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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…
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NASA Unveils X-70 Fractal X-Plane to Test Maneuvers Never Before Flown With a Pilot Aboard
NASA’s X-70 Fractal is a crewed research jet that can carry up to 2,000 pounds of swappable experimental payloads to test flight controls and…
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Australia Buys $9.9M ALQ-251 Mission Data Lab So RAAF C-130J Jammers Can Counter New Enemy Radars
Georgia Tech will develop the Mission Data Test Station that validates threat libraries for the AN/ALQ-251 radio frequency countermeasures system on Australia’s C-130J-30 fleet,…
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US Navy Orders P-8A Increment 3 Block 2 Upgrade Kits for US and Australian Poseidon Sub-Hunters
Boeing will supply nine more P-8A Increment 3 Block 2 retrofit kits, seven for the US Navy and two for Australia, under a $119.7…
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US Navy Awards Lockheed Martin $122M Trident II Navigation Subsystem Deal for US and UK Submarines
Lockheed Martin has won a $122.4 million no-bid Navy contract to sustain and develop the Trident II D5 navigation subsystem, a Shipboard Integration Increment…
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Textron’s M-346N Is Now the Last Major Contender in the Navy Jet Trainer Race After SNC Exits
Sierra Nevada Corporation has declined to bid its Freedom Jet in the U.S. Navy’s UJTS competition, citing the contract structure, leaving Textron Aviation Defense…
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Lockheed Martin Completes Flight Test of Mk21A Reentry Vehicle for Sentinel ICBM Nuclear Warheads
Lockheed Martin and the US Air Force have flight-tested the Mk21A reentry vehicle that will carry the W87-1 warhead on Sentinel. The program now…
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Spain’s Isaac Peral Submarine Sinks Former Patrol Ship Infanta Elena With a Single Torpedo
Spain’s Isaac Peral submarine sank the retired patrol ship Infanta Elena with a single heavyweight torpedo in SINKEX 26 off the Canary Islands, validating…
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Swedish Air Force Pilots Complete Gripen E Conversion to Bring the Jet to Northern Sweden in 2027
Two Norrbotten Wing pilots have completed Gripen E conversion at Såtenäs and will train Luleå’s 212th Squadron when it receives its first jets in…
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France Launches SyLEx Sounding Rocket Carrying Experiments for Its Next M51.4 Nuclear Missile
France’s DGA flew the second ArianeGroup SyLEx sounding rocket on November 4, carrying experiments for the future M51.4 submarine-launched ballistic missile and restoring a…
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France Awards Babcock Eight-Year Red Air Training Contract to Simulate Enemy Jets for Rafale Crews
France’s Armed Forces Commissariat Service has awarded Babcock France an eight-year Red Air contract. Teamed with SDTS and Top Aces France, it will fly…
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Pentagon Drone Dominance Effort Delivers 25,000 Drones and Counter-Drone Systems to CENTCOM Troops
A four-month-old Pentagon office has fielded more than 25,000 drones and counter-UAS to CENTCOM in 2026, most of them defensive. It now also runs…
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US Startup’s Crow-Shaped Flapping-Wing Drone Reads as a Bird on Counter-Drone Sensors at Edwards AFB
Ornadyne’s O1, a one-pound crow-shaped ornithopter, was classified as a bird by commercial counter-drone sensors at Game of Drones 26-3 at Edwards Air Force…
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Federal Court Orders US Navy to Reevaluate Saildrone’s Drone Ship Bid in $2.1B MUSV Competition
A federal judge has ordered the US Navy to reevaluate Saildrone’s Spectre proposal in the MUSV competition, capping production commitments at $1.5 billion of…
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KNDS and French Firm SeaOwl to Develop Armed USV With Up to 200 km Combat Range
KNDS and SeaOwl Technology Solutions will develop and test an armed unmanned surface vehicle built around a qualified KNDS warhead, credited with 35 knots,…
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US Startup Perseus Defense Releases Video of Its Low-Cost Harpe Interceptor Striking a Drone
Perseus Defense has released video of its Harpe interceptor destroying a hovering drone, which CEO Jason Cornelius calls the first attritable missile kill. The…
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France’s Thales Unveils ASW Sonars to Turn Patrol Ships and Drones Into Submarine Hunters
At Euronaval 2026, Thales presented a Hybrid Fleet approach to anti-submarine warfare built on M-Cube mission software, a new Lightweight Dipping Sonar for uncrewed…
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German Lawmakers Approve Heron TP Armament and Eurofighter Radar Upgrade Among Six Bundeswehr Buys
Germany’s Bundestag Budget Committee has approved six Bundeswehr projects, from new armament for the Heron TP drone to an ECRS Mk1 radar upgrade for…
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British Babcock’s ARMOR Force Adds Thales, Hensoldt and Kraken to Pair Frigates With Naval Drones
Seven firms, including Thales, Hensoldt, Exail and Kraken Technology Group, have joined Babcock’s ARMOR Force framework, which pairs Type 31 command frigates with large…
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Turkish Bayraktar TB2 Combat Drone Carries 16 FPV Kamikaze Drones and Hits Targets in Flight Test
Baykar has tested the Bayraktar TB2 as a carrier for FPV kamikaze drones. The UCAV took off with 16 Skydagger drones and relayed two…