanism run by the European Defence Agency (EDA) to let their militaries access and share data on objects and activity in orbit. The goal is a common, up-to-date picture of what's happening in space, for military use.

Italy has completed the withdrawal of its final military contingent from Iraq, bringing an end to its 12-year military deployment in the Arab country, according to an official defense ministry statement.

An Iraqi anti-terror resistance group has vowed to shoot down any "hostile" aircraft violating Iraqi airspace after the September 30 deadline for termination of the US-led coalition's military mission in Iraq and the full withdrawal of its forces.

Today, 29 September, Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna said that the arson attack on Milrem Robotics proves that Estonia is a challenging target for Russia's acts of sabotage because our security agencies act decisively and effectively in ensuring national security. The Foreign Minister said that Estonia would summon the Russian Chargé d'affaires today.

The Estonian Foreign Ministry summoned the chargé d'affaires of the Embassy of the Russian Federation today, 29 September, to express its strong condemnation of the arson attack carried out against defence industry company Milrem Robotics last month. According to information gathered by the Estonian Internal Security Service, the incident was an act of sabotage ordered by the Russian Federation.

Taiwan's plan to open a second trade office in the Philippines is an example of Manila and Taipei accelerating cooperation in response to Chinese pressure in the South China Sea, analysts told Radio Free Asia.

A Russian Tu-95 strategic bomber has crashed during a training flight, killing at least six crew members and injuring another, Russia's Defense Ministry says.

In less than five weeks, Americans will head to the polls for the U.S. midterm elections.

Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned nearly 50 targets who serve as leaders or facilitators for the Sinaloa Cartel. The 21 individuals and 25 entities designated include cartel leader Ismael Zambada Sicairos (a.k.a. "Mayito Flaco"), members of his innermost circle, and the Tijuana-based cell leaders, money launderers, and corrupt politicians who permit the Sinaloa Cartel to operate with impunity just miles from the U.S.-Mexico border.

British police have released on bail five men arrested near a Royal Air Force base used by the United States, as Washington claimed that a foreign actor may have been involved in the suspected plot.

Haji Mohammad Shafi spent 44 years in Pakistan before he was forced to leave. He sold everything he owned and returned to Afghanistan with his five children, arriving with almost nothing.