Cummings Aerospace displays its Hellhound S3 and S4 modular, multimission air vehicles at the Space and Missile Defense Symposium in Huntsville, Alabama. (Cummings Aerospace) Cummings Aerospace unveiled a variant of its Hellhound drone designed to meet homeland defense missions at the Space and Missile Defense Symposium in Huntsville, Alabama, this week. The company is taking
Army readies to launch 2026 competition for counter-drone laser weapon
The directed-energy variant of the M-SHORAD features a 50-kilowatt laser weapon system on a Stryker vehicle. (Jim Kendall/U.S. Army) HUNTSVILLE, Ala. − The U.S. Army is counting on funding in fiscal 2026 to hold a competition to pursue a high-energy laser weapon system focused first on countering drones, according to service officials. Over the course
New missile defense radar lands in Guam to be put to the test
Army Secretary Dan Driscoll is shown the newly arrived Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor, or LTAMDS, seen in the background during a rainstorm on Guam on July 27, 2025. (SFC Nicole Mejia/U.S. Army). The U.S. Army’s new missile defense radar has landed in Guam and is preparing to be put to the test.
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Summary The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), Australian Signals Directorate’s (ASD’s) Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC), Australian Federal Police (AFP), Canadian Centre for Cyber Security (CCCS), and United Kingdom’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC-UK)—hereafter referred to as the authoring organizations—are releasing this joint Cybersecurity
Anduril wins $100M deal to build US Army’s next-gen C2 ecosystem
The U.S. Army has picked Anduril to lead a team consisting of other tech industry heavyweights like Palantir to build its next-generation command-and-control prototype, or C2, awarding the tech company a $99.6 million contract to deliver it in less than a year, according to statements from the service and company. The prototype architecture will consist
Romania, Poland take different tacks on buying new combat vehicles
U.S. Marines look at a Romanian MLI-84 infantry fighting vehicle during a presentation at the Smardan Training Area in Romania on May 9, 2016. (Lance Cpl. Kyle A. Kauffman/U.S. Marine Corps) WARSAW, Poland — As numerous Eastern European allies pursue acquisitions of infantry fighting vehicles, Romania and Poland are advancing plans to boost their tracked
Vulnerability in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server products
This alert has been written for the IT teams of organisations and government. Background / What has happened? ASD’s ACSC is aware of a vulnerability impacting Microsoft Office SharePoint Server products (CVE-2025-53770). CVE-2025-53770 involves the deserialisation of untrusted data in on-premises Microsoft SharePoint Servers allowing an unauthorised attacker to execute code over a network. Microsoft is
No time to waste: NATO chief urges rapid industrial mobilization
Three Baltic countries plan to build defensive installations along their borders with Russia and Belarus. (Estonian Defence Ministry) WIESBADEN, Germany − As the U.S. and its allies in Europe pledge to ramp up defense spending amid mounting global threats, the supreme allied commander of Europe is calling on industry to deliver real capabilities to the
Top NATO commander rushing to deliver fresh Patriots to Ukraine
U.S. Army soldiers stand next to a Patriot surface-to-air missile battery during a NATO multinational ground based air defense units exercise, Vilnius, Lithuania. (Mindaugas Kulbis/AP) WIESBADEN, Germany − NATO’s top commander said he is under guidance to move as quickly as possible in transferring more Patriot air and missile defense systems to Ukraine. “I won’t
Is the beloved A-10 Warthog finally being retired for good?
Is the beloved A-10 Warthog finally being retired for good? Amid an unconventional Pentagon budget rollout, the future of the A-10 Warthog hangs in the balance. A look into spending cuts made in the 2026 defense budget. 10 days ago