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US Navy Orders Super Hornet Production Shutdown Plan as Boeing Wins F/A-XX
The U.S. Navy is paying Boeing $16.7 million to plan the closure of the Super Hornet and Growler production lines through November 2030, an…
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Boeing F/A-XX vs F-47: New Render Reveals Carrier-Driven Differences
Boeing’s newly released F/A-XX rendering, following its September 29, 2026 Navy contract win, shows a tailless, single-seat carrier fighter sharing the F-47’s design language,…
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Royal Navy XLUUV Fires US Mk 48 Heavyweight Torpedo in AUKUS Trial
The Royal Navy’s XV Excalibur XLUUV fired an exercise US Mk 48 heavyweight torpedo in Scotland on September 13, 2026, a UK-US first from…
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Ukraine Runs First Amphibious UGV Resupply Over 40 km of Land and Water
A Ukrainian mechanized brigade has used a Brave1-funded amphibious UGV to haul ammunition and provisions more than 40 km across land and water, the…
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L3Harris Secures $6B+ THAAD Propulsion Contract to Quadruple Output
L3Harris will build a new boost motor plant and expand LDACS capacity under a seven-year THAAD propulsion contract from Lockheed Martin worth more than…
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Shield AI Tests Hivemind Maritime Teaming on Two Kraken K3 SCOUT USVs
Shield AI’s Hivemind coordinated two Kraken K3 SCOUT uncrewed surface vessels through a search, track and escort ISR mission in Portsmouth, on a hull…
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HII ROMULUS USV Enters Production as U.S. Navy Orders 10 MUSV Hulls
HII will build 10 ROMULUS USVs for the U.S. Navy after its Odyssey autonomy suite passed Phase I testing of the Medium Unmanned Surface…
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Anduril-Voyager Partnership Targets Interceptor Propulsion Bottleneck
Anduril Industries and Voyager Technologies formalized a partnership aimed at high-rate production of solid rocket motors and DACS, building on more than $60 million…
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Air Force F-15EX Contract Adds 22 Jets for $2.38B as Orders Reach 120
The U.S. Air Force has ordered 22 more F-15EX Eagle II fighters from Boeing for $2.38 billion under Lot 7, lifting contracted aircraft to…
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Northrop Solid Fuel Ramjet to Push Army XRC Missile Past Stinger Range
Northrop Grumman will develop solid fuel ramjet propulsion for XRC, the US Army’s science and technology effort to mature an interceptor that outranges the…
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U.S. Army xTechHumanoid Competition Picks Ballistic-Protected IHMC Alex
From 103 proposals, the U.S. Army picked IHMC’s ballistic-protected Alex humanoid and four subsystem technologies after live trials at Quantico. Two of the four…
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U.S. Army Taps GD to Prototype Autonomous Networked Obstacle Munitions
The U.S. Army has selected General Dynamics Mission Systems as one of three contractors to prototype VNOM, a networked obstacle munitions system that autonomously…
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Ukraine Selects Jet Shahed Interceptor Prototypes as Kill Rate Lags at 57%
Kyiv has selected its first jet Shahed interceptor prototypes as Ukrainian forces down only 57% of Russia’s jet-powered Shaheds, against 70% for all drones.…
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Netherlands Adds NOMADS Air Defense and NASAMS Units in NOK 1.5B Deal
Kongsberg has signed a contract worth about NOK 1.5 billion to add NOMADS short-range units and NASAMS capacity to the Netherlands’ CITADEL air defense…
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US Navy Awards HII $5.1B USS Truman Aircraft Carrier Contract to Refuel CVN 75 by 2031
HII’s Newport News Shipbuilding will refuel and modernize USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) under a $5.1 billion Navy contract running through November 2031,…
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Belgium Orders NASAMS Air Defense, First Medium-Range GBAD in 20 Years
Kongsberg signed a NOK 10 billion contract on September 29 to supply NASAMS to Belgium, with the Netherlands contracting on its behalf, restoring medium-range…
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US Navy Takes USS John F. Kennedy Nuclear-Powered Aircraft Carrier Preliminary Acceptance With 4 Weapons Elevators in Test
The Navy has taken preliminary acceptance of the future USS John F. Kennedy (CVN 79), clearing the Ford-class carrier for Navy-led underway testing while…
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Chinese Military in Laos: China Trains Lao Yak-130 Pilots
China’s defense ministry says a joint support and training center and a pilot academy are now operational at Ban Keun Airport in Laos, giving…
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Boeing Wins Navy Sixth-Generation Fighter Race With $20B+ F/A-XX Deal
Boeing will develop the F/A-XX, the Navy’s sixth-generation carrier fighter set to augment and eventually replace Super Hornets and Growlers from the 2030s, under…
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US Military Robot Dogs Expand Into Counter-Drone, Medical and Armed Patrol Roles
Quadruped robot dogs are no longer limited to base security. Recent US and allied exercises show them checking downed drones, locating simulated explosives, assessing…