The Defense Revolving Door; Japan Develops Air Defense System With Three Types of Weapons

INNOVATION

Armada Unveils New Orion Modular Data Center

Happens to the best of us. But luckily, Armada is back with yet another solution for the rather pesky problem of AI and large-scale compute at the edge.

Japan Develops Air Defense System With Three Types of Weapons

CRADS combines missiles, autocannons, and laser weapons in a single integrated system.

Indra’s New AR Goggles Let Tank Crews ‘See’ Through Vehicle Armor

AR Goggles use a human-machine interface to project imagery from the vehicle’s cameras into the operator’s field of view.

INVESTMENT

Canada Backs $116 Billion Global Defence Bank to Finance Allied Rearmament

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney supports a new global defense bank called the Defence, Security and Resilience Bank (DSRB), which aims to help allied countries rearm. The bank is looking to raise around €100 billion ($116 billion) to provide low-cost loans to governments and defense contractors for military projects. It will also guarantee loans for smaller, riskier firms. So far, Canada, along with Albania, Belgium, Greece, Latvia, Luxembourg, Romania, Turkey, and Ukraine, has expressed support for the initiative.

AI

Can AI help the Marines simplify sustainment in the Pacific?

When a Marine planner is trying to determine whether a deployed unit has everything it needs, they must query several separate databases while cross-referencing supply levels, maintenance records, and more to create a spreadsheet. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific, is hoping an AI-powered logistics platform can make that process much faster and easier.

TECHNOLOGY

The defense revolving-door, Silicon Valley edition

An eye-opening glimpse at the links between two congressional committees and more than 100 defense contractors, consultants, and lobbyists.

Lockheed Martin proposes $1.8bn F-16 industrial package to Peru

The package includes co-production, uncrewed systems, engineering training, and a new space academy curriculum.

Fedorov offers drone technology to US in exchange for Patriots, seeks funding for defense tech fund

Former Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov is seeking U.S. investment for a new defense technology fund and offering to help Washington develop drone capabilities in exchange for Patriot missile interceptors for Ukraine, he told the Financial Times in an interview published Aug. 30.

The proposal comes as Fedorov has begun an international trip that has included Italy and the United States after being dismissed by President Volodymyr Zelensky as defense minister.

SPACE

South Africa’s space tech industry is lifting off

South Africa is fast becoming a global space tech powerhouse, now exporting $1 billion worth of specialized satellite equipment.

Inside the Enterprise Tech Driving NASA’s Next Space Mission

Following April’s historic flyby, Honeywell, AWS and Axiom Space integrate advanced computing, cloud infrastructure and next-gen suits for 2027

EUROPE

On the ground at Copenhagen’s TechBBQ, where defence tech was the rising star

A royal endorsement, a Nordic collaboration, and some frank words on investing, dual-use and ecosystems put defence front and centre at the event

SECURITY

Tech, Cybersecurity Giants Unite Behind OpenAI-Led Cyber Defense Pledge

Nearly 130 organizations spanning cybersecurity, cloud computing, finance and other industries have signed an open letter calling for a coordinated, global surge in cyber defense as AI makes attacks more widespread and sophisticated.

ARMY

Army general leads new joint task force in support of next-gen ICBM program

Military and civilian leaders from across the Department of War gathered at the Hill Aerospace Museum July 16, 2026, to activate Joint Task Force Castle and mark the assumption of command by Army Brig. Gen. William C. Hannan Jr., the organization’s first commander.

STRATEGY

What do current US military ops in Latin America actually look like?

On Thursday, U.S. SOUTHCOM Commander Gen. Francis L. Donovan met with the Colombian and Ecuadorian defense ministers in San Lorenzo, Ecuador. The trio agreed on a plan to significantly expand their military cooperation along the Ecuador-Colombia border, moving past episodic U.S.-partnered missions and toward sustained combined operations against groups Washington has designated as terrorist organizations.

This development is significant because it occurs at the time U.S. military forces are already operating on the ground with Ecuadorian forces in Esmeraldas, with the precise manner of cooperation publicly unknown.