| 1. | India signs $203 million drone lease deal with General Atomics |
| 2. | US Air Force looks to acquire target drones that can mimic stealth jets |
| 3. | China’s J-36 Stuns With High-Alpha Manoeuvre, Igniting Sixth-Generation Fighter Race https://defencesecurityasia.com/en/china-j-36-high-alpha-manoeuvre-sixth-generation-fighter/ |
| 4. | RTX secures $22.9 billion Tomahawk deal as U.S. Navy moves to accelerate missile deliveries and expand munitions production https://defence-industry.eu/rtx-secures-22-9-billion-tomahawk-deal-as-u-s-navy-moves-to-accelerate-missile-deliveries-and-expand-munitions-production/ |
| 5. | Exclusive: Ukraine’s Fire Point Is Offering Long-Range Strike Drones to Pakistan https://quwa.org/pakistan/market-intelligence/exclusive-ukraines-fire-point-is-offering-long-range-strike-drones-to-pakistan/ |
| 6. | SOFEX Jordan Announces 15th Edition of SOFEX, Marking 30 Years of Advancing Global Defense and Security Collaboration |
| 7. | US Army requests 133,000 GMLRS rockets by 2034 |
| 8. | Russia’s Khabarovsk Sea Trials Push Poseidon Nuclear Threat Toward Pacific
https://defencesecurityasia.com/en/russia-khabarovsk-sea-trials-poseidon-nuclear-submarine-pacific/ |
| 9. | DARPA came close to finding a drone that can lift four times its own weight |
| 10. | Philippines’ BrahMos Missile Wall Could Reshape the South China Sea
https://defencesecurityasia.com/en/philippines-nine-brahmos-missile-batteries-counter-china/ |
| 11. |
OpenAI flags possible critical cybersecurity risk in upcoming model, tightens controlshttps://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/openai-flags-possible-critical-cybersecurity-risk-upcoming-model-tightens-2026-08-07/ |
| 12. |
Morocco Ranks 43rd Globally in National Cyber Security Indexhttps://www.moroccoworldnews.com/2026/08/335230/morocco-ranks-43rd-globally-in-national-cyber-security-index/ |
| 13. |
How US military funding propelled China’s robot dogs https://www.defensenews.com/industry/techwatch/2026/08/18/how-us-military-funding-propelled-chinas-robot-dogs/ |
| 14. |
Zhuque-3 Y2 landmark recovery test marks China’s dual-track reusable rocket development, aerospace experts sayhttps://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202608/1368512.shtml |
| 15. |
US anti-satellite push revs up space arms race with China, Russiahttps://asiatimes.com/2026/08/us-anti-satellite-push-revs-up-space-arms-race-with-china-russia/ |
| 16. |
3-orbit spacecraft could help US remove satellites nearing end of lifehttps://interestingengineering.com/space/3-orbit-spacecraft-could-help-us-remove-satellites-nearing-end-of-life |
Warm Regards,
Team Arms Control & Disarmament Centre (ACDC)
Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad (ISSI)
Sector F-5/2, Islamabad, 44000, Pakistan
