Ukraine's Defense Ministry said the military signed roughly $7.5 billion of drone contracts in 1H2026, about double last year's total, with FPV drones accounting for the largest share.

July 18, 2026 — At the medical forum of the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai's Xuhui West Bund, Shanghai issued the industry's first evaluation benchmark for AI diagnosis of difficult clinical cases covering 30 clinical specialties to assess large medical models' ability to handle complex cases. The city's medical AI evaluation framework was upgraded to version 5.0, adding an 'atomic skills' assessment intended to detect and correct AI-generated false information.

The Defense Casualty Analysis System at the Pentagon published July 17 data showing US forces in actions against Iran have 14 killed and 427 wounded as of July 17. The wounded tally rose by 14 from the site's count through June, which recorded 413 wounded.