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US Gunmaker SIG Sauer Unveils XRAY9-CUAS Counter-Drone Optic With 300-Yard Reach
SIG Sauer used AUSA 2026 to launch the XRAY9-CUAS, a 24-ounce weapon-mounted optic that combines a SWIR laser rangefinder and slew-rate sensors to project…
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US Navy Orders $15.1M in Aegis Radar Spare Parts From Raytheon Toward 75 Ready Ships
Naval Supply Systems Command has ordered $15.1 million in sole-source spares from Raytheon for the SPY-1 transmitter group, MK 99 fire control system and…
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US Army Taps Lockheed Martin for $117M Apache Radar Frequency Interferometer Support
Lockheed Martin will sustain the AN/APR-48B radar frequency interferometer, the passive sensor that lets the AH-64E Apache locate enemy radars, under a $117.1 million…
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French La Fayette Frigate Sails 3 Weeks With NATO’s SNMG2, Drills With Turkish Navy
A French Navy La Fayette-class frigate sailed with NATO’s SNMG2 in the Eastern Mediterranean from September 20 to October 12, 2026, training with Turkish…
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France Orders More MX-10 Damocles, the 10 km Loitering Munition From KNDS and Delair
France’s DGA has exercised an option in its 2024 contract with KNDS and Delair, ordering a new batch of MX-10 Damocles loitering munitions for…
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China’s Liaoning Carrier Group Returns to Western Pacific Days Before Keen Sword 27
China’s Liaoning carrier group sailed into the western Pacific on October 14 for its second deployment of 2026, five days before Japan and the…
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Pakistan Tests Fatah-2 ER Hypersonic Ballistic Missile but Withholds Its New Range
Pakistan’s Army Rocket Force Command test-fired the Fatah-2 ER hypersonic ballistic missile on October 13, 2026, its second extended-range launch in eight days. ISPR…
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US Navy Completes First F-35C Ford-Class Landing Aboard John F. Kennedy Aircraft Carrier
Two VX-23 test pilots brought F-35C Lightning II jets aboard the future USS John F. Kennedy (CVN 79) on October 13, 2026, the first…
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Raytheon Wins $8B Deal to Restart Nuclear Strategic Communications Terminals
Raytheon has won a sole-source contract worth up to $8 billion to modernize and restart production of the Air Force’s Strategic Communications Terminals through…
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US Shipbuilder HII to Support SSN-AUKUS Design Under $56M Navy Contract
HII’s Newport News Shipbuilding will support SSN-AUKUS design under a $56 million US Navy contract that can grow to $91 million, split between Foreign…
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L3Harris and Divergent Team to Scale Long-Range Red Wolf Production With 3D Printing
L3Harris and Divergent Technologies signed a teaming agreement on October 13, 2026, to apply Divergent’s additive manufacturing to the Red Wolf and Green Wolf…
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US Army UAS Marketplace Opens to 29 Partner Nations, Promising Drone Sales in Days
Eight nations signed Statements of Intent at AUSA 2026 to join the U.S. Army’s UAS and Counter-UAS Marketplaces, bringing partners to 29. FMS Fast…
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AeroVironment and NIOA Eye Australian-Built One-Way Attack Drones With Local Warheads
AeroVironment and NIOA signed a non-binding MOU at LAND FORCES 2026 to explore Australian production, integration and sustainment of AV’s one-way attack systems, including…
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US Army Orders $63M of FWS-I Thermal Weapon Sights That Let Soldiers Aim Around Cover
Leonardo DRS has received a $63 million U.S. Army order for the FWS-I clip-on thermal weapon sight, which feeds helmet displays for rapid target…
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India Sells Akash Air Defense System to Tajikistan and Turkmenistan
India has sold its Akash air defense system to Tajikistan and Turkmenistan, its first air defense customers in Central Asia, a market long supplied…
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PLA Images Show Light 122mm Rocket Launcher With Reported 40 km Range
PLA images show a light launcher on a 4×4 FAW MV3 truck with one swappable 20-round pod, described as firing guided or unguided 122mm…
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L3Harris Red Wolf Flies From Army MH-60 Black Hawk in First Special Operations Test
L3Harris and Army special operations aviation have flown a Red Wolf air-launched effect from an MH-60 Black Hawk for the first time, an integration…
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US-Based Leonardo DRS Begins cxMHR Radar Production With 330 km Aircraft Detection
Leonardo DRS has started initial production of the cxMHR, a fully digital C-band AESA radar on a single vehicle. It claims detection beyond 330…
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US Army Autonomy Push: FASCOM to Test Robotic Fires, Breaching and Recon Units
The U.S. Army has selected Futures and Concepts Command for redesignation as FASCOM, a three-star autonomy command that will run autonomous fires, breaching, reconnaissance…
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Finnish Patria AMV XP 8×8 Targets Czech Pandur II Replacement With Local Industry
Patria and STV GROUP will show a localized AMV XP 8×8 CZ in Prague on October 21-23, 2026, positioning the Finnish 8×8 against the…