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November 17, 2025
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New Laboratory Showcases Advanced Satcom Capabilities for Australian Defence Force



Sydney, Australia (SPX) Nov 18, 2025
ST Engineering iDirect and Black Cat Systems are working together to establish an Advanced Satcom Technology Demonstration Lab to support the Australian Defence Force (ADF). Central to this lab is the ST Engineering iDirect 450 Software Defined Modem (SDM), which provides multi-waveform and multi-orbit capabilities, as well as interference mitigation technology tailored for defense needs. Black Cat Systems has purchased additional Evolution Defense hubs and 9-Series modems and will demonstrate the ... read more

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UAV NEWS
Expanded Michigan site boosts Redwire fuel cell production for Stalker drones
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 18, 2025
Redwire Corporation has opened a new 85,000 square foot facility in Ann Arbor, Michigan to increase the output of fuel cells powering its Stalker uncrewed aerial system (UAS). The move aims to meet ... more
TECH SPACE
Europe commercial satellite life extension mission set for 2027
London, UK (SPX) Nov 14, 2025
Infinite Orbits and SES have agreed to conduct a geostationary satellite life extension mission, marking the first commercial undertaking of its kind in Europe. The operation will use Endurance, a 7 ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
Atlas 5 rocket launches U.S. communications satellite
Washington DC (UPI) Nov 13, 2025
Following a handful of troubling valve issues that pushed a launch back for a week, an Atlas 5 rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida at 10:04 p.m. EST on Thursday night, carrying a communications satellite for Viasat. ... more
FLOATING STEEL
USS Ford in Caribbean; Maduro blasts US-T&T drills
Washington (AFP) Nov 16, 2025
A US aircraft carrier is now in the Caribbean Sea to bolster an anti-narcotics campaign, the military announced Sunday - a move sure to anger Venezuela - as US forces struck another alleged drug boat in the eastern Pacific. ... more
WAR REPORT
Israeli leaders voice opposition to Palestinian state before UN Gaza vote
Jerusalem (AFP) Nov 16, 2025
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and members of his government underscored their opposition to a Palestinian state ahead of a UN Security Council vote Monday on a resolution endorsing a US-backed Gaza peace plan. ... more
NUKEWARS
FM says 'no undeclared nuclear enrichment facility' in Iran
Tehran (AFP) Nov 16, 2025
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Sunday that the country had no undeclared uranium enrichment sites and that all of its facilities were monitored by the UN's nuclear watchdog. ... more
THE STANS
Pakistan's Asim Munir: top soldier with lifetime immunity
Islamabad, Pakistan (AFP) Nov 15, 2025
Field Marshal Asim Munir has emerged as Pakistan's most powerful military leader, analysts say, after a constitutional amendment expanded his powers and gave him lifelong rank and immunity. ... more
IRAQ WARS
Iraq tribal clashes kill eight: security official
Kut, Iraq (AFP) Nov 15, 2025
Tribal clashes over agricultural land in central Iraq have killed eight people and injured another nine, a security official in Wasit province told AFP on Saturday. ... more

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TECH SPACE
EU bows to pressure on loosening AI, privacy rules
Brussels, Belgium (AFP) Nov 15, 2025
The European Union is set next week to kickstart a rollback of landmark rules on artificial intelligence and data protection that face powerful pushback on both sides of the Atlantic. ... more
CYBER WARS
Alibaba denies report it helps China's military target US
Beijing (AFP) Nov 15, 2025
Chinese tech giant Alibaba denies helping Beijing target the United States, telling AFP on Saturday that a recent media report was "completely false". ... more
WAR REPORT
UN Security Council to vote Monday on Trump Gaza plan
United Nations, United States (AFP) Nov 15, 2025
The UN Security Council will vote Monday on a resolution endorsing US President Donald Trump's Gaza peace plan, diplomats said. ... more
AEROSPACE
Colombia inks $4.3 bn deal to buy Swedish warplanes
Bogota (AFP) Nov 15, 2025
Colombia has agreed to buy Swedish warplanes in a $4.3 billion deal with Saab, President Gustavo Petro said, as his country is locked in tension with the United States. ... more
WAR REPORT
US to hold new military exercises with Trinidad and Tobago
Port Of Spain (AFP) Nov 14, 2025
Trinidad and Tobago on Friday announced a new round of military exercises with the United States, which has ramped up what it calls anti-drug operations in the Caribbean - angering nearby Venezuela. ... more
MISSILE NEWS
Russia strike on Kyiv apartment block kills six, Ukraine says
Kyiv, Ukraine (AFP) Nov 14, 2025
A barrage of Russian missiles hit Kyiv on Friday, killing six people in one apartment block, attacks that Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky denounced as a "heinous" bid to spread terror. ... more
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CYBER WARS
Anthropic says Chinese state hackers deployed AI for autonomous attacks
Washington (AFP) Nov 14, 2025
Artificial intelligence company Anthropic has detected and disrupted what it described as the first documented cyber espionage campaign conducted largely autonomously by AI, marking a significant escalation in machine learning-enabled attacks. ... more
DEMOCRACY
Immunity and overhaul: What's new in Pakistan constitutional amendment?
Islamabad, Pakistan (AFP) Nov 14, 2025
Pakistani lawmakers have approved a constitutional amendment granting lifetime immunity to the president and army chief, while overhauling the judiciary and military command. ... more
MILTECH
Five European NATO powers vow to tackle 'hybrid threats'
Berlin (AFP) Nov 14, 2025
Defence ministers from five major European NATO countries promised greater cooperation to counter drone incursions and other "hybrid threats" such as cyberattacks after a meeting in Berlin on Friday. ... more
CIVIL NUCLEAR
Moscow says Ukraine drone debris hit Russian nuclear plant
Moscow (AFP) Nov 14, 2025
Russian officials said on Friday debris from a Ukrainian drone hit a nuclear power plant a day earlier, temporarily causing the station to reduce its output. ... more
THE STANS
Kazakhstan jails 12 over rare anti-China protest
Almaty, Kazakhstan (AFP) Nov 14, 2025
Police in Kazakhstan said on Friday they had arrested 12 people and fined six others over a rare protest in which a portrait of Chinese leader Xi Jinping was burned. ... more
TAIWAN NEWS
Japan says Taiwan stance 'unchanged'; China summons Japan ambassador
Tokyo (AFP) Nov 14, 2025
Japan said Friday that its position on Taiwan has not changed, amid a spat with Beijing following comments from hawkish new premier Sanae Takaichi about a possible attack by China on the self-ruled island. ... more
INTERNET SPACE
'Splinternets' threat to be avoided, says web address controller
Lisbon (AFP) Nov 11, 2025
The risk of the internet fragmenting into national "splinternets" will likely be averted in a UN vote next month, the head of the authority that manages web addresses told AFP on Tuesday. ... more
PILLAGING PIRATES
Alleged Chinese scam kingpin extradited from Thailand: police
Bangkok (AFP) Nov 12, 2025
An alleged Chinese racketeer linked to a hugely lucrative scam hub in Myanmar was extradited from Thailand to China on Wednesday, a police official in Bangkok told AFP. ... more
OIL AND GAS
Iran confirms seizure of Marshall Islands-flagged tanker
Washington DC (UPI) Nov 15, 2025
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps confirmed Saturday that it has seized a fuel tanker bound for Singapore from the United Arab Emirates. ... more
SPACEWAR
'The war of tomorrow will begin in space': Macron
Toulouse, France (AFP) Nov 12, 2025
Modern conflicts are already being fought in space and the next wars will begin there, French President Emmanuel Macron said Wednesday, singling out the threat posed by Russia and announcing a multi-billion euro increase in spending on military activities in space. ... more
NUKEWARS
UN watchdog calls on Iran to urgently allow 'long overdue' uranium stockpile verification
Vienna (AFP) Nov 12, 2025
The UN nuclear watchdog on Wednesday called on Iran to allow it to verify its enriched uranium inventories, especially its sensitive stockpile of highly enriched uranium that was "long overdue", according to a confidential report seen by AFP. ... more
UAV NEWS
How drones are altering contemporary warfare
Cambridge, MA (SPX) Nov 14, 2025
A new book by scholar and military officer Erik Lin-Greenberg examines the evolving dynamics of military and state action centered around drones. In recent months, Russia has frequently flown ... more
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Taiwan says not 'overly worried' about Trump-Xi talks
Taipei (AFP) Nov 12, 2025
Taiwan's top diplomat expressed confidence on Wednesday that future talks between US President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping would not "sacrifice" the democratic island's interests. ... more
AEROSPACE
NATO allies ditch Boeing for new surveillance planes
Brussels, Belgium (AFP) Nov 13, 2025
NATO countries have ditched plans to buy US-made Boeing aircraft to replace the alliance's ageing fleet of surveillance planes, after Washington pulled out of the programme, the Netherlands said Thursday. ... more
TERROR WARS
Italy probes if 'war tourists' paid to shoot civilians in Sarajevo siege
Rome (AFP) Nov 13, 2025
Prosecutors in Italy are investigating possible Italian snipers who may have paid the Bosnian Serb army during the 1990s siege of Sarajevo to be allowed to shoot civilians for sport, local media reported. ... more
IRAQ WARS
What lies ahead in Iraq: the hard task of forming a government
Baghdad (AFP) Nov 13, 2025
Following Iraq's parliamentary election this week, the complex and often lengthy task of choosing the country's next leader is set to begin. ... more
MILPLEX
Brussels and UK haggle over entry fee for EU defence fund
Brussels, Belgium (AFP) Nov 12, 2025
The EU and Britain are wrangling over an entry fee to allow London to join a 150-billion-euro ($174 billion) fund to bolster Europe's defences, officials said Wednesday. ... more
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