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US Navy Awards $11.3M to Develop AI That Reads the Ocean’s Acoustic Soundscape for Undersea Warfare
The Office of Naval Research exercised an $11.3 million option with Integer Technologies to develop physics-based and machine learning tools that turn passive ocean…
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US Army Awards $4.17 Billion Contract to Upgrade Its Ammunition Plants as 155mm Shell Output Lags
Eleven firms, including BAE Systems and MSM Group North America, will compete for task orders under a $4.17 billion Army contract to upgrade government-owned…
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US 70-Knot Squire Seaglider Drone Sends New Orders to a Submerged Underwater Drone in AUKUS Exercise
REGENT’s Squire Seaglider drone retasked NSI’s Arowana UUV while it was underway during AUKUS Maritime Big Play Pacific off California, acting as a mobile…
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US Air Force Expands Joby Autonomous Flight Contracts to Nearly $37 Million for Pacific Cargo Tests
AFWERX has raised the Air Force’s commitment to Joby Aviation’s autonomous flight technology from $20 million to nearly $37 million, funding autonomy software and…
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Royal Navy Launches Nyan Strike Drones From Aircraft Carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth for the First Time
The Royal Navy has launched Nyan strike drones from HMS Queen Elizabeth for the first time, while a Tekever AR5 also flew from the…
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France to Order Exocet MM40 Block 3C Anti-Ship Missiles Built to Counter Jamming and Stealth Ships
France will order Exocet MM40 Block 3C anti-ship missiles from MBDA for the French Navy, with deliveries from 2029. The same framework lets partner…
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MBDA Taps UAE Firm SIRBAI for AI Targeting and Swarming on Diamond Shaped Loitering Munition
MBDA and Abu Dhabi AI firm SIRBAI signed an MoU at Euronaval 2026 to study automatic target recognition and swarm flight on the Diamond…
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US Defense Tech Firm Shield Agrees to Buy Counter-Drone Radar Maker Echodyne for $5.3 Billion
Shield will acquire Echodyne, whose MESA counter-drone radars are used in more than 40 countries, for $5.3 billion, funded by a $2.5 billion raise…
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US Marine Corps Orders Ripsaw M3 Robotic Vehicles With 5,000-lb Payload for Warfighting Lab Tests
The Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory will test two Ripsaw M3 robotic ground vehicles from Textron Systems, a hybrid-electric tracked platform carrying more than 5,000…
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Finnish Navy Tests Patria Multi-Domain Swarm of Sea and Air Drones Ahead of New Unmanned Company
The Finnish Navy demonstrated a Patria multi-domain swarm at Upinniemi on November 5, linking an unmanned surface vessel, a fixed-wing UAV and a Patria…
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French Naval Group Unveils FDI XL Frigate Concept With 50 Air Defense and 336 Drone Launch Cells
Naval Group’s FDI XL concept, unveiled at Euronaval 2026, stretches the FDI frigate to 50 air defense cells and adds a mission bay for…
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Bulgaria’s First Stryker Armored Vehicles Enter Service as It Bids to Become a Regional Repair Hub
Bulgaria has put its first five Stryker armored vehicles into service after final assembly at TEREM-Ivaylo, opening a $1.414 billion, 183-vehicle program running a…
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French Navy’s SLAM-F Mine Warfare Drones Can Tell a Mine From a Rock 300 Meters Deep
France is moving its SLAM-F mine countermeasures drones offshore. Increment 2.1 adds chartered Protée carrier ships across the metropolitan approaches, while Thales multi-view sonars…
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Marine CH-53K King Stallion Recovers Downed Navy MH-60S Seahawk From 10,000 Feet Without Damage
A Marine Corps CH-53K King Stallion lifted a nearly 16,000-pound Navy MH-60S Seahawk off a 10,000-foot Sierra Nevada slope on a 70-foot long-line, recovering…
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What Is the VBCI Infantry Fighting Vehicle? Specs, Variants and France’s 2027 Upgrade Plan
France’s VBCI has carried mechanized infantry from Afghanistan to NATO’s eastern flank since 2008. This explainer covers its protection, mobility and 25 mm firepower,…
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Norway Receives NASAMS IV Battery Firing AMRAAM and Sidewinder Missiles After Ukraine Donations
Norway has received a new NASAMS IV air defense battery at Ørland Air Station. FMA holds contracts for four batteries worth close to NOK…
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US Special Operations Command Orders First Shoulder-Fired Zeus Missiles With Swappable Warheads
US Special Operations Command has made its first purchase of Aeon Industrial’s shoulder-fired Zeus, a $13.8 million low-rate production order for fewer than 100…
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French Thales Unveils Maritime Modular Capability Packing Radar, Sonar and EW Into a 20 ft Container
At Euronaval 2026, Thales launched its Maritime Modular Capability, a 20 ft container combining radars, sonars, electronic warfare, TACTICOS fire control and communications, ready…
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General Atomics to Build Common Hypersonic Glide Body Parts for Army and Navy Hypersonic Missiles
General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems will build parts and cable assemblies for the glide body shared by the Army’s Dark Eagle and the Navy’s Conventional…
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US Shipbuilder Saronic Launches Second Navy-Picked Marauder Drone Ship and Cuts Build Hours by 8%
Saronic Technologies has launched its second Marauder medium unmanned surface vessel in Louisiana, built with 8% fewer labor hours than the first, weeks after…