Global for Tuesday, July 15, 2025

• Trump downplays possibility of sending Ukraine long-range weapons
• Senate confirms controversial vet to lead Pentagon personnel office
• Pentagon taps four commercial tech firms to expand military use of AI
• Final Independence-class combat ship delivered to Navy
• Ukraine fielding new crop of unmanned boats optimized for river combat
• Ukrainians welcome US aid, concerned over Trump’s ultimatum to Putin
• Jammed and confused: Alaska trial shows pitfalls of fielding US drones