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US Awards Raytheon a $22.9 Billion, Seven-Year Tomahawk Production Contract
The award is designed to lift Tomahawk output from about 60 missiles a year to more than 1,000 annually as the Pentagon ...
Russia Launches Roy.Market, a Restricted Military E-Commerce Platform for Drones and Tactical Gear
Russia's state-linked Roy.Market is now fully operational, using a warehouse-free 4PL model to supply drone components a...
Pentagon Signs Seven-Year SM-3 Component Deals With Boeing and RTX
Framework agreements with Boeing and RTX aim to expand output of SM-3 Block IB and IIA components for the Aegis missile-...
Hero-120 Loitering Munition Passes US Army Acceptance Tests for LUS Programme
UVision and Rheinmetall say the Hero-120 met every acceptance requirement in August 2026 tests under the US Army's Letha...
Trump Orders Navy to Abandon Electromagnetic Catapults and Return to Steam on Carriers
The president's directive reverses a core Ford-class technology, potentially costing billions and unsettling France's ne...
Ukraine Says 5% of US Patriot Stock Is Enough to Survive Winter Air War
Zelensky says Kyiv holds only 1% of the US Patriot interceptors it wants for the winter air war. Analysts put remaining ...
Boeing Unveils Ultra-Low-Cost Radar Seeker Built From Commercial Parts
Boeing used the Huntsville missile-defense symposium to reveal the ULCS, an active radar seeker built largely from off-t...
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...
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 ...
Boeing Lands First Production Deal for Jet-Powered JDAM, Extending Bomb Range Past 300 Miles
The US Navy will receive initial GBU-75 kits that turn conventional JDAMs into standoff weapons with cruise-missile reac...
South Korea Turns to Mass-Produced UGVs as Conscript Pool Plunges
Seoul selects Hanwha Aerospace’s Arion-SMET for large-scale fielding by 2027-28, driven by a shrinking pool of fit consc...
US Army Seeks $150K Missiles to Counter Small Drones
The Army's Next Generation C-sUAS Missile program targets Group 2 and 3 drones, with a 5,000-missile buy priced under $1...
Navy Replaces 43-Year Blue Angels Uniform Maker With Virginia Contractor
Pensacola's Sewing Box loses the Blue Angels flight-suit contract it held for 43 years to Virginia-based Aquila Internat...
U.S. Navy's $76.6B Submarine Deals Lock In Virginia and Columbia Build-Out
The Pentagon's $76.6 billion awards to General Dynamics and Huntington Ingalls secure nine Virginia attack subs, five Co...
Pentagon Awards Lockheed $58.6 Billion Patriot Missile Deal as Stockpile Strains Spur Production Surge
Lockheed Martin secured a seven-year, $58.6 billion contract to multiply Patriot interceptor output, responding to heavy...
Fujimori Leans on US for Security, Testing Peru's China Trade Lifeline
President Keiko Fujimori signals a security pivot toward Washington, including potential participation in a U.S.-led ant...
Exclusive: NATO's GlobalEye AWACS Pick Sparks Fears of Capability Gap and Alliance Fracture
A former U.S. official warns that the 11-nation backing of Saab GlobalEye prioritizes political convenience over combat ...
US Pause in Iran Strikes Highlights Munitions Strain and Energy Corridor Risks
Washington has paused its five-month bombing campaign against Iran as reports point to depleted weapon stockpiles and th...
Romania Signs €1 Billion Deal for French Helicopters and Radars, Marking Shift from US Arms
Romania has ordered 12 H225M helicopters and 12 Ground Master radars from France in a landmark €1 billion deal, signalin...