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Thales UK Fires Lightweight Multirole Missile From New Uncrewed Remote Launcher in First Live Test
Thales UK has fired a Lightweight Multirole Missile from a new, self-funded remote launcher for its ForceShield UK architecture, pitching uncrewed short-range air defense…
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French Navy Underwater Gliders Join a NATO Anti-Submarine Barrier in REPMUS 26 Drone Exercise
The French Navy sent its first anti-submarine glider detachment to NATO’s REPMUS 26 in Portugal, where four Alseamar gliders joined an allied ASW barrier…
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Finland Tests Varjo XR-4 Mixed Reality Headsets to Train Soldiers Against Small FPV Drones
The Finnish Defence Forces Innovation Unit and Varjo are piloting virtual counter-drone training with a brigade-level unit, using XR-4 headsets sharp enough to show…
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Rheinmetall Delivers First Caracal Air Assault Vehicles to German and Dutch Airborne Forces
Rheinmetall has delivered the first series Caracal air assault vehicles to Germany and the Netherlands. Built on the G-Class chassis and transportable by heavy-lift…
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US Navy Asks Industry to Lay Out Its Next SSN(X) Attack Submarine Using Super Intelligence (AI)
The SSN(X) program office wants industry concepts that use Super Intelligence, the Navy’s new official term for AI, to lay out the Virginia-class successor’s…
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North Korean Drones Fire New Cruise Missile as Loitering Munitions Strike Mock U.S. Abrams Tanks
Kim Jong Un watched a Saetbyol-9 drone fire a new cruise missile and Hero-style loitering munitions strike mock U.S. Abrams tanks on October 29,…
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North Korea Fires 600mm ‘Sniper’ Rocket Launcher Battalion in First Public Live-Fire Demonstration
North Korea staged the first public live-fire of its upgraded 600mm KN-25 ‘Sniper’ rocket launcher alongside armed drones and cruise missiles near Wonsan. Seoul…
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US Navy Attack Submarine USS Columbia SSN 771 Arrives at Portsmouth to Extend Its Service Life
USS Columbia (SSN 771) has arrived at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard for a Service Life Extension Program overhaul, following Cheyenne and Hampton. The Navy has…
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Ukraine Exposes 49 Firms Building Rassvet Constellation, Russia’s Military Starlink Rival
Ukrainian military intelligence has named 49 Russian and Belarusian enterprises building the Rassvet constellation, Moscow’s military answer to Starlink, and says 23 of them,…
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China’s GJ-21 Stealth Drone Completes First Takeoff and Landing Aboard Type 076 Assault Ship Sichuan
China’s GJ-21, the naval derivative of the GJ-11 Sharp Sword, has completed its first takeoff and landing aboard the Type 076 Sichuan, an amphibious…
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Thales UK Offers Ready-to-Field Project NYX Wingman Drone for British Army Apache Helicopters
Thales UK says it can field a Minimal Deployable Capability for Project NYX, the British Army’s Apache wingman programme, with an armed Camcopter S-301…
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US Firm Vigil Autonomy Unveils Air Cover Flying Camouflage to Hide Vehicles From Thermal and Radar
Texas-based Vigil Autonomy has unveiled Air Cover, an autonomous camouflage system that deploys thermal and radar signature-management canopies of up to 100 square meters…
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US Army’s 11th Airborne Division Fires 600 Artillery Rounds at Zero Degrees in First Battalion Test
Paratroopers of 2-377 PFAR fired more than 600 rounds in zero-degree cold to pass the 11th Airborne Division’s first artillery battalion evaluation in Alaska,…
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German Drone Maker Quantum Systems Enters Japan With Mitsubishi Chemical and Panasonic MoUs
German drone maker Quantum Systems has set up Quantum Systems Japan G.K. and a Tokyo office, signing MoUs with Mitsubishi Chemical and Panasonic as…
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NATO’s DIANA Accelerator Signs First Partner Deal With Ukraine to Develop and Test Defense Tech
NATO’s innovation accelerator DIANA has signed its first memorandum of understanding with a partner nation, Ukraine, to develop and test defense technology together. Funding,…
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Switzerland Shortlists Israel’s Barak MX and Europe’s SAMP/T NG to Expand Air Defense Beyond Patriot
Bern has narrowed its search for a second long-range air defense system to Israel’s Barak MX and Europe’s SAMP/T NG, as Patriot deliveries slip…
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South Korea Completes Development of Marine Attack Helicopter Built to Escort Amphibious Assaults
South Korea has completed development of the Marine Attack Helicopter, an armed derivative of KAI’s MUH-1 Marineon built to escort assault helicopters and support…
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US Navy Seeks Digital Stability Augmentation to Keep 1970s-Era F-5 Jets Out of Inverted Dives
NAVAIR wants industry to adapt the American Systems AS2100 flight computer into a digital stability augmentation system and autopilot for the F-5N/F Tiger II,…
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Cyprus Orders Second Israeli-Built Offshore Patrol Vessel With Rafael Systems to Guard Energy Assets
Cyprus has signed a government-to-government deal with Israel for a second offshore patrol vessel built by Israel Shipyards with Rafael naval systems, plus an…
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Pratt & Whitney Wins $32.2M F135 Sustainment Option to Repair F-35A and F-35C Engines
Naval Air Systems Command has exercised a $32.2 million option for Pratt & Whitney to repair F135 engines for F-35A and F-35C fleets through…