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Spanish Navy VSHORAD: Indra Taps Thales LMM Against Drones and Small Boats
Thales UK will integrate its laser beam-riding Lightweight Multirole Missile into SILAEM, the €51 million VSHORAD system Indra is developing to give Spanish frigates,…
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Aselsan’s MORFOZ Guidance Kit Scores Direct Hit in First AKINCI Firing
Baykar’s AKINCI UCAV scored a direct hit over the Gulf of Saros on its first live firing of Aselsan’s MORFOZ guidance kit, which adds…
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South Korean Hypersonic Glide Vehicle Hits Target in First Flight Test
South Korea has flown its first homegrown hypersonic glide vehicle. The October 8 flight tested thermal protection, guidance and low-altitude maneuvering, and officials say…
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Thales Bushmaster Dual Cab Gets C-UAS Rockets and 100 km Loitering Munitions
Thales Australia unveiled a Bushmaster Dual Cab fitted with its RapidStriker counter-drone system and launchers for STARK’s Cascade loitering munition at Land Forces 2026…
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US Air Force Seeks to Revive Four KC-10 Extender Tankers for North Africa
The US Air Force is surveying industry to regenerate up to four retired KC-10 Extender tankers for an unnamed North African partner under Excess…
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Pentagon Advances Hunter WOLF UGV to GroundBreaker 1 Phase II Trials
BLADE’s Hunter WOLF UGV has cleared Phase I of the Department of War’s GroundBreaker 1 and faces live field trials at Camp Grafton, North…
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US F-117A Nighthawk That Flew All Four Combat Campaigns Joins Smithsonian Museum
F-117A Nighthawk 85-0818, nicknamed The Overachiever, is the only one of its type to fly combat in all four F-117 campaigns. An Air Force…
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US Orders $6.3B in SM-3 Block IB Missile Interceptors After Iran Combat
The Missile Defense Agency has awarded Raytheon a multi-year contract worth up to $6.34 billion for SM-3 Block IB interceptors through 2034, reviving a…
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Portugal F-16 Replacement: US Pushes F-35A Against European Rivals
Portugal is seriously considering the F-35A to replace its aging F-16 fleet after Marco Rubio pledged a very competitive US offer, while the Eurofighter…
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Naval Group FDI Frigate Pitch: Two Ships a Year as Rivals Falter
Naval Group is betting its Lorient FDI frigate line, able to build two ships a year, can win European orders as Germany’s F126 cancellation…
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SLCM-N: US Navy Awards $743.6M to Put Nuclear Cruise Missiles Back on Submarines
Strategic Systems Programs has awarded five OTA agreements worth $743.6 million to prototype the Nuclear-Armed Sea-Launched Cruise Missile and its canister. Dynetics, Raytheon and…
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Australia Seeks Tomahawk Mission Planning Center to Run Long-Range Strikes
The US State Department has approved a possible $300 million sale of Tomahawk mission planning infrastructure to Australia, including a Theater Mission Planning Center…
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Afghan Taliban Drones: 300 km One-Way UAVs Put Islamabad in Range
Eight drones from Afghanistan were downed over Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on September 23, and Pakistan struck 10 sites the next day. How the Haqqani-linked 313th…
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Overland AI Unveils 2,000-lb IBEX Autonomous Ground Vehicle for USMC MADIS
Overland AI has unveiled IBEX, an autonomous ground vehicle built on the Polaris MRZR and selected for the U.S. Marine Corps’ MADIS. It carries…
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Amphibious Combat Vehicle Buy Ends at 608 as Drone Threat Reaches Congress
A new CRS report asks how vulnerable the Marine Corps’ Amphibious Combat Vehicle is to drones, ATGMs, and loitering munitions, just as a final…
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Royal Navy Mine Warfare Squadron Takes Autonomous MMCM, SeaCat to Sea
Zulu Squadron of the Royal Navy’s Mine and Threat Exploitation Group has moved into sea trials with the Thales MMCM system, the TKMS SeaCat…
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Philippines Orders S-70i Black Hawk Simulator for 47-Helicopter Fleet
The Philippine Air Force will train S-70i Black Hawk pilots and maintainers at home under a Lockheed Martin deal for a full flight simulator,…
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US Army’s Blackbeard Hypersonic Missile Fires From Truck Launcher
Castelion has released the clearest image yet of its Blackbeard hypersonic missile firing from a truck-mounted launcher. The US Army variant, Blackbeard GL, is…
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US Navy Taps AEVEX USV and VideoRay ROV for Mine Countermeasure Prototype
An AEVEX-led team pairing a BlackSea unmanned surface vessel with VideoRay’s Mission Specialist Defender ROV has been selected for a Navy mine countermeasure prototype…
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L-39 Skyfox Drone Hunter Advances Thales Belgium Laser-Guided Rocket Integration
Aero Vodochody and Thales Belgium have signed an MoU to keep integrating and testing 70 mm laser-guided rockets on the L-39 Skyfox Drone Hunter,…