Global for Monday, July 6, 2026

• Thales to buy French underwater-drone maker Exail in $4.5 billion deal
• Russian strikes kill 20, exposing Ukraine’s air-defense shortage
• Pentagon’s top new weapons programs are 12 years behind schedule: Watchdog
• Pentagon launches ‘War Force’ campaign in push for software engineers
• NATO summit host Turkey sees its alliance clout rising amid war raging nearby
• Indonesia drops KF-21 co-production plans, eying stock warplanes instead