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• US, partner nations sink two decommissioned ships during Exercise Balikatan

  Defense News - 22:11 May 11, 2026
  

  A two-day strike saw the sinking of two vessels, utilizing land, sea and air platforms from the U.S., Philippine, Japanese and Canadian forces.

• 5 US bases selected for anti-drone pilot program

  Defense News - 17:25 May 11, 2026
  

  Two military installations along the southern border are among the five that will receive anti-drone energy systems.

• Ukraine and Russia fight on despite US-mediated ceasefire

  Defense News - 15:22 May 11, 2026
  

  Russia and Ukraine reported fighting along their front line despite agreeing to a ceasefire from May 9 to May 11 as part of a Trump-led push for peace.

  Tags: Ukraine Russia

• Canada eyes Turkey as a fellow mid-power ally in weapons development

  Defense News - 15:13 May 11, 2026
  

  Canada looks for lessons in Turkey's effort to nurse a homegrown industrial ecosystem for making vital defense equipment, a senior Canadian official said.

  Tags: Canada

• Epic Fury has Navy rethinking carrier deployment tempo

  Defense News - 14:21 May 11, 2026
  

  The record-breaking deployment of the USS Gerald R. Ford has reopened the debate about how the Navy should structure deployments and time at home.

  Tags: Navy

• Remains of missing soldier found off the coast of Morocco

  Defense News - 13:39 May 11, 2026
  

  The remains of a U.S. soldier reported missing in Southern Morocco last week have been recovered, the Army said in a statement Sunday.

• Ukrainian drone strike on empty Baltic fuel depot prompts top-level resignation – in Latvia

  Defense News - 10:32 May 11, 2026
  

  A Ukrainian official said Russia is spoofing Ukraine's drones, diverting them to strike nearby Baltic nations instead of targets in Russia.

  Tags: Ukrainian Baltic

• Ukraine ramps up ground robot production to spare soldiers, haul ammo — and rescue grandma

  Defense News - 21:39 May 08, 2026
  

  The same unmanned ground systems Ukraine uses to haul ammunition and evacuate wounded soldiers are now pulling civilians out of contested ground.

  Tags: Ukraine

• Russia, Ukraine to enter temporary ceasefire with prisoner exchange, Trump says

  Defense News - 20:42 May 08, 2026
  

  President Donald Trump said Friday that Russia and Ukraine would temporarily halt fighting for three days beginning Saturday.

  Tags: Ukraine Russia

• Hegseth aims to cut through the bureaucracy with ‘Deal Team Six’

  Defense News - 19:17 May 08, 2026
  

  The Pentagon is utilizing a crew of private sector businessmen to renovate how the department negotiates with defense companies.

• US forces disable Iranian-flagged tankers trying to cross blockade

  Defense News - 16:28 May 08, 2026
  

  This week, U.S. forces around the Strait of Hormuz have launched strikes against Iranian military facilities and disabled missiles launched by the IRGC.

• Marines to phase out F/A-18 maintenance jobs as Hornet era ends

  Defense News - 15:28 May 08, 2026
  

  Enlisted Marines with Hornet specialties will be offered retraining, reassignment or career dead ends.

  Tags: Hornet

• The US Marine Corps is looking for a few good robots to build airfields

  Defense News - 14:13 May 08, 2026
  

  For Marines who have toiled over assembling airfields in austere environments, relief may be on the way.

• India to build strategic outpost near key shipping lane in Indo-Pacific

  Defense News - 13:59 May 08, 2026
  

  “This is what I call the Hormuz Strait effect," one analyst said, referring to the collapse of shipping through the vital waterway due to war.

• Turkey touts propellant breakthrough for Yıldırımhan long-range ballistic missile

  Defense News - 11:14 May 08, 2026
  

  The Turkish government has been working on hypersonic technologies and liquid-propellant propulsion systems for nearly a decade.

• As the US Army adds drones to formations, here’s how one base trains its operators

  Defense News - 00:04 May 08, 2026
  

  Fort Stewart soldiers are figuring out how to train on unmanned systems after the base stood up the Marne Unmanned Center of Excellence.

• US and Iran exchange fire as Trump says war will ‘be over quickly’

  Defense News - 23:49 May 07, 2026
  

  U.S. forces launched retaliatory strikes against Iranian military facilities Thursday after Iran fired missiles and drones at three U.S. Navy vessels.

  Tags: Iran

• Europe defense autonomy is in reach at €50 billion a year: German experts

  Defense News - 16:46 May 07, 2026
  

  A new paper identifies “ten central capability gaps” Europe needs to plug to be able to act autonomously, without U.S. military assistance.

  Tags: Europe

• A small town in Germany braces for end to decades of life with US troops

  Defense News - 16:42 May 07, 2026
  

  A picturesque Bavarian town has hosted U.S. forces since the end of WWII and could bear the brunt of the U.S. military's withdrawal from Germany.

  Tags: Germany

• Pentagon turns to AI targeting to help troops shoot drones

  Defense News - 15:28 May 07, 2026
  

  The technology can detect threats and distinguish them from non-threats, such as birds, faster than a human operator can.

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