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US Navy’s $4.47B Pearl Harbor Submarine Dry Dock Takes Shape as Norfolk Opens $134M Refueling Complex
Norfolk Naval Shipyard has completed a $134 million complex to refuel, defuel and inactivate Ohio- and Virginia-class submarines, while Pearl Harbor’s Dry Dock 5…
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Greece Orders Up to Six KC-390 Transport and Tanker Aircraft via Portugal to Replace Aging C-130s
Greece has signed for three Embraer KC-390 Millennium aircraft, with options for three more, through a government-to-government deal with Portugal, giving the Hellenic Air…
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Leonardo DRS Selected by AV to Power and Cool the US Army’s First Production Anti-Drone Laser
AeroVironment has selected Leonardo DRS to supply power management, thermal control and rugged integration for the 30-kilowatt LOCUST X3, the laser weapon at the…
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US Army Flight-Tests 3D-Printed Heavy Fuel Rotary Engine on Hybrid-Electric VICTOR Drone
The Army Research Laboratory has flight-demonstrated a 3D-printed, air-cooled heavy fuel rotary engine driving a 400-volt series-hybrid system on the Group 3 VICTOR UAS.…
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US Military Truck Maker Oshkosh Defense to Build Grid Aero Lifter Autonomous Cargo Aircraft at Scale
Oshkosh Defense will help Grid Aero industrialize and eventually build its Lifter autonomous cargo aircraft at scale, applying tactical truck production methods to a…
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US Navy Receives 1,000th ESSM Block 2 Naval Air Defense Missile as Deliveries Double in 16 Months
The US Navy has received the 1,000th ESSM Block 2 for the 12-nation NATO SEASPARROW Consortium, with the last 500 arriving in about 16…
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UK Royal Navy Tracks Russian Warships Escorting Sanctioned Cargo and a Spy Ship Watching NATO Drills
A Type 45 destroyer, a patrol ship and Merlin and Wildcat helicopters shadowed a Russian frigate, a landing ship and the spy ship Viktor…
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US Navy Awards French Thales $53.9M for Remote Mine Hunting Modules to Keep Crews Out of Minefields
Thales subsidiary Advanced Acoustic Concepts will deliver two Remote Mine Hunting modules to the U.S. Navy under a $53.9 million contract, pairing multiview sonar…
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Israeli Elbit to Build Artillery Training Center for IDF’s New Roem Howitzer and Lahav Launcher
Israel’s Defense Ministry has signed a 15-year, 600 million shekel deal with Elbit Systems to build and run an artillery training center that will…
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British-German Hypersonica Raises €100 Million Series B to Build Europe’s Own Hypersonic Missile
British-German start-up Hypersonica has raised €100 million in a Series B co-led by Lightspeed and General Catalyst. The round follows a Mach 6 demonstrator…
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Russia’s Filin Cruise Missile Seen on Ground Launcher With Solid-Fuel Booster for the First Time
A first photo shows Russia’s Filin cruise missile on a ground launcher with a solid-fuel booster. Ukrainian intelligence says the NPO Molniya weapon, used…
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India Begins Rafale M Carrier Trials With First Landing on INS Vikrant Ahead of 26-Jet Deliveries
A French Navy Rafale M made its first arrested landing on INS Vikrant on October 29, moving India’s carrier trials to the flight deck…
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Swedish Saab Unveils CB90 CX Combat Boat That Can Sail Uncrewed With Radar, Missiles or 30 mm Gun
Saab’s CB90 CX stretches the CB90 combat boat to 18 meters, lifts payload beyond 5 tonnes and comes ready for uncrewed operation, in ISR,…
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French Atlantique 2 Patrol Aircraft Spots Three Sea Drones off Bulgaria, Helping Save 18 Crew
A French Atlantique 2 spotted three sea drones closing on the container ship Contship Jet off Bulgaria on October 28, an early warning that…
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RAF Protector RG1 Drone Tracks Russian Warships in the English Channel for the First Time
The RAF has used its Protector RG1 drone, the British variant of the MQ-9B SkyGuardian, to monitor Russian warships in the English Channel for…
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General Atomics Reveals NextGen Hybrid-Electric Flying Wing Drone Targeting 60 Hours Aloft
General Atomics is developing NextGen, a large hybrid-electric flying-wing drone for ISR and strike that its engine team expects to stay aloft more than…
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Canadian PV Labs to Develop Next-Gen AH-64E Apache Night Vision Sensor With Lockheed Martin Funding
Burlington-based optronics firm PV Labs will develop a staring-array Pilot Night Vision Sensor for the Boeing AH-64E Apache with Lockheed Martin funding tied to…
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China Arms Sales to Africa Move Beyond Armored Vehicles Into Air Defense and Armed Drones
Chinese air-defense systems and armed drones are entering West African inventories as Russia’s supply tightens, from Yitian-L launchers in Mali to Wing Loong II…
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German Rheinmetall Brings Drone Boats and New MASS Nova Decoy Launcher to Euronaval 2026
Rheinmetall heads to Euronaval 2026 with the first public showing of its MASS Nova decoy launcher, the series-built Kraken K3 drone boat and the…
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RAF Chinooks Fly Daily Missions From the Netherlands Into Germany to Support British Paratroopers
RAF Chinook crews from 18 (B) Squadron flew daily from Gilze-Rijen Air Base in the Netherlands into Germany during Exercise Greyhound Titan, supporting 16…