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Israel’s Elbit Wins $200M Asia-Pacific SPECTRO 12 Payload Deal, Giving Helicopters Laser Targeting
An unnamed Asia-Pacific country has awarded Elbit Systems about $200 million in contracts over up to five years. At their core is SPECTRO 12,…
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Sweden’s Saab Triples Q3 Orders to $6.6 Billion, Led by 16 Gripen E Fighters for Ukraine
Saab’s third-quarter orders more than tripled to SEK 65.8 billion ($6.6 billion), led by 16 Gripen E fighters for Ukraine, two GlobalEye aircraft and…
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China May Have Begun KJ-3000 Production, With Three Unnumbered Radar Jets Spotted at Xian
Satellite imagery of the Xian-Yanliang complex shows five KJ-3000 airframes, three without prototype serials and parked since April in an area used for aircraft…
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Lockheed Martin Closes $3.45B Ultra Maritime Acquisition, Adding Sonobuoys and Torpedo Defense to Its Portfolio
Lockheed Martin has closed its $3.45 billion purchase of Ultra Maritime, folding the sonobuoy, towed sonar and torpedo defense maker into Rotary and Mission…
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UK Stages Rhino Titan, Dropping 700 Paratroopers and Gear in Germany From A400M Transport Aircraft
RAF A400M Atlas aircraft dropped about 700 British paratroopers and their equipment onto a German drop zone during Exercise Rhino Titan, testing the UK’s…
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North Korea Reached Seoul’s Outskirts in Ulchi Freedom Shield War Game, Report Says
A computer-simulated North Korean offensive in August’s Ulchi Freedom Shield exercise reportedly broke South Korean lines and came within kilometers of Seoul. The JCS…
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Japan Cannibalizes P-1 Patrol Aircraft, Reportedly Stripping Some New Jets for Parts
Japan’s Maritime Self-Defense Force is stripping grounded Kawasaki P-1 patrol aircraft for parts, and some new jets reportedly serve as donors on delivery. Engine…
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Germany’s Helsing Unveils Contra Air Defense and AD-1 and AD-2 Interceptors Against Jet Drones
Helsing has unveiled Contra, an AI-enabled air defense system built on its Altra software, with two container-launched interceptors, the turbojet AD-1 Inferno and the…
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Spanish Navantia Launches 7th Saudi Avante 2200 Corvette, Paving Way for Saudi-Built Warships
Navantia has launched HMS Neom, the seventh Avante 2200 corvette for the Royal Saudi Naval Forces. The ship will sail to Saudi Arabia for…
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France Confirms Atlantique 2 Patrol Plane on Black Sea Maritime Patrol as Drones Hit Eight Merchant Ships
A French Atlantique 2 at Constanța and a US P-8A Poseidon off Bulgaria now anchor allied surveillance of the western Black Sea after drones…
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Franco-German KNDS Tests DSP10 Counter-Drone Kit, Launching Hit-to-Kill Interceptor From TITUS Armored Vehicle
KNDS tested its TARGAS DSP10 counter-drone kit at a French Army Battle Lab, pairing RAPTOR 2 electronic takeover with the AERIX AXS-μ1 hit-to-kill interceptor,…
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Sweden Puts 4 Saildrone Voyager Drones on 24/7 Baltic Watch, Tracking Ships’ True Positions
Sweden’s FMV has signed a Nordefco framework deal under which four wind-powered Saildrone Voyager drones deliver Baltic Sea surveillance as a service, feeding radar…
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Swedish Saab Offers to Build Gripen in Canada, Pitching a Mixed Fleet Alongside RCAF F-35As
Saab chief executive Micael Johansson says the company would build Gripen fighters in Canada and partner with Canadian firms if Ottawa opts for a…
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Swedish Fire Control Teams Receive French Safran Targeting Binoculars to Speed Up Indirect Fire
Sweden’s FMV has handed the Armed Forces the first 205 of 260 Safran fire control instruments for Army, Navy and Home Guard observer teams,…
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German Helsing and Dutch Destinus Target NATO With Commercial Strike and Air Defense Partnership
Helsing and Destinus have agreed a commercial partnership to offer joint solutions to NATO and allied armed forces, combining their technology and industrial-scale manufacturing…
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Ukraine Moves to Build Sovereign Satcom With Finnish ICEYE and Nokia, Seeking a Sovereign Network
Ukraine’s Ministry of Defence signed a Letter of Intent with Finland’s ICEYE and Nokia on October 22 to explore sovereign satcom it would own…
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UK Puts £2 Billion Price Tag on SA80 Replacement as FN, Heckler & Koch and SIG Sauer Line Up
The UK Ministry of Defence has valued Project Grayburn, the SA80 replacement program, at £2 billion including VAT, with a contract from July 2029…
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China’s Liaoning Carrier Group Turns Toward USS Theodore Roosevelt’s Keen Sword Drills
China’s Liaoning carrier group has looped around the Philippines and turned northeast toward the Philippine Sea, where USS Theodore Roosevelt is operating with allied…
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Bumblebee V2 Interceptor Arrives at MacDill AFB, Giving the Air Force a Drone That Rams Drones
Air Force security forces at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, trained on October 8, 2026, with the Bumblebee V2 interceptor, a warheadless quadcopter that…
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DARPA RACER Robots Armed With Anduril Drones Hunt Targets Alone, but Only a Human Can Fire
Four autonomous ground vehicles running DARPA’s RACER software hunted simulated targets at Fort Knox on October 15, 2026, with Anduril one-way attack drones aboard.…