late 2020s

https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2026/01/general-dynamics-unveils-adx-vls-reloading-destroyer-tender/ View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHXCl16O4hQ Earlier thread: https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/ad-x.51042/

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-fde5876a-c35c-48a2-b4cf-d255bd25611b https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cg7nrlkg0zxo https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckgk0y97v0go

https://breakingdefense.com/2025/09/diu-asks-industry-for-non-kinetic-tech-to-help-coast-guard-navy-disable-small-boats/

https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2025/08/saab-to-develop-luuv-large-autonomous-submarine-for-sweden/

ORIGINAL CAPTION: The defense ministry revealed plans to establish the overall coastal defense system called “SHIELD,” utilizing unmanned aircraft in the air, sea, and underwater, by fiscal 2027. The name stands for “Synchronized, Hybrid, Integrated and Enhanced Littoral Defense.”...

From the first link in the excerpt:

Though it might be more accurate to describe most of the OTV designs here as expendable payload busses, though in at least in some cases they will have cislunar capability. https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-selects-six-companies-to-provide-orbital-transfer-vehicle-studies/...

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/us/trump-military-drug-cartels.html https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-directs-pentagon-prepare-military-options-drug-cartels/ https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c07pdel9vyjo

A bit tired of the negativity towards modern TV and films, much of which I think is deserved, so instead lets have a topic about good TV shows and films you've seen. I really enjoyed or am currently enjoying these: The Peripheral (Amazon Prime) Adaptation of a William Gibson Sci-Fi novel I...

https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/fnpps-to-be-evaluated-for-use-in-the-mediterranean

https://www.wkms.org/energy/2025-07-25/billionaire-peter-thiel-backing-first-privately-developed-us-uranium-enrichment-facility-in-paducah The new plant will be run by figures closely tied to Elon Musk, with former SpaceX and Tesla executives high in the pecking order.

https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/gabe-newell-acquires-yacht-company-building-the-usd400-million-ocean-fortress-hell-pick-up-later-this-year-because-he-respects-the-sea/ https://www.boatinternational.com/boat-pro/news/oceanco-yacht-builder-sold-to-gabe-newell...

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c2l7dey54zjo ORIGINAL CAPTION: A rendering shows what the outside would look like of the renovated East Wing of the White House. The right portion of the building is the East Wing.

https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/2025-07-26/piper-signs-biggest-ever-order-taps-deltahawk-diesel

This RFI, along with a bunch of other materials, was put out by AFRL in April/May as AFLCMC-EB-25-RFI01 . The Air Force has since pulled the files from SAM.gov , etc. but oh darn I happened to have the RFI saved.

Hasn’t it previously been rumoured that it’s this aircraft they keep losing money on during development. https://breakingdefense.com/2025/07/lockheed-records-1-6b-in-losses-mostly-linked-to-continued-strife-on-classified-aero-program/

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cql0n9dp7xwo https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/britains-lindsey-oil-refinery-close-after-no-buyer-found-2025-07-21/ https://dailybusinessgroup.co.uk/2025/07/lindsey-oil-refinery-joins-grangemouth-on-scrapheap/

A BAF F-7BGI (Chengdu J-7 export variant) on a training mission crashed into a school campus in Bangladesh's capital just over four hours ago. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c75rprqwr67o :(

https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/15904336

https://www.defensenews.com/land/2025/07/16/army-europe-chief-unveils-nato-eastern-flank-defense-plan/