• A delegation from the US House of Representatives visited the National Defense Committee of the Grand National Assembly of Türkiye.
• The French defense company Nexter has decided to increase its artillery ammunition production with a grant of 41 million Euros from the European Commission.
• The Swedish company Micropol Fiberoptic announced that it provides high-speed and reliable fiber-optic communications for the IRIS-T SLM land-based air defense system manufactured by Diehl Defense.
• France and Germany have agreed to collaborate to develop a next-generation main battle tank.
• The U.S. Department of Defense signed 2 new contracts with BAE Systems for the maintenance of the M109 self-propelled howitzers in the U.S. Army inventory and the production of the Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle family.
• The South Korean Ministry of Defense approved the launch of a new ballistic missile program that can be fired from ships.
• The Swedish defense company Saab announced plans to build a new ammunition facility in the United States.
• Another batch of K2 Black Panther main battle tanks supplied by Poland from South Korea has arrived in the country.
• Italy will purchase three unmanned submarines, known as Blue Whales, from Israel Aerospace Industries.
• Finland-based Patria and US-based Lockheed Martin signed a memorandum of understanding for the F-35 for the second time.
• Vietnam received the first batch of L-39NG Albatros trainer and light attack aircraft from the Czech Republic.
• Japan has taken delivery of Vision 60 robot dogs, which are designed to be versatile for defense and internal security activities.
• The Russian Soyuz MS-25 spacecraft, carrying two Russian and Belarusian cosmonauts and an American astronaut, was successfully launched into space on the second attempt.
• French Defense Minister Sebastien Lecornu stated that his country sends weapons parts to Israel, which it can export to third countries.
• Australia announced the purchase of laser-based anti-drone systems with a $5 million contract.
• Denmark signed an agreement for the potential sale of F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter jets to Argentina.
