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19.06.2026 13:50 The Unmanned Aircraft System Training and Innovation Facility soon will undergo modernization changes that will strengthen its readiness to train Soldiers, including creating an innovation classroom, a high-tech classroom, a simulator room, a locker room and a mock urban village for training.

19.06.2026 13:50 The Pentagon will conduct a six-month review of the deployment of its forces in Europe, US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said on Thursday.

19.06.2026 13:50 Yesterday, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen , Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Senator Thom Tillis , co-chairs of the Senate NATO Observer Group, joined an Atlantic Council Front Page event to discuss the upcoming NATO Summit in Ankara. Ranking Member Shaheen emphasized the importance of having a united NATO alliance in support of Ukraine and increased defense spending among Allies going into the 2026 NATO Summit. Key quotes from Senator Shaheen from the event are included below.

19.06.2026 13:50 Less than a year after its activation, NATO's Combined Air Operations Centre in Bodø, Norway, is serving as the lead CAOC for Ramstein Flag 2026, June 8 to 19 - a major milestone for NATO's newest operational air headquarters.

19.06.2026 13:50 On Thursday , Allied Defence Ministers had their last meeting before the NATO Summit in Ankara next month. Secretary General Mark Rutte described how the ministers made "good progress" on NATO's priorities. "Spending more, and better, on the forces and capabilities we need to defend every inch of Allied territory. Around the table today I heard Ally, after Ally, after Ally explaining how they are increasing investment in defence," he said.

19.06.2026 13:50 The Council took note of the 11th report on the implementation of the 74 common proposals endorsed by the EU and NATO Councils on 6 December 2016 and 5 December 2017.

19.06.2026 13:50 On June 18, Astana hosted a meeting of the Committee of Chiefs of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Commonwealth of Independent States member states, attended by First Deputy Minister of Defense - Chief of the General Staff of the Azerbaijan Army, Colonel General Karim Valiyev, who is on an official visit to the Republic of Kazakhstan.

19.06.2026 13:50 Delegation led by the First Deputy Minister of Defense of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Chief of the General Staff of the Azerbaijan Army, Colonel General Karim Valiyev is on a working visit to the Republic of Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan`s Ministry of Defense told AZERTAC.

19.06.2026 13:50 The main topics of today's NATO Defence Ministers' meeting in Brussels were the Allies' current progress on increasing defence spending and meeting capability targets, in preparation for the NATO Summit to be held in Ankara, Turkey, this July.

19.06.2026 13:50 The interior ministers of Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Germany or their representatives have gathered for a meeting of the ministerial group on Baltic Sea Security on 17 and 18 June. The representatives of the countries will discuss drone-related threats in the region and joint measures to respond to these threats. The meeting is chaired by Minister of the Interior Mari Rantanen.

19.06.2026 13:50 On June 17-18 Minister of National Defence Robertas Kaunas took part in the NATO Defence Ministers' meeting in Brussels.

19.06.2026 13:50 The ninth regular consultative meeting between the Land Forces Command of the Mongolian Armed Forces and the United States Army Pacific opened in Ulaanbaatar, according to Montsame.

19.06.2026 13:50 President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. and Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday underscored the importance of energy security, food security and economic cooperation as the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and Russia marked 35 years of dialogue relations during the ASEAN-Russia Commemorative Summit.

19.06.2026 13:50 Filipino and American troops further strengthened their combined operational readiness through "Salaknib" Phase 2's operational maneuver , which was conducted across various training sites in Luzon from June 1 to 16, the spokesperson of the Philippine Army said on Thursday.

19.06.2026 13:50 Defense contractor LOGZONE Inc. of Huntsville, Alabama has agreed to pay $507,144 to resolve its liability under the False Claims Act for knowingly failing to comply with cybersecurity requirements in contracts with the Department of the Navy.