[New] TSMC Achieves 2 nm Process and Stands by N-2 Rule TSMC, the world's largest foundry, achieved its cutting-edge 2 nm process technology milestone on schedule, despite geopolitical and natural disaster risks such as military exercises by China and the M7.0 earthquake in Taiwan.
Amiko Consulting
[New] Defence spending will be gradually increased, and a NATO defence spending ratio of 3.5% of GDP will be achieved by 2029.
Bundesministerium der Finanzen
[New] Investment in multi-domain integration could total tens of billions over the next decade, including expanding cyber personnel, C4ISR backbone ($5 billion to $15 billion), IAMD systems ($10 billion to $30 billion), and establishing a financial and legal warfare unit ($100 million).
The Strategist
[New] The ADF aims to grow from about 58,850 personnel to 69,000 by the early 2030s, with total defence workforce planned to reach 100,000 by 2040.
The Strategist
[New] Looking ahead, the integration of AI and the emergence of agile new firms will likely shape the future landscape of defence, emphasizing the need for continuous innovation and collaboration in an increasingly complex global environment.
Aerospace & Defense News
[New] While 2025 saw some of the most rapid advances in military drone technology, 2026 could see even more progress.
Washington Examiner
[New] Russia's state armament programme for 2027-2036 provides for modernising the nuclear triad and building an all-embracing air defence system.
Defence Industry Europe
[New] Poland plans to complete a new set of anti-drone fortifications along its eastern borders within two years, a top defence official has said, after a massive incursion of unmanned Russian aerial combat vehicles into Polish airspace earlier in 2025.
The Guardian
[New] The Ukrainian military delivers to the battlefield 200,000 FPV drones per month and plans to expand production to 4,500,000 FPV drones per year by the end in 2025.
Wired
[New] The FY 2026 NDAA codifies and expands current outbound investment restrictions by amending the Defense Production Act to create a mandatory notification obligation for certain investments in China or in Chinese-controlled entities relating to advanced technologies.
Crowell & Moring - The FY 2026 National Defense Authori
[New] The United Nations has warned that the extremist group al-Shabab continues to pose the most immediate and serious threat to peace and stability in Somalia and the wider region, including neighboring Kenya, despite sustained military pressure.
Africa Eye
[New] The First Island Chain allies are expected to shoulder a larger share of their own defence burden, even as the US reaffirms its commitment to deterrence by denial.
OBSERVER RESEARCH FOUNDATION ( ORF )
[New] Iron Dome is part of Israel's air defence system, and it can intercept threats at a lower cost than missile-based defences, especially during high-volume attacks.
Interesting Engineering
[New] The US Navy's SONGBOW program is developing what could become the world's first 400-kilowatt shipboard laser weapon.
Interesting Engineering
[New] Meeting the Departments of Defence and Energy's plans to operate, sustain, and modernize current nuclear forces and purchase new forces, would cost $946 billion over the 2025-2034 period.
Atlantic Council
[New] Expect formalized technology transfer agreements and joint production facilities for Ukrainian drone systems in Poland by mid-2026, creating a new defence industrial corridor that bypasses traditional Western manufacturers.
Drone Warfare
[New] Expect aggressive expansion into autonomous weapons coordination and real-time multi-domain battle management, with Ukraine serving as the proving ground for AI-directed combined arms warfare that will define NATO doctrine by 2027-2028.
Drone Warfare
[New] Ukrainian long-range strike drones successfully penetrated Russian air defences to destroy hundreds of millions of dollars in strategic assets at Belbek airfield, demonstrating the vulnerability of even sophisticated layered air defence systems to persistent drone operations.
Drone Warfare
[New] Within 12-18 months, we will likely see AI-enabled swarms of coordinated surface and subsurface drones conducting synchronized strikes against hardened naval facilities, forcing a complete redesign of port defence architectures worldwide.
Drone Warfare
[New] North Korean mass production will likely commence by mid-2026, flooding Asian theaters with thousands of units and forcing Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan into economically unsustainable defence postures that mirror Ukraine's current dilemma.
Drone Warfare
[New] China's systematic enablement of Russia's Geran drone program has created a cost-asymmetric warfare model that threatens to collapse traditional air defence economics across NATO and the Indo-Pacific while establishing a replicable blueprint for authoritarian technology transfer networks.
Drone Warfare
Last updated: 01 January 2026
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