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US Navy Gives Shipyards 7 Days to Prove Next Generation Attack Submarine Capacity
The US Navy has given shipyards seven days to show whether they can build SSN(X), the next generation attack submarine meant to succeed the…
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Russia’s Third Yak-130M Prototype Flies in Production Configuration
Yakovlev’s third Yak-130M prototype, the first built to production specifications, has flown in Irkutsk, putting all three test aircraft in the air as Russia…
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Japan Orders Ukraine’s SkyFall Interceptor Drones and Eyes Early Delivery
Japan has signed a contract for Ukrainian SkyFall interceptor drones and is seeking early delivery. Model, quantity, and price are undisclosed. The trial buy…
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UK Launches Project Safari to Fast-Track SME Hypersonic and Drone Testing
Project Safari, launched October 10, 2026 by the MOD and QinetiQ, gives defense SMEs a single front door to Britain’s sovereign test ranges, as…
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Ukraine Hits Pantsir Tower, Exposing the Limits of Static Air Defense
Ukraine’s SBU has released footage of a drone destroying a Pantsir atop an elevated tower, a fixed platform Russia has built by the dozen.…
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US Army Apache Helicopters Down Three Drones on Sentinel Radar Cues in Skyfall II
In Operation Skyfall II at Grafenwoehr, a ground-based Sentinel radar cued AH-64E Apache crews from the 12th Combat Aviation Brigade onto three Outlaw target…
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Northrop’s First 21 Satellites Join Pentagon’s Space Data Network
Northrop Grumman’s first 21 Tranche 1 Transport Layer satellites reached orbit on October 10, 2026, bringing SDA’s Tranche 1 total to 84. Their checkout…
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Turkish F-16s in Latvia Guarded the Election After Two Drone Shootdowns
Turkish F-16s from NATO’s Ämari detachment in Estonia temporarily deployed to Latvia’s Lielvārde Air Base to reinforce air defense around the October 3 Saeima…
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EDGE Group and Morocco Sign MoU on Local CARACAL Arms and Drone Engines
EDGE Group and Morocco’s National Defense Administration have signed an MoU, announced at the Marrakech Air Show, to explore local production of CARACAL small…
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US Orders 250-Gram Avon MITR Half Mask for Special Operations Forces
Avon Protection’s MITR half mask and powered goggle are headed to US special operators, five months after Canada’s framework contract. The 250-gram mask complements…
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US Navy Proposes Hybrid Pricing for 1.08M Hours of Gun Weapon Systems Work
NSWC Dahlgren is asking industry how to split its next Gun Weapon Systems engineering task order between fixed-price and cost-plus work, keeping live-fire on…
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B-2 Pilot Alert System Deal Signals USAF Expects Its B-2 Bombers to Fly Through 2036
Ophir Corp. will repair the B-2 Spirit’s Pilot Alert System, the lidar that warns crews of contrails, under a $34.6 million sole-source deal running…
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USS Paul Ignatius Drills With Sweden and Finland in the Gulf of Bothnia
USS Paul Ignatius carried Swedish and Finnish navigators through the shallow northern Baltic, then ran trilateral air defense and live-fire drills in the Gulf…
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France Seals Madagascar Drone Donation Amid Russian Arms Deliveries
France formalized the donation of a long-range thermal surveillance drone to Madagascar on October 6, signed a drone training agreement and pledged roughly 100…
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Exail Unveils Neptis Maritime Surveillance System for ASW and Seabed Defense
Exail has unveiled Neptis, a maritime surveillance system that networks its new Oryx uncrewed surface vessels, mission sensors and a common C2 suite for…
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Swedish Patriot Deployment to Guard NATO’s Ukraine Aid Hub in Poland
Sweden will send a Patriot unit and about 100 troops to Poland in December to protect NATO’s Rzeszów-Jasionka hub for Ukraine aid, its first…
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U.S. Air Force Tests Mk21A Reentry Vehicle for Sentinel’s Nuclear Warhead
The Air Force flew an unarmed Mk21A reentry vehicle aboard a Minotaur I from Vandenberg on October 9, 2026. Lockheed Martin is building the…
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US Navy Awards General Dynamics $49.9M for Stealth Research and Foreign Technology Studies
Naval Sea Systems Command has awarded General Dynamics Applied Physical Sciences a $49.9 million contract for hull treatment design, acoustic and non-acoustic signature measurement…
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USS Abraham Lincoln Returns From 321-Day Epic Fury Combat Deployment
USS Abraham Lincoln is back in San Diego after 321 days. Its air wing flew nearly 4,000 combat sorties in 40 days of Operation…
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US Coast Guard Orders Its First Four MQ-9B Drones for $247.8 Million
The U.S. Coast Guard has ordered four General Atomics MQ-9B long-range unmanned aircraft for $247.8 million, its first purchase of large drones after flying…