Opinion
A little-noticed U.S. bill, the William S. Knudsen Defense Remobilization Act, would map bottlenecks and turn wartime demand models into peacetime contracts. Backed by Marco Rubio, it aims to reboot U.S. production—and send clearer, steadier signals to Europe and NATO supply chains.
Poland
American MEROPS drone-defense systems have been deployed in Poland, marking a significant step in reinforcing NATO’s eastern defenses amid repeated Russian drone incursions from Belarus.
United States
The U.S. Army will buy at least one million drones in the next 2–3 years, reframing unmanned systems as expendable battlefield effects. The move aims to rebuild a domestic drone industrial base and to match lessons learned from Ukraine’s drone-intensive conflict.
Serbia
The Serbian arms manufacturer Zastava Arms is facing financial strain due to a government export ban introduced in mid-2025. The restriction, which also applies to civilian firearms exports to the U.S., has halted sales and jeopardized salaries for the company’s 2,300 employees.
Poland
Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa (PGZ) and U.S. defence tech firm Anduril have signed a memorandum of understanding to co-develop and manufacture a Polish variant of the Barracuda-500M and other autonomous air systems.
United States
Pytho AI, founded by ex-Marine Michael Mearn, is developing an AI-driven planning platform to modernize the Department of Defense’s mission planning process—cutting preparation time from days to minutes.
Hungary
Colonel General Gábor Böröndi met with U.S. Joint Chiefs Chairman Dan Caine in Washington to discuss global security challenges and the expansion of Hungarian–American military cooperation.
United States
U.S. Army Secretary Daniel Driscoll unveiled sweeping acquisition reforms modeled after Silicon Valley’s startup culture, pledging faster funding, rapid prototyping, and consolidation of Army acquisition offices to speed delivery of new technologies to soldiers.
Industry
The US–Bulgarian startup builds AI-powered security agents for real-time risk detection and remediation, aiming to deliver enterprise-grade protection to mid-sized organizations.