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US Navy Selects Radiant Kaleidos Microreactor to Power Naval Weapons Station Crane
The Navy has selected Radiant to build a prototype Kaleidos microreactor at Naval Weapons Station Crane, Indiana, through the Army’s Janus Program. The 1-megawatt-class…
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US Supplier Karman to Build THAAD Interceptor Shrouds for Lockheed Martin in $218M Deal
Karman Space & Defense will build THAAD interceptor shrouds for Lockheed Martin under a seven-year, $218 million agreement, a sub-tier commitment tied to the…
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US Army Fires Three XM1180 Guided Artillery Rounds at a Tank to Test Moving-Armor Seeker
The U.S. Army has fired three prototype XM1180 hit-to-kill rounds at a tank target at Yuma Proving Ground to test the 155mm projectile’s imaging…
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Finland to Restart Anti-Personnel Mine Production in 2028, Targeting 1 Million Mines
Finland plans to procure about one million domestically made anti-personnel mines in a $110 million program, with production starting in 2028 after its Ottawa…
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US Firm L3Harris Opens Solid Rocket Motor Facility to Double GMLRS Propulsion Output
L3Harris has opened a solid rocket motor facility in Camden, Arkansas, designed to double motor capacity for the Army’s GMLRS. A $250 million Lockheed…
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Spanish A330 MRTT Fleet Complete: Ex-Iberia Airliners Now Refuel Spain’s Eurofighters
Airbus has delivered the third and final A330 MRTT to Spain, completing a 2021 order for three converted ex-Iberia airliners now with the 45th…
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USS Ronald Reagan Controls MQ-25A Stingray Drone Tanker 2,100 Miles Away via Satellite
USS Ronald Reagan, underway in the Pacific, has controlled an MQ-25A Stingray test aircraft in Illinois over a pLEO satellite link, validating the shipboard…
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Australia Reveals Ghost Shark Uncrewed Submarine Payloads: 12 Sea Mines and ALTIUS Drones
Australia has revealed the first Ghost Shark payloads: a module laying up to 12 sea mines, an ALTIUS drone launcher and a seabed supply…
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Netherlands CIRCM Sale: US Clears $294M in Laser Jammers to Defeat Heat-Seeking Missiles
Washington has cleared a $294 million sale of CIRCM laser jammers and digital radar warning receivers for Dutch helicopters, putting the Apache and Chinook…
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US Arctic Air Surveillance Test Uses HAARP to Detect Aircraft Beyond Alaska Radar Coverage
Alaskan Command paired the HAARP transmitter at Gakona with a low-cost 16-element receiver array at Cold Bay and detected aircraft beyond Alaska’s radar coverage,…
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UK Approves RAF Typhoon Deployment to Defend Saudi Arabia From Houthi Drones and Missiles
Britain will send RAF Typhoon FGR4 fighters to fly defensive counter-air missions over Saudi Arabia after deadly Houthi strikes on Riyadh’s airport, alongside an…
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US Navy Ship Recycling Gap: 55 Hulls to Scrap and No West Coast Yard to Take Them
The Navy will scrap 39 ships and strip 16 more for parts over five years, but the West Coast has no ship recycling yard,…
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Norway Plans Up to 20 Standardized Vessels, Half of Them for the UK and Lithuania
Norway’s Defence Materiel Agency will buy up to 20 ocean-going standardized vessels under program P1118 for its Navy, Coast Guard, the UK and Lithuania,…
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Keen Sword 27: Japan and US Rehearse Island Defense Near Taiwan With 56,000 Troops
Keen Sword 27 opened on Ishigaki Island on October 19 with about 45,000 Japanese and 11,000 U.S. personnel plus seven partner nations, as Marines…
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German Apex Recordhunter Electric Drone Hits 777 km/h, Faster Than Russia’s Jet Gerans
Quantum Systems says its battery-powered Apex Recordhunter reached 777 km/h in a record attempt, up from 699 km/h in June. The German firm says…
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Russia’s Hand-Launched Sokol-I Interceptor Drone Adopts Ukraine’s FPV Playbook
Russian Defense Ministry footage released October 8, 2026, shows the Sokol-I interceptor drone, a hand-launched foam aircraft flown by FPV operators into Ukrainian drones,…
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U.S. Epirus Leonidas Anti-Swarm Microwave Weapon Joins Pentagon Counter-Drone Marketplace
Epirus’ Leonidas high-power microwave weapon is now listed on JIATF 401’s Counter-UAS Marketplace, letting U.S. military units and federal agencies order it without a…
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Ukrainian Drone Operators Caused 70% of US Armored Brigade’s Early Losses in Germany Drill
A US armored brigade’s officers detail how Ukrainian drone operators caused 70% of its early losses at Combined Resolve 26-07, how fieldcraft cut that…
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India Orders BrahMos Launchers to Rearm Four Aging Kashin Destroyers and Veer Corvettes
India has ordered ₹661.50 crore of BrahMos launchers and fire control systems for two Kashin-class destroyers and two Veer-class corvettes, replacing legacy subsonic anti-ship…
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Spike NLOS on US Army Infantry Squad Vehicle Clears First Live Fire With 17 Shots
Spike NLOS was fired from the Army’s ISV-U for the first time, logging 17 precision engagements at Dugway Proving Ground, most by infantry soldiers.…