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RAF Chinooks Fly Daily Missions From the Netherlands Into Germany to Support British Paratroopers
RAF Chinook crews from 18 (B) Squadron flew daily from Gilze-Rijen Air Base in the Netherlands into Germany during Exercise Greyhound Titan, supporting 16…
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Belgian FN Browning Completes Accuracy International Acquisition to Add UK Sniper Rifle Production
FN Browning Group has closed its purchase of Portsmouth-based Accuracy International, maker of the L115A3 and AXSR sniper rifles. With FN UK, the Belgian…
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General Atomics Opens Remote Split Operation to Fly AFRICOM MQ-9A Reaper Drones From North Dakota
GA-ASI has opened a Remote Split Operation near Grand Forks, North Dakota, moving the pilots who fly its leased MQ-9A Reapers for AFRICOM out…
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Ukraine’s Automated Turrets Down Over 60 Aerial Targets and Now Destroy Russian Jet Drones
Brave1 and Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense say automated turrets run by private air defense groups have downed more than 60 aerial targets, while Air…
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UK Hosts 12 Ukrainian Drone Manufacturers to Pair Combat-Tested Drones With British Defense Industry
Twelve Ukrainian drone manufacturers demonstrated combat-tested ISR and autonomous systems to British industry, investors and military officials at Larkhill Garrison, as the UK MOD…
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Canadian Roshel Senator Armored Vehicle Deliveries to Ukraine Near 3,000 as MRAP Enters War Museum
Roshel says nearly 3,000 Senator armored vehicles have gone to Ukraine as a first-generation Senator MRAP enters the Canadian War Museum. Built on a…
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Ukraine Completes Its Part of Freyja Missile Defense System Designed to End Reliance on Patriot
Ukraine has completed its share of Freyja, a European anti-ballistic missile defense system built around Fire Point’s FP-7.X interceptor. Partners must now deliver the…
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Airbus U.S. Unmanned Lakota Connector Helicopter Passes Control Between Teams Over 20 km Apart
Airbus U.S. Space & Defense let operators more than 20 kilometers away take control of its unmanned Lakota Connector by tablet and hand it…
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German Rheinmetall’s Skynex Air Defense to Gain Silvus Passive RF Sensors for Covert Drone Detection
Rheinmetall Air Defence will integrate Silvus Technologies’ RFeye passive RF sensors into Skynex and its Skymaster C2 platform, adding a layer that locates drones…
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U.S. Deploys Stinger-Armed Avenger Air Defense Systems and Counter-Drone Kits at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago
U.S. Army Avenger air defense systems armed with Stinger missiles now sit on a lagoon platform beside Mar-a-Lago and at Trump International Airport, backed…
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US Space Force Pays Lockheed Martin $95M for Pausing Anti-Jam GPS IIIF Satellite Buys
The Space Force has obligated $95 million to Lockheed Martin to cover the Zero Buy year on GPS IIIF production, putting a price on…
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US Air Force Awards $83.4M Contract for New Fixed Wing Helmet Designed to Cut Aircrew Neck Strain
LIFT Airborne Technologies has won an $83.4 million Air Force contract to finish developing, qualify, and field the Next Generation Fixed Wing Helmet, replacing…
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U.S. Navy Orders DTP-N Kits From Boeing to Turn Older F/A-18 Super Hornets Into Block III Fighters
Boeing will supply 64 DTP-N A-Kits and 32 B-Kits under a $23.8 million Navy order for Super Hornets rebuilt to Block III, plus cybersecurity…
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US Navy’s $114.7M H-1 SPINE Upgrade Readies Marine AH-1Z and UH-1Y Helicopters for Long-Range Weapons
The Navy has exercised a $114.7 million option on Bell Textron’s H-1 SPINE upgrade, funding 15 A-kits, four mission kits and nine installations for…
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US Army Funds New PAC-3 Guidance Processor Tests as Patriot Missile Output Heads Toward 2,000 a Year
The US Army has awarded Lockheed Martin $10.4 million to flight test a redesigned PAC-3 guidance processor with the Seeker Block V, upgrading the…
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Ukraine Cleared to Buy 500 Patriot PAC-3 MSE Missiles in $2.1 Billion Sale Fully Funded by Allies
Washington has cleared Ukraine to buy 500 Patriot PAC-3 MSE interceptors in a $2.1 billion sale funded by Canada, Germany, Norway and EU loan…
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US Air Force F-16s Return to NORAD Alert at Alaska’s Eareckson Air Station for First Time in Decades
For the first time in decades, armed US Air Force F-16s stood NORAD alert at Eareckson Air Station on Shemya Island, then joined F-35As…
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Korean-Owned Hanwha Defense USA to Build Its First US Navy Medium Landing Ship for Pacific Marines
Hanwha Philly Shipyard will build one Landing Ship Medium for the US Navy and Marine Corps under a $269 million TOTE Services subcontract, with…
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French Naval Group Delivers Second FDI Frigate HS Nearchos to Greece With a Third Due by Year-End
Naval Group has delivered HS Nearchos, the Hellenic Navy’s second FDI frigate and the first in the upgraded Standard 2 configuration, ten months after…
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American Shield AI Pitches X-BAT Pilotless Fighter to Europe as a Strike Jet That Needs No Runway
Shield AI is taking its X-BAT pilotless strike fighter to European air chiefs in Munich. Ex-RAF Typhoon pilot Andrew Hawkes argues its range frees…