Aerospace
North Korea Tests Hwasong-11Ma Hypersonic Missile
North Korea has tested a missile identified in state-media display material as Hwasong-11Ma-1, with imagery indicating a manoeuvring hypersonic-type payload. Th…
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Aerospace
Patriot Contract Awards Point to Rising European Demand
A series of Patriot awards and production investments continues to demonstrate strong European demand for integrated air and missile defence. Raytheon points to…
Aerospace
Lockheed to Invest Up to $9 Billion in Missile Production
Lockheed Martin says it is backing expanded U.S. munitions capacity with an $8–9 billion investment spanning more than 20 sites and supply-chain partners. The c…
Aerospace
Davis-Monthan Ends A-10 Operations as Final Units Close
The U.S. Air Force inactivated the last Davis-Monthan organisations dedicated to A-10 operations on 18 September 2026, formally ending the type’s mission at the…
Land
US Army Tests Balloon-Launched APOLLO-R in Japan
U.S. Army personnel demonstrated micro-High-Altitude Balloon operations with an APOLLO-R drone at Yausubetsu Training Area in Hokkaido during Exercise Orient Sh…
Unmanned
USAF Tests Drones for Rapid Airfield Damage Assessment
Air Force Institute of Technology researchers are evaluating fixed-wing and multirotor small UAS for post-attack airfield reconnaissance, comparing drone-enable…
Aerospace
FQ-42 Flies With F-35 and F-15E Ahead of CCA Teaming
General Atomics says its FQ-42 Vengeance has flown in formation with an F-35A and F-15E as preparation for future collaborative-control experiments, while anoth…
Aerospace
Türkiye Maps Typhoon Sustainment at RAF Coningsby
A Turkish defence delegation inspected RAF Coningsby maintenance facilities on 15–17 September 2026 as Türkiye and the United Kingdom move from the Typhoon acqu…
Industry
UK Nuclear Workforce Tops 100,000 as DNE Expands
Early indications from the latest UK Nuclear Workforce Assessment show the combined civil and defence nuclear workforce rose from 83,000 in 2023 to more than 10…
Aerospace
USAF Explores Unmanned Next-Generation Tanker
Air Mobility Command chief Lt Gen Daniel Tulley says the U.S. Air Force should examine unmanned and optionally manned options for its future tanker requirement.…
Aerospace
F-35 Support Contract Ceiling Rises by $871.2M
The U.S. Navy has added $871.24 million of ceiling capacity to Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Site Activation and Hardware IDIQ contract. The modification supports equi…
Space
Space Force Advances Orbital Moving-Target Tracking
The U.S. Space Force is moving space-based airborne and ground moving-target tracking toward flight activity, with SB-AMTI prototypes expected in orbit before t…
Industry
NATO Chiefs Tell Industry to Deliver at Scale
NATO’s chiefs of defence used their Copenhagen meeting to send industry a direct demand signal: Allies are ready to buy at scale, but suppliers must deliver fas…
Aerospace
US Navy Adds $76.6M to Trident II D5LE2 Design
The U.S. Navy has added $76.56 million to Lockheed Martin’s Trident II D5LE2 design contract, with the full modification amount obligated at award.
Land
FNSS and PT Pindad Complete First KAPLAN APC Tests
The first KAPLAN APC completed pre-delivery acceptance tests in Türkiye under the FNSS-PT Pindad programme for Indonesia.