Aerospace
Cambridge Aerospace Raises $300M at $3.4B Valuation
Cambridge Aerospace has raised $300 million at a $3.4 billion valuation as the UK defence start-up prepares to scale Skyhammer interceptor production, develop S…
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Unmanned
Boeing Low-Cost Radar Seeker Targets Affordable Missiles
Boeing has unveiled a low-cost radar seeker built around off-the-shelf components, highlighting a wider Pentagon push to make missile guidance cheaper, easier t…
Industry
Pentagon Gives Industry 21 Days to Speed Weapons Production
Pentagon weapons production is entering a new acceleration phase as U.S. defence manufacturers are asked to submit plans for faster deliveries, higher output an…
Industry
Saudi Arabia, Türkiye and Pakistan Sign Mutual Defence Pact
Saudi Arabia, Türkiye and Pakistan have signed the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement, establishing that an armed attack against one signatory will be regarded as an…
Aerospace
ASELSAN TOLUN P Strikes Hardened Target From AKINCI
ASELSAN’s 250 lb-class TOLUN P penetrator guided munition successfully struck its designated target during a Bayraktar AKINCI firing test, demonstrating hardene…
Industry
Honeywell Aerospace Cuts 2026 Outlook on Supply Woes
Honeywell Aerospace reduced its 2026 organic-growth forecast to 4%–5% after second-quarter supply constraints limited output, weakened its sales mix and reduced…
Naval
CBO Puts US Navy Battleship Programme at $275B
The Congressional Budget Office estimates that the US Navy’s planned 15-ship nuclear-powered guided-missile battleship programme would cost approximately $275 b…
Aerospace
Australia Acquires AIM-260 JATM for RAAF Fighters
Australia is acquiring the AIM-260 Joint Advanced Tactical Missile for three RAAF combat-aircraft fleets, becoming the weapon’s first planned operator outside t…
Industry
Rheinmetall H1 Sales Rise 39% to €5.2B
Rheinmetall reported €5.23 billion in first-half sales, a 74% increase in operating profit and an €80.5 billion backlog, while reducing its 2026 sales guidance…
Industry
US Counter-UAS Marketplace Makes First $13M Purchases
Joint Interagency Task Force 401 has completed the first four purchases through the US counter-UAS marketplace, awarding $13 million for sensors, radars, electr…
Unmanned
France Turns Auto Factories Into Drone Production Lines
France is moving its military-drone strategy from policy to production as Renault, Valeo, Forvia and Schaeffler join defence companies to build scalable manufac…
Industry
Türkiye Defence Exports Reach $1.12B in July
Türkiye’s defence and aerospace sector exported $1.12 billion in July 2026, marking a 14.4% increase from the same month last year.
Aerospace
KAAN P1 Begins Taxi Trials Ahead of First Flight
Turkish Aerospace has started taxi trials with the first fully representative KAAN prototype, marking a major ground-test milestone before the aircraft’s planne…
Land
Chinese Military Researchers Distil US AI Models
A Reuters review of more than 80 Chinese papers and patents found that military-linked researchers used outputs from OpenAI and Anthropic models to train smalle…
Aerospace
F-47 Test Aircraft Enter Production for 2028 Flight
The US Air Force says Boeing is producing a small number of F-47 test aircraft as the sixth-generation fighter programme advances through engineering and manufa…