Every one-on-one meeting slot at the U.S. Air Force’s upcoming industry day for a new F-16 mission computer is already booked, and the service has now restricted access to the event’s sensitive briefings to companies certified to handle export-controlled military data. The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s F-16 program office will host the event […]

Is Eastern Europe finally free from the crushing dominance of foreign powers? In this recent ClubGPF Live Discussion, GPF analyst Ridvan Bari Urcosta joins GPF Chairman George Friedman to discuss the diminished power of Russia, the obsolescence of Cold War geopolitical frameworks, and what this shift means for Poland and the rest of Eastern Europe. The post Russia’s Failure, Poland’s Rise, and the End of an Era | ClubGPF Clip with George Friedman appeared first on Geopolitical Futures .

Inspired by Hans Christian Andersen's fairytale, a gold-covered statue of a naked Trump in the halls of European Parliament is meant to make politicians think about democracy, says 'Orange Plague' artist Jens Galschiøt.

Ukraine's military launched an attack on Russia's Tver Oblast overnight on Oct. 9, reportedly targeting a Russian factory that manufactures fuel components for Kh-55 and Kh-101 cruise missiles, Russian Telegram media channels reported.

On the last day of the 2026 World Cup, NORAD F-16s fired flares over northern New Jersey to warn off civilian pilots who had flown into restricted airspace. During the tournament, federal agencies seized more than 700 drones across 11 host cities. The counter-drone effort worked. That's what worries me. In less than two years, Los Angeles will open the 2028 Olympic Games, a National Special Security Event spread across dozens of venues followed weeks later by the Paralympics. The threat there won't be the one we just beat, and this summer's solutions won't be the ones we need. I've seen this before. From 2010 to 2013 I ran the Army's Rapid Equipping Force in the middle of the counter-IED fight. Congress authorized roughly $21 billion for JIEDDO, and we spent nearly $50 billion more on MRAPs. We still lost the adaptation race. The enemy learned and changed faster than our institutions could. Drones have the same traits that made IEDs so hard to beat: cheap dual-use parts, know-how that

A 14-year-old girl in Rivne is accused of poisoning and strangling a Ukrainian soldier under instructions from a Russian handler. A separate case involving the alleged arson of a military vehicle has also reached court.

Kenya says the men took Russian army contracts under false job promises.

Peraton wants to bring AI-fueled project management to the Pentagon and beyond—while also changing the perception that it’s just an IT company. It’s true the company has “a rich history of doing IT services and IT modernization across government customers,” Gabe Camarillo, the company’s new defense sector president, told Defense One .  But Peraton is also big on defense prototyping and engineering: “We do Tomahawk theater mission planning support for the Navy,” he said, plus “ modeling and simulation for Aegis. Also, sonar analysis and acoustic analysis for the Navy at Carderock . And then we also provide engineering support to some Army programs, like, for example, those that do aircraft survivability equipment.” And those are areas ripe for growth, he said. “We're looking to expand that footprint across the department, particularly at a time where new capabilities allow you to reduce risk in modernization prog

Supporting Ukraine is self-interest, not charity: Russia threatens democracies well beyond Europe, and Ukraine’s battlefield innovation and civilian resilience hold lessons for the West.

Russia’s Aerospace Forces received an unspecified number of Su-34 fighter bombers on Wednesday, Oct. 7 – the second such delivery in 2026. The CEO of Russia’s United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) said the production of the upgraded variation of the aircraft would continue at accelerated rates. The company is said to have delivered 18 airframes spreaded through seven batches in 2025 despite foreign sanctions.

The contact comes months after DoD and Raytheon inked a framework agreement to boost production of the air defense munition.

The current landmine incident in the Demilitarized Zone of the Korean Peninsula could escalate into conflict on the Korean Peninsula. South Korea and the United Nations Command said North Korea violated the Korean War armistice following a landmine blast on September 21 in the South Korean side of the DMZ, injuring three South Korean soldiers, two severely. Kim Yo Jong, the sister of North Korean leader Jim Jong Un, dismissed South Korea’s allegations, saying they were a “conspiratorial farce”, threatening immediate and merciless retaliation if South Korean troops open fire on North Korean workers. She accused South Korea of fabricating a “self-directed farce”, creating groundless claims to create a pretext for political and military provocations. South Korean President Lee Jae Myung on October 1, in an Armed Forces Day speech, said: “I hope that the North joins us now on the path of restoring trust and resuming dialogue, following a long interruption… and consistently pursue practical

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The legislation would direct the secretary of defense to create new reporting requirements and voluntary guidance for large AI contractors. The post Bipartisan Senate bill would push DOD to expand its oversight of in-use commercial frontier AI models appeared first on DefenseScoop .

[Sponsored] Army vehicles like Bradley need greater power at the sprocket for speed, braking, and maneuverability.

In 1914, European armies entered a war with forces designed to move. Within months, they were digging themselves into the earth. Fires from newly introduced machine guns and heavy artillery made movement across exposed ground a proposition far more deadly than in any war that had ever afflicted humanity. More than a century later, armies are confronting an unsettling echo of that experience in Ukraine.Drones and other robotic precision weapons fill the low-altitude airspace, detecting and destroying tanks and other large vehicles that appear anywhere near the Ukrainian front and devastating any attempts at mobile ground offensives by infantry. Western The post Achieving Breakthrough: Maneuver Warfare in the Face of Robotic Mass appeared first on War on the Rocks .

The change will bring some additional soldiers to Okinawa, Japan.

Ukraine accused Russia of targeting two crowded vehicles in the front line city of Kramatorsk to kill as many civilians as possible.

Romana Jerković announces she is leaving Croatia's SDP party.

The Spanish Army has received its first Aracne counter-drone systems, delivered to the 71st Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment, which serves as the army’s lead unit for defending against drones. The army announced the delivery on Oct. 8. The system is built to detect drones, identify them and choose a response, and the regiment has already completed […]

Trump rules out new attack on Iran until after midterms as oil prices spike Submitted by MEE staff on Thu, 10/08/2026 - 20:15 The focus of the war has shifted to Yemen, where Pakistan denied a report that its warplanes were bombing the Houthis US President Donald Trump is seen at the Golden Age of American Innovation Summit at the Institute of Peace in Washington, DC, on 8 October 2026 (Win McNamee/Getty Images/AFP) Off US President Donald Trump on Thursday ruled out new attacks on Iran until after the November mid-term elections, following several reports that Washington is gearing up for a new round of escalation. "We are having productive discussions with the Islamic Republic of Iran," Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social. "We will not be attacking Iran at any time prior to the midterm elections to be held in the United States on November 3rd.” Trump’s statement came after several news sites, including Axios, which is seen as close to Trump and his aides, reported that the Pentagon

The COPA initiative allows for the issuance of cash bonuses up to $2,500 to eligible troops to “recognize exceptional contributions rooted in novel actions, inventions, or technical achievements that significantly enhance DoW cyberspace operations capabilities.” The post Colby approves Pentagon policy for ‘cyber operations-peculiar’ monetary awards appeared first on DefenseScoop .

The new accusations relate to the alleged torture of US citizens held in Venezuela while Maduro was in power.

Azerbaijan has emerged as the leading power in the South Caucasus, and the South Caucasus region is itself increasing in significance in the Eastern Hemisphere. The region is an important connection between Asia and Europe, making Azerbaijan important beyond the South Caucasus. It is, therefore, redefining its relationship with the major nations surrounding the region, […] The post A Long-Term View of Azerbaijan appeared first on Geopolitical Futures .

Senior US envoy Jared Kushner and Kremlin envoy Kirill Dmitriev have reportedly discussed bringing a US investor into the Nord Stream gas pipelines, five sources familiar with the matter told Reuters on Thursday, Oct. 8. The pipelines remain under both US and EU sanctions due to Russia’s war in Ukraine, and Germany strongly opposes reopening them.

The drop in voltage temporarily halted Kyiv Metro train services and escalator operations, the Kyiv City State Administration (KMDA) said. Other parts of the capital's public transport network were also affected.

Altogether, Shield AI and the US Navy are investing a combined $400 million into the X-BAT drone.

Pakistan Air Force fighter jets are being used in strikes against Yemen’s Houthi rebels, a senior Pakistani military official told The New York Times, the first indication from inside Pakistan’s military that its air force has joined Saudi Arabia’s renewed war against the Iran-backed group. A second Pakistani official told the newspaper that Pakistan’s role […]

The attack marks the first confirmed strike against Russian data infrastructure, weeks after Moscow did the same.

Wars can represent transitions from one geopolitical era to another, and when they do, they can reshape regional orders even before the fighting ends. Such is the case in the Middle East, which is just three years removed from the Oct. 7 attacks. Though the conflict is ongoing, a post-conflict architecture is already taking shape, […] The post The End of the Middle East as We Know It appeared first on Geopolitical Futures .

The memorandum from the head of the A&S directorate was obtained by DefenseScoop. The post Pentagon memo outlines plan to operationalize new ‘FORTRESS America’ program office appeared first on DefenseScoop .

Britain repeatedly uses sanctions to impose costs on Russia. But what does Russian hostility cost Britain? A new report asks a question government must answer.

At 10:00 a.m. local time, Ukraine’s biggest private energy firm DTEK announced emergency energy shutdowns in Brovary, Buchanskyi, Vyshgorod, and Boryspil districts of the capital.

Dramatic footage published by a local Telegram channel appears to show a downed Russian jet-powered drone falling beside cars in Kyiv. Officials have not confirmed the precise location or reported whether the incident caused casualties.

Die Brandmauer bröckelt weiter und bringt Friedrich Merz in Bedrängnis. Nach der Wahl von Tobias Rausch von der AfD zum Landtagspräsidenten in Sachsen-Anhalt womöglich mit CDU-Stimmen wächst die parteiinterne Nervosität. Rasmus Buchsteiner analysiert, warum der CDU-Chef die Kontrolle über die Debatte verliert und wie SPD-Verteidigungsminister Boris Pistorius die Situation mit seinem historischen Vergleich anheizt. Außenpolitisch […]

Hundreds of inertial navigation units designed to keep working when satellite signals are jammed or spoofed are to be fitted to counter-drone weapon stations bound for Poland, under an $18.5 million agreement. The post Counter-drone turrets for Poland get GPS-free navigation first appeared on UK Defence Journal .

The Sasovo data center is located on the grounds of the Sasta machine-tool plant, a manufacturer of metal-cutting and high-precision CNC metalworking machines used across Russian industry, including the defense-industrial, aerospace, oil and gas, and heavy machinery sectors.

X-Bow Systems has won a prototype agreement worth up to $69.7 million to develop and qualify a solid rocket motor booster for a next-generation U.S. Navy weapon, and to tool a production line in Luling, Texas, that can build up to 500 motors a year, the Albuquerque, New Mexico-based company said on October 7. The […]

The memo framed the Pentagon’s use of AI as a way to shed “dysfunction” caused by outdated classification and declassification procedures, which it describes as “endangering” to the department’s mission. The post Pentagon launches pilot program that will use AI to manage sensitive information appeared first on DefenseScoop .

Yemen's Houthis claim attack on Riyadh airport Yemen's Houthis said they attacked the King Khalid International Airport in the Saudi capital Riyadh with a ballistic missile. "Our armed forces successfully targeted King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh with a ballistic missile, which accurately struck its target and disrupted airport operations," Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Saree said in a post on X. The statement came hours after Saudi Arabia announced that an attack on the same airport had killed one person.

"Skipper", an FPV company commander in Ukraine's 413th Raid Unmanned Systems Regiment, has described destroying a Russian UR-77…

The late far-right firebrand remains a fixture in the public consciousness as a political prophet. And his popularity is only growing.

People with mental illness alone were to be eligible for assisted dying in Canada in March 2027, but that has now been paused indefinitely.

Kazakhstan is negotiating with Moscow to return citizens serving with Russian forces in Ukraine after men and their relatives said they had been deceived or coerced into signing military contracts. Astana is verifying individual cases and plans to submit a list to Russia, while maintaining extensive economic and strategic ties with Moscow.

EU leaders have run out of ideas as they keep rehashing the same solutions on migration.

The U.S. and Greece are launching a joint security program to strengthen counterterrorism information sharing between their law enforcement agencies.

Two 14-year-old boys in the Konotop district were killed after the device detonated, Governor Oleh Hryhorov said. The prevalence of unexploded ordnance and landmines poses severe risk to Ukrainian civilians in front-line regions.

Russia's 2026 budget deficit has nearly doubled to more than $81 billion, as war spending blows past the original plan.

Russia’s large-scale missile and drone barrage killed at least 25 people and injured more than 100 across Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelensky said. In Pryluky, the death toll rose to 20, including five children, as rescuers searched a collapsed apartment building

The World Health Organization (WHO) warned that significantly more resources are required to scale up its response in Yemen amid escalating conflict and rising needs.