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Iran Rebuilds Eagle 44 Underground Airbase That Sheltered F-4 Phantoms Despite Repeated Strikes
Struck at least three times in 2026, Iran’s Eagle 44 underground airbase is back under construction. September 29 satellite imagery shows a new taxiway…
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First Images Show US-Made Rusty Dagger Low-Cost Cruise Missile Firing From a Ground Launcher
First images show Zone 5 Technologies’ Block 40 Rusty Dagger cruise missile firing from a ground launcher. The variant adds a solid-fuel booster and…
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USAF Pushes GBU-53/B StormBreaker Life Cycle Support to $950M for Smart Bomb That Hits Moving Targets
The Air Force has added $350 million to Raytheon’s StormBreaker life cycle support contract, lifting its ceiling to $950 million through 2030 as GBU-53/B…
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US Missile Defense Agency Awards $75M to Flight Test Long Wall’s Low-Cost Cyclops Interceptor
The Missile Defense Agency has awarded Long Wall $75 million to complete flight testing of Cyclops, a hit-to-kill midcourse interceptor the company designed for…
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US Navy Orders $14.3M Saab SPN-50 Radar to Replace 1960s Carrier Air Traffic Control System
NAVAIR has exercised a $14.3 million option for one more low-rate production AN/SPN-50 radar from Saab, continuing the replacement of the 1960s-era SPN-43C that…
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U.S. Army Awards $419.6M Longbow Fire Control Radar Contract for Apaches Through 2032
Longbow LLC’s $419.6 million single-bid contract funds AN/APG-78 fire control radar hardware and support for AH-64D and AH-64E Apaches through January 2032, as the…
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U.S. Drone Dominance Program Allocates 60,000 Attack Drones to Nine Companies After Gauntlet II
Nine companies will share 60,000 one-way attack drones after Gauntlet II at Fort Carson, Colorado. Perennial Autonomy and Neros topped the two mission areas,…
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Shield AI Hivemind: How an Onboard Monitor Keeps the AI Pilot in Check When the Datalink Drops
Shield AI has detailed how it keeps its Hivemind AI pilot within safety limits after a datalink loss: layered simulation testing, an onboard run-time…
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German Rheinmetall Opens UK Gun Hall With Capacity for 245 Tank and Artillery Barrels a Year
Rheinmetall has opened its UK Gun Hall in Telford, restoring 120mm and 155mm barrel production to Britain. The plant reached production in eight months…
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American L3Harris Brings Submarine Power Systems From Every Virginia-Class Boat to Columbia
L3Harris says its power distribution systems and Universal Modular Masts equip every Virginia-class submarine and that its submarine power systems are moving into the…
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US Navy Orders Full-Rate NGEAU Production to Help EA-18G Growlers Counter Advanced Air Defenses
General Dynamics Mission Systems will build the Next Generation Electronic Attack Unit for the US Navy’s EA-18G Growler under an IDIQ worth up to…
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Leidos Wins $160M U.S. Cyber Command Contract for Offensive and Defensive Cyber Operations
Leidos will support U.S. Cyber Command under a five-year, $160 million award covering offensive and defensive cyber operations, operational planning, threat analysis and defense…
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US Army Flies Four Retired Navy MQ-8C Fire Scouts as Sensor Testbeds, Saving $70M
Four MQ-8C Fire Scout unmanned helicopters the Navy was retiring now fly for the US Army as captive carry sensor testbeds at Dugway and…
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UAE’s EDGE Reaches Full-Rate 40mm Ammunition Production With 1.5 Million-Round Annual Capacity
EDGE’s LAHAB has brought its automated 40x53mm grenade ammunition line to full-rate production. Rated for up to 1.5 million belted rounds a year, the…
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Pentagon Unveils F-35 Multiyear Framework for 850 US Jets as Lockheed Commits $7B
The Department of War and Lockheed Martin unveiled a 10-year F-35 multiyear framework covering 850 U.S. jets, spares, modification kits and sustainment. Pricing is…
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Türkiye Still Awaits Qatari Eurofighter Typhoon Contract as Its Pilots Train in the UK
Türkiye says it is waiting for Qatar’s draft sales contract and training program for secondhand Eurofighter Typhoons, the stopgap meant to bridge the gap…
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Lockheed Martin Earnings: Missiles Drive $292B Backlog as F-35 Lot 20 Costs Outrun Funding
Lockheed Martin raised its 2026 outlook after Q3 sales rose 11% to $20.7 billion. Multiyear interceptor awards lifted backlog to a record $292 billion,…
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American L3Harris Builds Sixfold Rocket Motor Capacity for Sentinel ICBM Propulsion
L3Harris is building a 110-acre campus in Camden, Arkansas, to raise large solid rocket motor capacity sixfold by late 2027, anchored by Sentinel’s Stage…
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Denmark Becomes Seventh Nation to Pick Joint Strike Missile for Stealthy F-35A Deep Strike
Denmark will buy Kongsberg’s Joint Strike Missile for its F-35A fleet, becoming the seventh nation to select the stealthy cruise missile. Quantity, cost, and…
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US Army Tests PERCH 2.0 Abrams Switchblade Launcher to Fire Kamikaze Drones Under Armor
The US Army is testing PERCH 2.0, a General Dynamics Land Systems kit that lets M1A2 Abrams SEPv3 crews launch Switchblade 300 loitering munitions…