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Military technology

  • Monday, 4 May, 2026
    EU defence
    Rheinmetall’s first-quarter revenues fail to meet expectations

    German company’s shares under pressure over profitability concerns and questions about the future of warfare

    A wheeled self-propelled howitzer is displayed indoors at the Rheinmetall munitions factory opening, with three people observing.
  • Saturday, 2 May, 2026
    Middle East war
    Trump administration fast-tracks $8.6bn in arms sales to Middle East allies

    Move to shore up regional partners during Iran war comes as US warns Europe of delays to weapons shipments

  • Thursday, 30 April, 2026
    Middle East war
    Israel rushed laser system to UAE to fend off Iran’s missiles

    Deployment of equipment is one of the first examples of major defence co-operation between the two states

    A high-power laser system with a large circular lens mounted on a tan metal platform, part of the Iron Beam air defence system.
  • Saturday, 25 April, 2026
    Aerospace & Defence
    Defence stocks give back gains as investors buy rumour but sell war

    Production bottlenecks and uncertainty over US munitions funding weigh on stock prices for weapons makers

    USS Thomas Hudner launches a Tomahawk missile over the ocean, leaving a trail of smoke under a cloudy sky.
  • Thursday, 23 April, 2026
    German politics
    The FT View. The welcome return of German military might

    A defence strategy sets the right direction for dealing with the Russian threat

    The editorial board
    Leopard 2 A8 tank with two small German flags attached, shown outdoors during a roll-out event at KNDS in Munich.
  • Wednesday, 22 April, 2026
    Middle East military briefing
    How Trump is bolstering his Gulf force

    A third US carrier group and up to 10,000 elite troops expected in region by end of month

    The Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4) sailing in the Pacific Ocean; paratroopers assigned to 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division fill the skies over a drop zone in Torun, Poland, during Exercise Swift Response; plus airborne division paratroopers on the ground
  • Wednesday, 15 April, 2026
    Middle East war
    FT Investigations. Iran used Chinese spy satellite to target US bases

    Leaked documents show IRGC secretly acquired system and used it to guide strikes during war in March

    The CERES-1 carrier rocket launches, surrounded by clouds of smoke and flame at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center.
  • Thursday, 9 April, 2026
    UK defence
    UK exposes covert Russian submarine operation

    Defence secretary says mission was monitored ‘24/7’ by British warships

    The Russian Akula-class nuclear submarine Vepr at sea with several crew members standing on its hull
  • Tuesday, 17 March, 2026
    Ukraine military briefing
    Ukraine makes rare advance inside ‘kill zone’

    Kyiv touts battlefield success as proof it is still in the fight as Russia gears up for ‘summer offensive’

    A Ukrainian serviceman in camouflage uniform fires a machine gun from a trench during winter training in a snowy field
  • Sunday, 15 March, 2026
    Middle East military briefing
    Military briefing: How mines could tighten Iran’s Gulf chokehold

    US navy appears ill-prepared for potential use of relatively cheap and plentiful weapon in narrow Strait of Hormuz

    An FT montage with images of Iranian mines aboard a ship, a US helicopter dropping a diver into the Arabian Ocean and an explosion at sea throwing up spray.
  • Thursday, 12 March, 2026
    Middle East war
    The AI-driven ‘kill chain’ transforming how the US wages war

    Systems from Palantir and Anthropic are helping to turn torrents of battlefield data into thousands of strikes

    Montage shows smoke plumes rising over Tehran after explosions, with Tehran flag, crosshairs graphic, and US Department of Defense logo.
  • Wednesday, 11 March, 2026
    Middle East war
    Drones, lasers and radars: Middle East war spurs hunt for cheaper air defence

    Complex systems built to counter enemy aircraft and large missiles are not cost effective for modern warfare

  • Tuesday, 10 March, 2026
    Middle East war
    The ‘number station’ sending mystery messages to Iran

    Radio station is broadcasting what appears to be coded orders in Farsi, echoing the cold war

    A silhouette of a man, the US flag and the National Emblem of Iran, in front of a chart and soundwave images
  • Monday, 9 March, 2026
    Drones
    Drones: a strategic tool for defence and markets

    Tech groups such as Quantum are winning investor support in Europe, boosting the region’s venture capital industry

    Patrick Jenkins
    A large drone labelled ‘RELIANT’ is displayed in front of a digital map showing airport infrastructure and drone-related terms
  • Sunday, 1 March, 2026
    Middle East military briefing
    Military briefing: Iran’s new retaliation strategy

    Islamic republic launches ‘drizzle’ of missiles and drones against Israel while firing barrages at targets around the Gulf

    A woman holds a portrait of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei; Iranian Revolutionary Guard cadets march in formation during a military parade; a large explosion and plume of smoke rises from the sea near Haifa after missiles were launched towards Israel from Iran.
  • Friday, 27 February, 2026
    US-Iran tensions
    Defensive munition shortages to shape attack on Iran

    US and Israel burned through interceptors at an unprecedented rate during last year’s 12-day war

    A plume of smoke rises above city buildings in Tehran following an explosion, with partly cloudy skies overhead.
  • Friday, 27 February, 2026
    Big Tech
    Big Tech workers press bosses to back Anthropic in Pentagon clash

    Amazon, Google and Microsoft staff urge their executives to adopt tough AI guardrails and refuse any defence contracts

    Dario Amodei and Pete Hegseth appear in front of a blue background with the logos of Anthropic, Amazon, Google and Microsoft.
  • Friday, 27 February, 2026
    Anthropic
    US warns it will axe all Anthropic agreements without Pentagon deal

    CEO Dario Amodei says start-up ‘cannot in good conscience’ agree to US government’s terms

    Dario Amodei speaks while holding a microphone at the AI Impact Summit, with a colourful event logo in the background
  • Thursday, 26 February, 2026
    Drones
    Can drones be stockpiled? Europe wrestles with weapons dilemma

    Finland struggles to replicate cold war-era artillery depots for high-tech weaponry that rapidly turns obsolete

    Corporal Tylor Jaekel holds a Puma drone above his head, preparing to launch it over water at a rocky shoreline
  • Tuesday, 24 February, 2026
    Anthropic
    Hegseth threatens to cut Anthropic from Pentagon supply chain in showdown with CEO

    AI start-up’s Dario Amodei summoned to Washington after trying to limit military use of its technology

    Pete Hegseth speaks emphatically to reporters, gesturing with his finger following a Senate briefing.
  • Monday, 23 February, 2026
    Visual investigation
    Inside Ukraine’s ‘kill zone’

    Drones are reshaping the frontline with Russia — and the future of warfare

    A soldier runs through tall grass toward a pickup truck on a rural road as an explosion sends smoke and debris into the air nearby. Inset images show a burned-out vehicle by barbed wire and an aerial, drone-style view of a damaged area.
  • Friday, 13 February, 2026
    World
    Ukraine’s no man’s land is the future of war

    In drone vs drone combat, valuable personnel can be pulled back from the front

    Eric Schmidt
    A Russian soldier in camouflage and helmet launches a drone over a snowy field.
  • Thursday, 29 January, 2026
    Middle East military briefing
    Trump’s armada: the US military force assembled against Iran

    Build-up of American military power comes as US president weighs strikes

    A montage of a US warship, aircraft carrier and fighter jet over American flag and the Islamic emblem in red
  • Saturday, 10 January, 2026
    Companies
    Military briefing: the return of the war chopper

    US operations to capture Nicolás Maduro and seize a Russian tanker were a reminder of the enduring power of helicopters

    Naval Special Warfare operators climb a caving ladder from a boat to an MH-60M Black Hawk helicopter during maritime training.
  • Thursday, 8 January, 2026
    US politics & policy
    Trump calls for 50% increase in US defence spending by 2027

    President says military budget should rise to $1.5tn

    A US Navy F/A-18F Super Hornet prepares to launch from the USS Gerald R. Ford as a crew member in a yellow shirt signals on the flight deck.
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