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Rundown · Monday, July 13, 2026

Space & defense news on July 13, 2026

On Monday, July 13, 2026 the Space and defense desk recorded 4 news events. The earliest report came from dominicanrepublicpost.com at 02:15 UTC.

  1. 01

    Coverage recordDefense News: “US industrial base is becoming stronger for wartime production, study finds”

    2 outlets · first: Defense News Defense technology

    Reports ran between 15:43 and 16:15 UTC on Jul 13.

    The outlets that reported this event are listed with links to their reports; no summary of ours passed our automated checks for it, which says nothing about the event (how they work).

    Reported by Defense News and navytimes.com.

  2. 02

    Nigeria's Terra Industries plans Ghana drone hub, CEO says

    2 outlets · first: dominicanrepublicpost.com Defense technology

    Machine summary Terra Industries, a Nigerian drone maker founded in 2024, says its systems protect infrastructure valued at about $11bn across eight African countries and Canada. Chief executive Nathan Nwachuku said the company's second production facility in Ghana is to become Africa's largest drone manufacturing hub, with annual capacity of 50,000 units by 2028.

    Reported by dominicanrepublicpost.com and grenadachronicle.com.

  3. 03

    Nasa astronaut and two cosmonauts launch to space station

    2 outlets · first: space.com Launches

    Machine summary The trio will join seven crew members already aboard the station.

    1. The Soyuz MS-29 crew docked with the International Space Station at 1:52 p.m. EDT after two orbits, space.com reported.
    2. Nasa officials said during the agency's docking webcast that the two spacecraft were flying 260 miles above the Mediterranean Sea at docking, according to space.com.
    3. The MS-29 trio will join seven astronauts already living aboard the ISS, space.com reported.

    Reported by space.com and yahoo.com.

  4. 04

    Coverage recordbignewsnetwork.com (Big News Network): “US deploys sea, air attack drones for 1st time in multi - domain strike on Iran”

    1 outlet · first: bignewsnetwork.com (Big News Network) Defense technology

    Reports ran between 05:45 and 10:15 UTC on Jul 13.

    The outlets that reported this event are listed with links to their reports; no summary of ours passed our automated checks for it, which says nothing about the event (how they work).

    Reported by bignewsnetwork.com (Big News Network) and middleeaststar.com (Big News Network).

Each summary and its key facts are a machine summary of the reports linked under it; the outlets, times and counts come from those reports' own records. How a rundown is built.

Also covered for this desk

2 events homed on another desk that the Space and defense desk also carried on July 13, 2026.

  1. Jul 13 · Cyber Acting intelligence director announces third round of job cuts 4
  2. Jul 13 · Climate FCC OKs 1st Space Mirror Test to Boost After-Dark Solar Power 2

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Sources: the outlets' reports linked on this page; counts and times from GetYourBrief's record of those reports (methodology).