Safran Electronics & Defense unveiled eTAD, a thermal imaging device that clips onto night vision goggles, at the Eurosatory defense show in Paris.

The clip-on fuses thermal vision with navigation, augmented reality, and command-and-control data, and is free of US International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) restrictions.

With more than 25,000 Safran clip-ons already fielded and output exceeding 500 units per month, the launch deepens Europe's push for export-independent soldier optics.

Ukraine's defense ministry launched TrophyLab, a vetted online platform giving allied governments, companies, and research institutions technical intelligence from captured Russian hardware.

The catalog spans more than 115 seized systems across 79 categories, including a Kinzhal hypersonic missile and a T-90M tank, backed by over 225 studies.

Verified partners can also request physical hardware for disassembly or destruction testing, formalizing Kyiv's effort to turn battlefield knowledge into a transferable asset.

The Army stood up a first-of-its-kind multi-domain command for the Pacific, merging the 7th Infantry Division with the 1st Multi-Domain Task Force.

The roughly 12,000-soldier command at Joint Base Lewis-McChord pairs two Stryker brigades with long-range artillery, cyber, and electronic warfare as a "covering force."

Commanders plan to penetrate adversary anti-access networks across the Pacific using unmanned surface vessels, one-way attack drones, and launched effects.

The Qatari-donated Boeing VC-25B "Bridge" aircraft arrived at Joint Base Andrews and began commissioning flights, the final step before it can carry the president.

The interim jet, repainted red, white, and blue, will relieve the aging VC-25A fleet while Boeing's delayed long-term replacement slips toward 2028.

Once the flights validate mission capability, the aircraft joins the executive airlift fleet alongside the existing VC-25A and C-32 jets.

The Pentagon needs $80 billion to cover costs of the war in Iran and other bills, Deputy Defense Secretary Stephen Feinberg told lawmakers, the Wall Street Journal reported.

A Pentagon official pegged the war's cost at about $25 billion in April, but the full price since fighting began on Feb. 28 remains unsettled in Congress.

A broader supplemental request covering defense and non-defense priorities such as farm and disaster relief could reach lawmakers within days.

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