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UK Launches Project Safari to Fast-Track SME Hypersonic and Drone Testing
Project Safari, launched October 10, 2026 by the MOD and QinetiQ, gives defense SMEs a single front door to Britain’s sovereign test…
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Ukraine Hits Pantsir Tower, Exposing the Limits of Static Air Defense
Ukraine’s SBU has released footage of a drone destroying a Pantsir atop an elevated tower, a fixed platform Russia has built by…
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US Army Apache Helicopters Down Three Drones on Sentinel Radar Cues in Skyfall II
In Operation Skyfall II at Grafenwoehr, a ground-based Sentinel radar cued AH-64E Apache crews from the 12th Combat Aviation Brigade onto three…
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Northrop’s First 21 Satellites Join Pentagon’s Space Data Network
Northrop Grumman’s first 21 Tranche 1 Transport Layer satellites reached orbit on October 10, 2026, bringing SDA’s Tranche 1 total to 84.…
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Turkish F-16s in Latvia Guarded the Election After Two Drone Shootdowns
Turkish F-16s from NATO’s Ämari detachment in Estonia temporarily deployed to Latvia’s Lielvārde Air Base to reinforce air defense around the October…
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B-2 Pilot Alert System Deal Signals USAF Expects Its B-2 Bombers to Fly Through 2036
Ophir Corp. will repair the B-2 Spirit’s Pilot Alert System, the lidar that warns crews of contrails, under a $34.6 million sole-source…
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France Seals Madagascar Drone Donation Amid Russian Arms Deliveries
France formalized the donation of a long-range thermal surveillance drone to Madagascar on October 6, signed a drone training agreement and pledged…
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U.S. Air Force Tests Mk21A Reentry Vehicle for Sentinel’s Nuclear Warhead
The Air Force flew an unarmed Mk21A reentry vehicle aboard a Minotaur I from Vandenberg on October 9, 2026. Lockheed Martin is…
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US Coast Guard Orders Its First Four MQ-9B Drones for $247.8 Million
The U.S. Coast Guard has ordered four General Atomics MQ-9B long-range unmanned aircraft for $247.8 million, its first purchase of large drones…
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Lockheed Martin Unveils PAC-3 Edge Interceptor to Counter Hypersonics
Lockheed Martin has unveiled the PAC-3 Edge, a Patriot-family interceptor that adds a new in-house seeker and a Northrop Grumman multi-pulse motor…