Land
Ateş Serbest 2026 Uses 53 Weapons and Systems for the First Time
Türkiye’s Ateş Serbest 2026 live-fire activity showcased 104 weapons and systems, used 93 in firing events, and employed 53 weapons, systems or mission activiti…
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Unmanned
U.S. Intelligence Warnings and Starshield Limits Disrupt Ukraine’s Drone Operations
Ukraine reported disruptions to military Starshield satellite links affecting interceptor and strike drones as warnings from U.S. officials about possible intel…
Aerospace
Spain Plans 15 More HÜRJETs, Potential Fleet Could Reach 45
Spain is planning a potential follow-on acquisition of 15 additional HÜRJET advanced jet trainers, according to Turkish Aerospace CEO Mehmet Demiroğlu. Spain al…
Air Defense
ASELSAN Demonstrates Integrated Steel Dome, EW and C4I Stack at Ateş Serbest 2026
ASELSAN used Ateş Serbest 2026 to demonstrate an integrated mix of Steel Dome air-defence components, electronic warfare, radar, command-and-control and precisi…
Air Defense
MKE TOLGA 20 kW Laser Destroys Drone at 760 Metres
MKE’s 20 kW fibre-laser weapon destroyed a drone at 760 metres during Ateş Serbest 2026 in Polatlı, adding a directed-energy hard-kill layer to the TOLGA short-…
Unmanned
Orqa U.S. Wins $38M Drone Dominance Gauntlet II Award
Orqa U.S. has secured a $38 million U.S. Department of War contract to manufacture MRM2-series drones following the Drone Dominance Gauntlet II competition. The…
Air Defense
Raytheon Wins $729M LIDS Counter-Drone Contracts for U.S., Qatar and Jordan
RTX’s Raytheon has secured $729 million in contracts to deliver KuRFS radars and Coyote effectors for the LIDS counter-drone system to the U.S. Army, Qatar and…
Space
IAC 2026 Closes in Antalya With Record 18,642 Participants
The 77th International Astronautical Congress closed in Antalya after drawing 7,604 delegates from 111 countries and 18,642 total participants, according to the…
Aerospace
Italy Orders Six Astore Levante UAVs From Leonardo-Baykar Venture
The Italian Air Force is acquiring six Astore Levante unmanned aircraft from LBA Systems, the 50:50 Leonardo-Baykar joint venture. The contract covers three sys…
Naval
HAVELSAN Links USV-12 and SAGAN in Joint Maritime-Air Strike Demo
HAVELSAN demonstrated coordinated maritime-air unmanned operations by integrating VN Deniz Teknolojileri’s USV-12 unmanned surface vessel with ASİSGUARD’s SAGAN…
Industry
Anduril Unveils Steelfin Interceptor Family for Drones to Hypersonic Missiles
Anduril has unveiled Steelfin, a modular two-stage family of surface-to-air interceptor missiles designed to counter threats ranging from unmanned aircraft and…
Unmanned
MBDA, Fortem Expand Counter-Drone Partnership With FireThorn and DroneHunter
MBDA and Fortem Technologies have expanded their counter-drone partnership, allowing MBDA customers to add Fortem’s DroneHunter autonomous interceptors to exist…
Unmanned
Airbus U740 Valkyrie Makes First European Flight, Targets 2029 Combat Readiness
Airbus and Kratos have completed the first European flight of the U740 Valkyrie collaborative combat aircraft, using a rocket-assisted runway-independent launch…
Unmanned
Türkiye Demonstrates ASLAN, BARKAN and PALEM UGV Roles at Ateş Serbest 2026
ASELSAN’s ASLAN, HAVELSAN’s BARKAN and Tekatron’s PALEM demonstrated armed support, reconnaissance, logistics and casualty-evacuation roles during Ateş Serbest…
Aerospace
Lockheed Unveils PAC-3 Edge for U.S. Army Future Interceptor Contest
Lockheed Martin has unveiled PAC-3 Edge, its candidate for the U.S. Army’s competitive Future Interceptor programme, with testing planned from 2027 and a compan…