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Naval Warfare

US Navy to invest more than $700 million in laser-related R&D efforts in FY2026

The US Navy’s acceleration of its laser weapon development initiatives reflects a decisive shift towards ultimately having a “laser on every ship” across tomorrow’s surface fleet.

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Land Warfare

UK agrees parallel development and production process for British Army Challenger 3

In a bid to accelerate delivery of the British Army’s Challenger 3 main battle tank, which has just carried out its first crewed firings with the latest Rheinmetall 120mm L55A1 smoothbore gun, the UK has opted for an unconventional approach.

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Land Warfare

Romania intensifies search for more tanks and could look beyond Abrams

Since signing a contract to purchase 54 M1A2 Abrams tanks last year, Romania has been looking into options to buy more tanks, but it could cast the net wider than Abrams with funding considerations potentially set to shape the outcome.

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