Australia unveiled modular payloads that let Anduril’s Ghost Shark undersea drone lay sea mines, launch Altius drones and drop supply caches, with some being tested at an AUKUS exercise near San Diego.
SMDC’s Lt. Gen. John Rafferty says an Army air defense unit has been earmarked for Golden Dome. The bigger problem: nearly all of the shield’s $17.5 billion 2027 request sits in a reconciliation bill Congress hasn’t moved.
After drones sank a cargo ship off Bulgaria and two tankers caught fire near Romania’s Sulina Canal, NATO said allies would send maritime patrol aircraft, radars, drones and explosive exploitation teams to the Black Sea.