Aerospace
US Navy Tests MQ-20 for Collaborative Autonomy Planning
The U.S. Navy demonstrated Collaborative Autonomy Mission Planning during Gray Flag 2026 using an MQ-20 Avenger surrogate aircraft at Point Mugu. CAMP translate…
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Aerospace
First Production KF-21 Delivered to ROKAF
The Republic of Korea Air Force received the first serial-production KF-21 Boramae on 22 September 2026, moving the indigenous fighter programme from developmen…
Industry
Army Drone Magnet Deal Raises Domestic Supply Chain Questions
The U.S. Army has selected Vulcan Elements to supply neodymium-iron-boron magnets for the SkyFoundry small-drone initiative, which aims to establish high-volume…
Unmanned
Tycho.AI Signs Counter-UAS Contract with U.S. SOF
Tycho.AI has received a $900,000 USSOCOM award under the ANCHOR Other Transaction Agreement to develop a small-form-factor counter-UAS interceptor for dismounte…
Naval
HII Expands Massachusetts UUV Site by 25%
HII has added 10,000 square feet to its Pocasset, Massachusetts unmanned-systems campus, increasing the existing 40,000-square-foot manufacturing facility by 25…
Naval
Navantia Completes S-83 AIP Trials for Spanish Navy
Navantia has completed testing of the air-independent propulsion system installed in the dedicated section of the S-83 Cosme García, the third S-80-class submar…
Air Defense
KONGSBERG Signs €16M C-UAS Navigation Deal
Advanced Navigation has secured a €16 million supply agreement with KONGSBERG for hundreds of Boreas fibre-optic gyroscope inertial-navigation systems to be int…
Aerospace
Airbus Wins 25-Year French Defence Cybersecurity Contract
France’s DGA has awarded Airbus Cybersecurity SAS the 25-year PARACOM contract to design, produce and support secure gateways connecting defence networks with d…
Aerospace
Germany Seeks PAC-3 MSE Production in Europe
Germany is seeking U.S. approval to manufacture PAC-3 MSE interceptors domestically as part of a broader effort to expand Patriot capacity in Europe. Defence Mi…
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…
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…