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First Brazilian Gripen E Flies, the First Gripen Built Outside Sweden
The first Gripen E built at Embraer’s Gavião Peixoto plant has flown, opening production acceptance tests before delivery to the Brazilian Air Force. It…
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France’s Harmattan AI Unveils 2,000 km IRIFI Drone for GNSS-Denied Strikes
Paris-based Harmattan AI has unveiled IRIFI, an attritable one-way strike drone built to fly up to 2,000 km without relying on GNSS. Range and…
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INEOS Grenadier Wins First Military Orders From Italian Army and Austria
The INEOS Grenadier has secured its first military orders. The Italian Army takes deliveries from early 2027, while Valentin Tusch will supply protected Grenadiers…
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Russia Gets Su-34 Fighter-Bombers in Second 2026 Batch as Deliveries Slow
Rostec has confirmed a second 2026 batch of Su-34 fighter-bombers but withheld the count. Imagery suggests two to four jets, a pace that offsets…
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Lithuanian Drone Maker UDS Opens Ukraine Venture for ISTAR, Strike Drones
Lithuanian firm Unmanned Defense Systems has launched UDS Ukraine, a joint venture led by Stepan Veselovskyi, to deploy its drones, train Ukrainian operators and…
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French Navy Wildfire Exercise Pits Six Warships Against Drone Swarms
Six French warships, including a Mistral-class amphibious helicopter carrier for the first time, faced day and night attacks by single drones and swarms off…
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Türkiye Signs $195M ASELSAN Radar Contract as Steel Dome Orders Surge
ASELSAN has signed a $195 million radar systems contract with Türkiye’s procurement agency, capping a week of nearly €3.47 billion in air defense awards.…
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Lithuania Gets First Switchblade 600 Loitering Munitions With 40 km Reach
Lithuania has received its first AeroVironment Switchblade 600 loitering munitions, which deliver the Javelin’s anti-armor warhead beyond 40 km, under a roughly €45 million…
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Rheinmetall AERIE Prototype Fits 20+ Drone Interceptors in a Container
Rheinmetall Defence Australia and Praetorian Aeronautics have built AERIE, a prototype launcher that can house more than 20 interceptors in a 20-foot container. Operator…
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US Army Reportedly Orders 3 More K9 Mobile Howitzers, Fleet Grows to 9
Hanwha Defense USA has reportedly received a US Army order for three more K9 Mobile Howitzer prototypes, lifting the Mobile Tactical Cannon fleet on…
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UK MoD: Ukraine’s Sargan-3000 USV Fought First Known Drone Boat Duel
UK Defence Intelligence assessed on October 6 that a gun-armed Ukrainian Navy Sargan-3000 USV almost certainly fought the first direct clash between Russian and…
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Pakistan Tests Larger Fatah-4 ER Cruise Missile but Withholds Range
Pakistan test-fired the Fatah-4 ER cruise missile, its third Fatah-4 launch in just over a year. The military withheld the range, but footage of…
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MBDA Remote Carrier Compact Drone Clears Design Review and Targets 2029 Flight
France, Germany, and Spain have approved the preliminary design review of MBDA’s Remote Carrier Compact, a collaborative combat drone targeting a 2029 first flight.…
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SRC Wins $500M Domestic Shield IDIQ and Order for 3 Counter-Drone Radars
JIATF-401 has awarded SRC a Domestic Shield IDIQ worth up to $500 million, opening with a $10.24 million order for three Gryphon counter-drone radars.…
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US Marine NMESIS Battery Drills Anti-Ship Fire Missions in Hawaii
The 3rd Marine Littoral Regiment’s NMESIS battery spent five days at Bellows, Hawaii, drilling anti-ship fire missions, distributed command posts and rapid displacement, two…
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Russian Nuclear Threats Escalate as Denmark Warns of Limited Attack on NATO
Russia has tied the defense of Kaliningrad to nuclear use, and Danish military intelligence now sees a low but growing risk of a limited…
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Britannia Shield vs Golden Dome: UK Conservatives Pitch £10B Air Defense
Britain’s Conservatives want £10 billion over a decade for Britannia Shield, a layered drone and missile defense network for critical sites at home and…
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German Army SAR Satellites Can Now Track Build-Ups on NATO’s Eastern Flank
The Bundeswehr can now task several radar reconnaissance satellites reserved for German military use, less than ten months after the €1.7 billion SPOCK 1…
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AFOSI Certifies Six Drone Instructors Ahead of Skydio X10D Fielding
Six AFOSI personnel qualified as Skydio X10D operators and instructors after a weeklong course at Quantico. The train-the-trainer cadre can now qualify new operators…
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BAE Systems to Build F-35 Electronic Warfare Suites for Lots 20-22
Lockheed Martin has contracted BAE Systems to build AN/ASQ-239 electronic warfare suites for F-35 Lots 20 through 22 and to supply retrofit systems for…