An Iranian drone and missile attack damaged Kuwait International Airport, killing one person and injuring more than 60, suspending flights at the hub.

CENTCOM said it carried out new defensive strikes in southern Iran, hitting missile launch sites, mine-laying boats, and targets on Qeshm Island near the Strait of Hormuz.

The strait remains largely closed three months after the war began, keeping a fifth of global oil and LNG shipments at risk and oil prices up over 2%.

US-Israeli startup Shifters closed a $10.2 million seed round led by Ace Capital Partners, bringing total funding to $15 million for its autonomous ground robot teams.

The legged TRUST platform pairs with RITA command software and a digital twin to send robots first into tunnels, rubble, and jammed environments ahead of troops.

Shifters has tested its stack with US Army units and expects TRUST to reach near-production readiness by year-end as it builds out new production lines.

Saab unveiled the first Gripen F, a twin-seat variant that keeps the single-seat Gripen E's mission systems and sensors while adding an instructor cockpit.

The aircraft was jointly developed with Brazilian industry under a 2014 deal for 36 jets, with Brazil the first nation to acquire the F variant.

The jet will undergo flight testing at Saab's center in Sweden before entering service, where the second seat is meant to speed pilot readiness.

Beretta Defense Technologies' LIVET remote weapon station mounts eight Benelli Drone Guardian shotguns into a single automated counter-drone turret.

The system detects, tracks, and engages small drones without a human aiming the weapon, firing air-burst rounds that disperse projectiles at preset distances.

The eight-gun design adds redundancy and a modular fit for fixed sites or vehicles, with a public debut planned at Eurosatory in Paris from June 15.

The Commission on US Cyber Force Generation estimated an independent cyber service would require an initial budget of $10 billion to $11 billion, realigned from existing funds.

The report sized the force at 33,000 personnel, composed solely of officers and warrant officers, reaching initial capacity in 12 to 18 months through a phased approach.

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand plans to introduce a 2027 defense bill amendment to create the service, though any proposal would still require multiple rounds of negotiations and a presidential signature.

President Trump signed an executive order establishing a voluntary framework requiring developers to provide the government with 30 days of pre-release access to frontier models.

The order tasks the National Security Agency with a classified benchmarking process to define "covered frontier models" and assess their cyber capabilities, with no opt-out.

It also directs Treasury, NSA, and CISA to form an AI cybersecurity clearinghouse within 30 days to coordinate vulnerability scanning and patching.

DoD Chief Information Officer Kirsten Davies urged the defense industrial base to strengthen foundational cybersecurity, warning a small supplier breach can reach the warfighter.

Davies said compliance does not equal security and called for a shift toward operational resilience and a risk-driven posture across the department.

She flagged coming changes to the CIO's office in the months ahead and signaled more to say later on the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program.

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