Defense
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HII Wins $2.2bn SOUTHCOM Contract to Expand ISR and Counter-Threat Capabilities
The award under the ASTRO IDIQ vehicle gives HII Mission Technologies a multi-year platform for intelligence, surveillan...
Northrop Grumman Unveils Raid Hunter, a 50mm Palletised Gun for Drone and Cruise Missile Defence
Northrop Grumman's Raid Hunter concept pairs a 50mm chain gun with precision-guided rounds to counter mass drone and cru...
Patria and KNDS Sign German Assembly Deal for CAVS 6x6 Armoured Vehicles
The framework sets KNDS Deutschland Maintenance as Patria's local assembly partner for 6x6 armoured vehicles, with Bunde...
TKMS Lifts Guidance and Shares Jump 15% as Auto Managers Move to Naval Shipbuilding
ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems reports a €20bn order book, raises full-year targets, and sees shares top €100 as car-indust...
Rheinmetall’s Imperial Ambitions: The German Arms Giant Rousing French Suspicion
Armin Papperger has turned Rheinmetall into Europe’s dominant defence player, but his voracious appetite for consolidati...
Romanian Navy Destroys Two Gerbera Drones Near Black Sea Gas Project
The Romanian military neutralised two Gerbera-type drones found close to the Neptun Deep offshore gas perimeter, raising...
Federal Government Awards $768M Lab Contract Under NATO Defence Framework
The RSS Main project in Ottawa will house 275 scientists from four federal agencies, contributing $900M to Canada’s NATO...
USS Theodore Roosevelt Activates Carrier’s First Unmanned Air Warfare Center
The USS Theodore Roosevelt is now the Navy’s first carrier fully-equipped to operate the Boeing MQ-25A unmanned tanker, ...
Ukraine’s Cost-Driven Drone Defense Model Reshapes Modern Air Warfare
Facing massed drone barrages, Ukraine has built a layered, low-cost air defense doctrine using helicopters, gun-armed je...
Chinese Peacekeeping Chopper Unit Sets Flight Record in Abyei Emergency
Responding to a last-minute UN request, the 6th Chinese Peacekeeping Helicopter Contingent flew an 8-hour mission under ...
Raytheon Secures $745M US-Japan SM-3 Block IIA Missile Contract
The Missile Defense Agency awarded Raytheon a $745.39m contract to produce SM-3 Block IIA interceptors for the US and Ja...
GDIT Wins $1.3 Billion Contract to Modernize Army National Guard Networks
The seven-year ENOCS deal tasks GDIT with integrating AI and cybersecurity into classified and unclassified networks, ex...
Artec Lands Order for 69 More Boxer RCT30s for German, Dutch Forces
An option within a 2025 framework contract will see the Bundeswehr receive 35 additional Schakal vehicles and the Royal ...
German MoD Initiates Reactivation of Five Former Barracks for New Military Service
The German defence ministry is preparing five disused military properties in Speyer, Kusel, Sigmaringen, Soest, and Frie...
Pentagon Pressures Defense Contractors to Fast-Track Munitions After Iran Clashes Deplete Interceptors
The U.S. Department of Defense has given major arms manufacturers 21 days to submit plans for drastically expanding prod...
Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan Sign Joint Defence Pact in Mecca
The 'Mecca Joint Defence Agreement' treats an attack on one as an attack on all, amid rising Israeli and Iranian asserti...
Pentagon Issues 21-Day Deadline for Defense Firms to Ramp Up Arms Production as Iran War Drains Stockpiles
With Patriot and THAAD interceptor stocks down over 65%, the Pentagon tells manufacturers to submit aggressive delivery ...
Pentagon Demands Faster Weapons Production from Boeing, Lockheed, Raytheon as Iran War Strains Stockpiles
Deputy Defence Secretary Steve Feinberg ordered major defence contractors to slash development timelines and expand manu...
Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Turkey forge mutual defense pact as regional security orders realign
The Mecca Joint Defense Agreement binds the three nations to view any armed attack on one as an attack on all, but falls...
Spain Ranks 18th Globally in Military Power, Keeping Significant Edge Over Rearming Morocco
Spain holds the 18th spot among 145 nations in the 2026 Global Firepower index, with a conventional advantage over neigh...
U.S. Army Develops Synthetic Human Tissue Models to Study Electromagnetic Exposure
The U.S. Army is building artificial skin, bone, and brain tissue to better understand how radar and communication syste...
Greece Pushes for 25% Domestic Share in €3bn ‘Achilles Shield’ and a Broader Defence Industry Overhaul
Athens ties major weapons deals to local production, naming the companies and partnerships that could capture €700m of w...
North Korean Missile Unit Enters Russia, Bolstering War Effort and Testing Arsenal
The deployment of a North Korean missile unit to western Russia marks a new stage in Pyongyang’s support for Moscow, com...
Trump’s $3bn Critical Minerals Push Aims to Forge a US “Mineral Superpower”
President Trump unveiled a $3bn investment package for critical minerals and batteries, driven by the need to restock de...
Sevastopol Governor Reports 35 Ukrainian Drones Shot Down, Minimal Damage
Two waves of drone attacks on August 8 were repelled by air defenses and aviation, with debris causing minor damage to h...
Italy’s VBM 155 Wheeled Howitzer Accelerates Europe’s Mobile Artillery Shift
Italy is advancing a highly automated, wheeled 155 mm artillery system, joining a continent-wide push for survivable, qu...
A Decade of the Y-20: How China's Strategic Airlifter Transformed the PLA Air Force
From its 2016 commissioning to the 2026 debut of a domestic-engine variant on an overseas mission, the Y-20 transport fa...
CBO Estimates $275 Billion Price Tag for US Navy’s Trump-Class Battleships
A new Congressional Budget Office analysis projects $275bn for 15 nuclear-powered guided missile battleships, revealing ...
ARX Robotics’ GEREON UGV Validated in Largest US-Led Experiment
British firm ARX Robotics demonstrated eight GEREON robots across combat and logistics missions during the Five Eyes’ Pr...
U.S. Navy's Trump-Class Nuclear Battleships Could Cost $275 Billion, CBO Says
The Congressional Budget Office estimates the proposed 15-ship class of nuclear-powered battleships would far outstrip t...