<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title><![CDATA[Defense - Newslocker]]></title><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/defense/</link><atom:link rel="self" href="https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/defense/rss/" /><atom:link rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com" /><description><![CDATA[Find your latest Defense news with just one click. Don't miss out on anything happening in your profession!]]></description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright (C) 2026 newslocker.com</copyright><lastBuildDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 03:29:00 +0200</lastBuildDate><item><title><![CDATA[Lockheed Martin unveils baby Patriot missile to address urgent gap]]></title><description><![CDATA[With demand for Patriot PAC-3 interceptors sharpened by Russian and Iranian ballistic missile attacks, Lockheed Martin unveiled plans to build a smaller and cheaper, if less capable, version of the exquisite interceptor.The Adapted Capability Effector, or ACE, missile would use the PAC-3's launcher and command and control software, but a less expensive rocket motor, radar, and electronic brain, according to a company announcement and remarks by Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control president]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/defense/lockheed-martin-unveils-baby-patriot-missile-to-address-urgent-gap/</link><pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 03:29:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/defense/lockheed-martin-unveils-baby-patriot-missile-to-address-urgent-gap/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sweden’s trio of radar planes will complement NATO’s 10, says air force chief]]></title><description><![CDATA[LONDON&mdash;The trio of Saab GlobalEye radar planes ordered by the Swedish Air Force are separate from&mdash;but a vital complement to&mdash;NATO&rsquo;s own order of 10, the service&rsquo;s top officer said Monday.Maj. Gen. Jonas Wikman, the head of the Swedish Air Force, told reporters in London that his country&rsquo;s order of&nbsp; the Swedish-built airborne early warning and control aircraft&nbsp; is &ldquo;on top&rdquo; of the alliance deal announced at the NATO summit in Turkey earlier]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/defense/swedens-trio-of-radar-planes-will-complement-natos-10-says-air-force-chief/</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 23:19:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/defense/swedens-trio-of-radar-planes-will-complement-natos-10-says-air-force-chief/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[US rocket-launch bottleneck worries Sweden, which just launched its first military satellite]]></title><description><![CDATA[LONDON&mdash;Sweden&rsquo;s military just launched its first satellite in May, but its top space officer is already worried that bottlenecks at U.S. and European launch facilities could slow the development of urgently needed orbital capabilities.The satellite, built by Planet Labs and launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg AFB, California, went up four years ahead of schedule because of the &ldquo;severe security situation,&rdquo; Swedish Armed Forces Rear Adm. Anders Sundeman]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/defense/us-rocket-launch-bottleneck-worries-sweden-which-just-launched-its-first-military-satellite/</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 19:36:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/defense/us-rocket-launch-bottleneck-worries-sweden-which-just-launched-its-first-military-satellite/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sweden needs the U.S. to get satellites in orbit. Launch tempo is a problem, space chief says]]></title><description><![CDATA[LONDON&mdash;Sweden&rsquo;s military just launched its first satellite in May, but its top space officer is already worried that bottlenecks at U.S. and European launch facilities could slow the development of urgently needed orbital capabilities.The satellite, built by Planet Labs and launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg AFB, California, went up four years ahead of schedule because of the &ldquo;severe security situation,&rdquo; Swedish Armed Forces Rear Adm. Anders Sundeman]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/defense/sweden-needs-the-us-to-get-satellites-in-orbit-launch-tempo-is-a-problem-space-chief-says/</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 19:36:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/defense/sweden-needs-the-us-to-get-satellites-in-orbit-launch-tempo-is-a-problem-space-chief-says/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anduril pitches a robot wingman for US Army helicopters]]></title><description><![CDATA[LONDON&mdash;One month after winning the U.S. Air Force&rsquo;s drone wingman contract, Anduril announced plans to make an autonomous attack tiltrotor that the company hopes&nbsp; the U.S. Army will pair with its helicopters for future missions.Nicknamed Thunder, the vertical-takeoff-and-landing rotorcraft is to be autonomous, heavily armed, hybrid-electric powered, and roughly group five-sized. It&rsquo;s being designed to &ldquo;be packed into a standard shipping container&rdquo; for easy tran]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/defense/anduril-pitches-a-robot-wingman-for-us-army-helicopters/</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 13:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/defense/anduril-pitches-a-robot-wingman-for-us-army-helicopters/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Egypt’s Octagon, NATO and how Mideast nations are adapting to the Iran conflict]]></title><description><![CDATA[Middle East Bureau Chief Agnes Helou recaps top news from the region before discussing ongoing impacts of the Iran war with researcher Bilal Saab.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/defense/egypts-octagon-nato-and-how-mideast-nations-are-adapting-to-the-iran-conflict/</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/defense/egypts-octagon-nato-and-how-mideast-nations-are-adapting-to-the-iran-conflict/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[USAF Chief Wilsbach on lessons from Iran, T-7 flight and F-35 delays]]></title><description><![CDATA[In a one-on-one with Breaking Defense, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Kenneth Wilsbach laid out his big concerns for the service.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/defense/usaf-chief-wilsbach-on-lessons-from-iran-t-7-flight-and-f-35-delays/</link><pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 20:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/defense/usaf-chief-wilsbach-on-lessons-from-iran-t-7-flight-and-f-35-delays/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Boeing expects additional cost hit on Air Force One to make 2028 delivery: Defense CEO]]></title><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;I do expect to see some cost growth there as we come through [final assembly] and we finish off the wiring and the structures, as well as finishing off with certification,&rdquo; Steve Parker told reporters ahead of Farnborough Airshow this week.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/defense/boeing-expects-additional-cost-hit-on-air-force-one-to-make-2028-delivery-defense-ceo/</link><pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 19:02:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/defense/boeing-expects-additional-cost-hit-on-air-force-one-to-make-2028-delivery-defense-ceo/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Navy, Army risk wasting money, time without unified hypersonic missile strategy: GAO]]></title><description><![CDATA[The GAO determined that the Navy is already roughly two years behind schedule on modernizing the Zumwalt-class destroyers as part of the more than $50 billion hypersonic effort.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/defense/navy-army-risk-wasting-money-time-without-unified-hypersonic-missile-strategy-gao/</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 23:10:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/defense/navy-army-risk-wasting-money-time-without-unified-hypersonic-missile-strategy-gao/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How to protect dozens of connected networks that are at risk and targeted by AI]]></title><description><![CDATA[[Sponsored] Artificial intelligence accelerates the speed, scale, and variety of cyber threats &ndash; especially at the seams.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/defense/how-to-protect-dozens-of-connected-networks-that-are-at-risk-and-targeted-by-ai/</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 20:14:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/defense/how-to-protect-dozens-of-connected-networks-that-are-at-risk-and-targeted-by-ai/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Trump administration’s global campaign against ‘radical left terrorism’ is built on a national security memo]]></title><description><![CDATA[A little-noticed presidential national security directive is now the legal engine behind a wave of terrorism prosecutions against left-wing protesters.&nbsp;That domestic campaign now has an international dimension, one that American officials had been&nbsp;planning for months, culminating on July 16, 2026, when Secretary of State Marco Rubio&rsquo;s Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism drew&nbsp;representatives&nbsp;from more than 65 countries&nbsp;to Washington. The gathering w]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/defense/the-trump-administrations-global-campaign-against-radical-left-terrorism-is-built-on-a-national-security-memo/</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 19:37:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/defense/the-trump-administrations-global-campaign-against-radical-left-terrorism-is-built-on-a-national-security-memo/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New ‘Golden Defender’ missile monitor ship to be built at Hanwha Philly shipyard]]></title><description><![CDATA[The ship, which will support the Golden Dome effort, will be based on the national Security Multi-Mission Vessels Hanwha Philly Shipyard builds for the US Maritime Administration.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/defense/new-golden-defender-missile-monitor-ship-to-be-built-at-hanwha-philly-shipyard/</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 19:20:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/defense/new-golden-defender-missile-monitor-ship-to-be-built-at-hanwha-philly-shipyard/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[DIU seeking ‘near-term’ power-beaming satellite demo]]></title><description><![CDATA[The goal of the new project is to field an operational capability for space-to-space and space-to-ground power beaming by 2030, according to the Defense Innovation Unit call to industry.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/defense/diu-seeking-near-term-power-beaming-satellite-demo/</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 19:14:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/defense/diu-seeking-near-term-power-beaming-satellite-demo/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A naval failure in the Strait of Hormuz]]></title><description><![CDATA[Why can&rsquo;t the world&rsquo;s most powerful military secure the Strait against a country that has no navy?]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/defense/a-naval-failure-in-the-strait-of-hormuz/</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 18:08:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/defense/a-naval-failure-in-the-strait-of-hormuz/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Japan, Vietnam exploring joint work on ‘fast landing craft’]]></title><description><![CDATA[Few details were provided, but the potential move comes amid tightening security ties between Tokyo and Hanoi.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/defense/japan-vietnam-exploring-joint-work-on-fast-landing-craft/</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 17:04:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/defense/japan-vietnam-exploring-joint-work-on-fast-landing-craft/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What we’re watching for at the 2026 Farnborough Airshow]]></title><description><![CDATA[Breaking Defense previews some of the big news that could come at the Farnborough International Airshow.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/defense/what-were-watching-for-at-the-2026-farnborough-airshow/</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 16:25:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/defense/what-were-watching-for-at-the-2026-farnborough-airshow/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[EU, Ukraine sign drone deal to fast-track unmanned systems production]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that the country is currently producing 10 million drones per year and envisions this number rising to 20 million annually with the help of partners.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/defense/eu-ukraine-sign-drone-deal-to-fast-track-unmanned-systems-production/</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 14:31:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/defense/eu-ukraine-sign-drone-deal-to-fast-track-unmanned-systems-production/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Declassified China intelligence fails to back up Trump's false claims about 'stolen election']]></title><description><![CDATA[President Donald Trump used newly declassified intelligence Thursday night to revive his claims about 2020 election issues, pointing to findings that China possessed or analyzed more than 200 million U.S. voter records. But the documents do not appear to subvert the intelligence community&rsquo;s prior conclusions that China did not alter votes or interfere with the results of the election.The declassified records provide substantially more detail about Chinese intelligence collection involving]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/defense/declassified-china-intelligence-fails-to-back-up-trumps-false-claims-about-stolen-election/</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 05:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/defense/declassified-china-intelligence-fails-to-back-up-trumps-false-claims-about-stolen-election/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Makes no sense’: Firing of Ukraine’s defense minister sparks protests, outcry among allies]]></title><description><![CDATA[Mikhailo Federov was not the first or even the second defense minister fired by Ukrainian President Volodymr Zelenskyy&mdash;but he is the first whose dismissal has drawn protests around the country, wall-to-wall coverage in Ukrainian media, and condemnation by foreign allies who fear that sacking the politically popular Federov will undermine hard-won gains in the country's fight for survival. In any case, the move reflects central questions about the war and how to win.On Wednesday, Zelenskyy]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/defense/makes-no-sense-firing-of-ukraines-defense-minister-sparks-protests-outcry-among-allies/</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 03:04:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/defense/makes-no-sense-firing-of-ukraines-defense-minister-sparks-protests-outcry-among-allies/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Allies and industry will gather at Farnborough Air Show amid Iran war, spending debates]]></title><description><![CDATA[LONDON&mdash; Disagreement among allies, uncertainty around the Iran war, and defense spending fluctuations in Europe and the United States will swirl around the Farnborough Air Show in England next week.Other things will also set this year&rsquo;s edition of the biennial show apart from its predecessors, industry representatives and aviation analysts told Defense One. Typically, the commercial-heavy air expo is preceded by the Royal International Air Tattoo at the United Kingdom&rsquo;s Royal A]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/defense/allies-and-industry-will-gather-at-farnborough-air-show-amid-iran-war-spending-debates/</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 23:15:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/defense/allies-and-industry-will-gather-at-farnborough-air-show-amid-iran-war-spending-debates/</guid></item></channel></rss>