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Massed Modular Aircraft: Reaper Maker Faces Six Rivals for a $10M Successor
Seven companies, including General Atomics, Anduril, and Otto Aerospace, are competing to build the Massed Modular Aircraft, a drone with a $10…
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U.S. Deploys Two More Patriot Batteries to Saudi Oil and Qatari Gas Sites
The U.S. has deployed two more Patriot batteries to protect a Saudi oil facility and a Qatari gas site, reassuring Riyadh and…
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UAE APKWS Sale: US Clears 10,000 Counter-Drone and Strike Rocket Kits
The State Department has cleared a possible $1.041 billion sale of up to 10,000 APKWS II guidance sections to the UAE, Abu…
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Boeing Flight-Tests MQ-25 Stingray Teaming Software Over Link 16
Boeing has flown Manned-Unmanned Teaming software for the MQ-25A Stingray on two surrogate aircraft at Emerald Flag, demonstrating command and control over…
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Poland Puts 12 FA-50GF Fighters on Combat Duty Against Russian Jet Drones
Poland’s 12 FA-50GF light fighters entered combat duty on October 1, 2026, nearly three years after delivery. Bought without weapons, they now…
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Ukraine Air Defense: Germany Pledges €1B as Kyiv Seeks IRIS-T and Patriot
Ukraine’s defense minister handed Chancellor Friedrich Merz a priority list of IRIS-T and Patriot interceptors and F-16 ammunition as Russian jet-powered drones…
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NATO Air Defense Absorbs 65-Year Air Policing Mission to Counter Drones
NATO has folded its 65-year-old Air Policing mission into a 24/7 NATO Air Defense posture that adds counter-drone and surface-based missile defenses.…
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Türkiye Orders ASELSAN Hybrid Air Defense in €2.46B Steel Dome Deal
Türkiye’s Presidency of Defense Industries signed €2.46 billion in contracts with ASELSAN for Hybrid Air Defense Systems on October 5. The filing…
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L3Harris WESCAM MX-10 Turret Fitted to Surveillance Aircraft in Australia
SYPAQ Systems has integrated the L3Harris WESCAM MX-10 EO/IR turret into its light fixed-wing surveillance fleet in Australia, for missions from border…
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US Pulls 12 B-1Bs From RAF Fairford After Suspected Iran-Linked Plot
The US has flown all 12 B-1B Lancers out of RAF Fairford, its main European bomber base for the Iran campaign, a…