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UK Awards Laser Weapon Experimental Contracts Three companies will split a $100 million contract to develop test beds for directed energy weapons. New Australia Nuclear Sub Deal Brings Big Questions, Hard Road Ahead Analysts say the trilateral defense pact could set precedents and become a 20-year endeavor for the countries involved. Nuke Sub Accord 'First Step' For Deeper US-Aussie Cooperation; Aussies Get NRO Ties "This does not mean there are not constructive areas of engagement with China," Australia Foreign Minister Foreign Minister Marise Payne said at the State Department today. She then noted that "US leadership within the Indo-Pacific remains indispensable." In Surprise Move US, UK Agree To Share Nuclear Submarine Tech With Australia A US official called the move the "biggest strategic step Australia has taken in generations." Tempest Fighter To Wield Flying 'Excalibur' Lab For Digital Dominance "Our focus is to get the sensors and information architecture correct. We might have to change other capabilities out for that if necessary," said Jez Holmes, Head of the RAF's Rapid Capabilities Office. Protector Takes Flight [Sponsored] The MQ-9B is the latest in a line of highly successful and well-proven remotely piloted aircraft operated by a number of other sophisticated allied air forces, from those of the United States to France to Italy and beyond. Raytheon To Demo Mine Hunting Sonar For Royal Navy Raytheon executives say they will team up with Atlas Electronics to demonstrate their sonar off the coast of Scotland at an industry exhibition dubbed WISE-X. Three Objectives For The UK Military's Future A new concept of operation is the "source code" of the UK military's future, a top officer said this week. Finland, Latvia To Jointly Procure 360 Land Vehicles; Estonia, Sweden Could Join The agreement includes an order from Latvia for the delivery of 200 APC variant vehicles and another 160 for Finland. UK Signs Up For Anduril AI Base Defense Technology "This is not how the MoD has ever done business, but its trying to adopt some of the best practices of the commercial marketplace," said Paul Hollingshead, head of UK and NATO effort at Anduril. Exclusive: UK Pushes New UN Accord On Military Space Norms The US intends to support the British effort. The Problem at the Heart of UK Defense Too often political and global power ambitions outstrip funding in the British military, analyst Justin Bronk writes.

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