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China Airs Second No-Notice Missile Launch in 15 Days, Signaling It Can Hit Guam With Little Warning
Chinese state TV has aired a second no-notice missile launch in 15 days, after footage of DF-26 ballistic missiles able to reach Guam. The…
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Russian Naval Access Push Seeks Warship Resupply Ports Across Africa, Ukraine Says
Ukraine’s military intelligence says Moscow will offer Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, Madagascar, Nigeria and Togo port-entry deals for Russian warships at the…
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UK and Norwegian F-35s Escort US B-52 in Global Thunder 27 as Britain Rebuilds Airborne Nuclear Role
British F-35Bs from HMS Prince of Wales and Norwegian F-35As escorted a US B-52 over the High North during Global Thunder 27, as Britain…
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US Navy Awards Lockheed Martin $88.6M Radiant Mercury Contract to Secure Classified Data Transfers
The US Navy has opened a new $88.6 million sole-source vehicle for Radiant Mercury, the Lockheed Martin guard that moves data between networks at…
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US Army Readies $135.9M Stryker Armored Vehicle Power Distribution Unit Upgrade as Counter-Drone Loads Grow
The US Army has priced Enhanced Power Distribution Unit Version 2 retrofit kits for its Stryker fleet, lifting a General Dynamics Land Systems contract…
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French Exail Unveils Marins M1 Navigation System, Keeping Naval Drones on Course Without GPS
Exail has unveiled the Marins M1, a 4.5 kg fiber optic gyroscope inertial navigation system for RHIBs, patrol boats, USVs and UUVs, rated at…
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US Air Force Moves AGM-183A ARRW Hypersonic Missile Into Production in $694M Lockheed Martin Deal
Lockheed Martin will produce the AGM-183A ARRW hypersonic missile under a $694 million Air Force contract, three years after the service said it would…
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French Firm Seaber Launches 13 kg RAVEN AUV, Promising Mine Hunting at a Third of High-End Prices
Lorient-based Seaber has launched RAVEN, a 13 kg autonomous underwater vehicle for naval mine countermeasures and seabed survey, pitched at one-third the cost of…
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British Babcock Offers Arrowhead 140 Frigate to U.S. Navy, Eyeing HII to Build It Under License
Babcock will offer its Arrowhead 140, the design behind the Royal Navy’s Type 31, to the U.S. Navy’s international frigate effort, with HII the…
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American Teledyne FLIR Wins $48M Bulgaria Stryker NBCRV Deal, Adding Drone-Based CBRN Detection
The U.S. Army has awarded Teledyne FLIR Defense $48 million to fit 10 of Bulgaria’s new Strykers with the NBCRV Sensor Suite Upgrade, a…
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US Air Force Funds Blackbeard Hypersonic Missile Integration on F-16, Its Most Numerous Fighter
Castelion has won an Air Force Research Laboratory contract modification to begin integrating its Blackbeard hypersonic missile on the F-16, extending the low-cost weapon…
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Netherlands Prepares for Large-Scale Conflict With More CV90 Infantry Fighting Vehicles
The Netherlands will buy more CV90 infantry fighting vehicles through a Swedish-led joint purchase and has chosen Germany’s FFG for ACSV support and Wisent…
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US Firm CACI Wins $281M Navy Electromagnetic Warfare Task Order to Prototype Next-Gen Spectrum Tech
CACI International has won a five-year task order worth up to $281 million from NSWC Crane to research, prototype, and test electromagnetic spectrum operations…
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French Navy to Test STARNAV Magellan at Sea in 2027, a Star Navigation System Immune to GPS Jamming
STARNAV is moving its Magellan astro-inertial navigation system toward operational service, with Naval Group integration under way ahead of 2027 French Navy sea trials…
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Thales Australia Opens Sydney Towed Array Sonar Facility for Hunter Frigates and Collins Submarines
Thales Australia and the Commonwealth have co-funded a 100-metre towed array sonar facility at Rydalmere in Western Sydney to build and sustain arrays for…
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UK Reaffirms Plan for Up to 12 SSN-AUKUS Submarines, Targeting One Boat Every 18 Months
Britain still intends to buy up to 12 SSN-AUKUS attack submarines and has funded capacity for one boat every 18 months from the mid-2030s.…
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Chinese Type 08 IFVs Get Anti-Drone Cages in First Army Drill With Pakistan
The PLA fitted Type 08 IFVs with welded anti-drone roof cages and side grilles for Karakoram 2026, China’s first joint army exercise with Pakistan,…
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US Navy Assault Ship USS Makin Island Arrives in Japan With Marines, Weeks From the Iran War Zone
The Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group and 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit have reached Yokosuka, Japan, for maintenance and resupply, four weeks after a San…
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France Tests Anti-Drone Laser on Charles de Gaulle Aircraft Carrier, Setting It Up in Four Hours
A French Air and Space Force team set up a counter-drone laser on the Charles de Gaulle’s flight deck in about four hours during…
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Norway’s Kongsberg Pushes HUGIN AUVs for Seabed Warfare, Offering 15-Day Missions From Shore
Kongsberg is positioning its HUGIN AUV family for seabed warfare, mine countermeasures and undersea infrastructure protection. HUGIN Endurance can run 15-day missions with a…