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Can Russia make the grade with the Checkmate?
After its official debut at the end of last year, there are still many unanswered questions about Russia’s fifth-generation fighter jet, the Sukhoi Su-75.
The strategic metals behind modern military technology
Platinum-group metals are used across aircraft engines, radar, drones, electronics and military power systems.
Industry explores future space protection after UK Space Strategy
The UK outlined its requirements in the Space Strategy, which will establish a distributed space architecture.
Forecasts: Croatia defence market data (2026-2035)
Croatia has modernised its air assets in recent years, with the land and maritime domain to follow.
Strategic Intelligence: Loitering Munitions (2026)
The 2020s have provided ample examples of the outsized impact that loitering munitions are having on the battlespace.
Drones as loitering munition relays: the role of Türkiye’s primes
The wars in Ukraine and Iran have underscored the importance of loitering munitions, with Türkiye’s major primes well placed to meet global demand.
Can the UK defend the Falkland Islands?
The Falkland Islands, a UK overseas territory, hosts British military units whose presence Argentina opposes.
Forecasts: Finland defence market data (2026-2035)
Growth is forecast across all combat domains, with the missiles and missile defence systems segment particularly robust.
Forecasts: Spain defence market data (2026-2035)
Spanish defence spending will increase gradually across the combat domains through to 2035.
Japan scrambled to monitor Chinese surveillance aircraft
A Y-9 transporter and an TB-001 reconnaissance UAS surveilled from outside Japan’s maritime boundaries.
Forecasts: Poland defence market data (2026-2035)
Poland is procuring new military equipment at an unprecedented rate across the combat domains, including tanks, fighters, and frigates.