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Airbus Tests Quantum Key Distribution With Military and Police in Malta
Airbus tested post-quantum cryptography and quantum key distribution together on a tactical network linking military and police users in Malta, aiming to harden fielded…
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Turkmenistan Air Defense Adds FK-2000, Its Fourth Chinese SAM System
Turkmenistan paraded at least eight Chinese FK-2000 gun-missile vehicles in Ashgabat on September 27, 2026, its fourth Chinese surface-to-air system. The self-contained 8×8 system…
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RENK Wins €30M Patria TRACKX Transmission Order as Nordic Buys Begin
RENK will supply HSWL 076 transmissions for Patria’s TRACKX tracked APC under a €30 million follow-on order, with deliveries from 2027, days after Finland…
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US Navy Bets $137M on Ursa Major to Ease the Solid Rocket Motor Bottleneck
Ursa Major has won $137 million in U.S. Navy contracts to develop and qualify two solid rocket motors: a 7-inch design for the Compact…
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Anduril Wins Up to $1.8B Army NGC2 Contract to Connect Pacific Forces
Anduril will field the Army’s NGC2 common data layer across the Pacific-focused I Corps under a five-year award worth up to $1.8 billion, moving…
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Leonardo DRS Tactical Radar Production Launches in UK for European C-UAS
Leonardo DRS has created DRS UK and launched tactical radar production at a purpose-built British site, targeting UK and European counter-drone and air defense…
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US Navy Orders $66M MQ-4C Triton Retrofit to Standardize US and RAAF Fleets
Northrop Grumman will install 33 engineering change proposals on fielded U.S. Navy and Royal Australian Air Force MQ-4C Tritons under a $66 million fixed-price…
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US Navy Extends SEWIP Block 2 Production to 2029 in $209M Lockheed Deal
Naval Sea Systems Command added $208.96 million to Lockheed Martin’s SEWIP Block 2 full-rate production contract, extending AN/SLQ-32(V)6 work to September 2029 and lifting…
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Morocco Orders 50 More Oshkosh HET A1 Transporters Built to Haul Abrams
Oshkosh Defense has received a second order for the Royal Moroccan Armed Forces: 50 HET A1 tractors and 50 Broshuis-built MN573 trailers, expanding a…
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Directed Energy Pilot Program to Field 3 Lasers and 1 Microwave at US Bases
Joint Interagency Task Force 401 picked AeroVironment, Kord and Boeing lasers plus the Epirus Leonidas microwave weapon for its directed energy pilot: a year…
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Boeing to Triple PAC-3 MSE Seeker Output Under $14.7B Lockheed Deal
Lockheed Martin’s $14.7 billion undefinitized award lets Boeing triple PAC-3 MSE seeker output in Huntsville, Alabama, the latest subtier deal in the Department of…
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Hensoldt MoU to Expand Ukraine Air Defense Radars, Study TRL-4D LR
Hensoldt and Ukraine’s defense ministry signed an MoU during Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s Kyiv visit covering large-scale air defense radar deliveries, joint development and a…
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Operation Dawn of Yemen: 100 Saudi Coalition Jets Back Bab al-Mandab Push
Yemen’s Saudi-backed government launched Operation Dawn of Yemen on October 5 to retake Dhubab and the Bab al-Mandab Strait, with 100 coalition jets in…
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Polish Army Uniform: K-03 Ryś Camouflage Replaces Pantera After 33 Years
Poland has unveiled the K-03 Ryś field uniform to replace the wz. 93 Pantera pattern after 33 years. Officials claim roughly 30 percent better…
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General Dynamics AUSA 2026 Lineup Spans XM30, Drones and Counter-UAS
General Dynamics heads to AUSA 2026 with a Wolf XM30 scale model, the new PERCH 2.0 Switchblade launch kit for Abrams and Stryker, and…
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Pioneer USV Launches and Recovers ARGOS ROV 40+ Times Under Shore Control
ACUA Ocean’s Pioneer USV launched and recovered Forssea’s ARGOS ROV more than 40 times under shore control off Plymouth, logging up to eight cycles…
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Kuwait Cleared for $400M Patriot Missile Repair After Iranian Strikes
The US State Department has approved a possible $400 million Foreign Military Sale of Patriot missile repair and return services to Kuwait, twice the…
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Massed Modular Aircraft: Reaper Maker Faces Six Rivals for a $10M Successor
Seven companies, including General Atomics, Anduril, and Otto Aerospace, are competing to build the Massed Modular Aircraft, a drone with a $10 million airframe…
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U.S. Deploys Two More Patriot Batteries to Saudi Oil and Qatari Gas Sites
The U.S. has deployed two more Patriot batteries to protect a Saudi oil facility and a Qatari gas site, reassuring Riyadh and Doha as…
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UAE APKWS Sale: US Clears 10,000 Counter-Drone and Strike Rocket Kits
The State Department has cleared a possible $1.041 billion sale of up to 10,000 APKWS II guidance sections to the UAE, Abu Dhabi’s second…