Industry
Critical Minerals Executive Order Tests Defense Supply Chains
Critical minerals executive order compliance is becoming a major defence-industrial issue as the Pentagon says it will work with industry on mitigation plans wh…
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Unmanned
Counter Mass Interceptor Targets Drone Swarms
Counter Mass Interceptor is MBDA’s new response to saturation attacks by low-cost drones and munitions, aiming to give Europe a scalable sovereign C-UAS option.
Unmanned
Brontanax Uncrewed Fighter Enters CCA Race
Brontanax uncrewed fighter gives BAE Systems and the UK a sovereign CCA contender as air forces seek lower-cost combat mass, autonomy and crewed-uncrewed teamin…
Industry
GCAP New Partner Deadline Tests Fighter Programme
GCAP new partner deadline is becoming a strategic issue as Leonardo says any new country should join the UK-Italy-Japan sixth-generation fighter programme by th…
Naval
ASELSAN Underwater Systems Target Subsea Superiority
ASELSAN underwater systems are positioning Türkiye for a new era of subsea warfare through AI-enabled autonomy, ISR, mine warfare, critical infrastructure prote…
Unmanned
Drone-Hunting Drones Enter Türkiye’s C-UAS Roadmap
Drone-hunting drones could become a new layer in Türkiye’s counter-UAS architecture as SSB launches an RFI for hard-kill interceptor and hunter UAV systems.
Aerospace
LBA Systems Joint Venture Reaches Operational Readiness
LBA Systems joint venture has reached full operational readiness, giving Leonardo and Baykar a new European base for AI-enabled uncrewed aerial systems, carrier…
Aerospace
Saab Operating Profit Beats Forecast as Orders Surge
Saab operating profit beat analyst forecasts in the second quarter as European rearmament drove higher sales, a surge in order bookings and major demand across…
Aerospace
Storm Fighter CCA Programme Defines UK Airpower Shift
The UK has named its new autonomous Collaborative Combat Aircraft programme Storm Fighter, linking uncrewed combat jets, Tempest, F-35 and Typhoon to a sixth-ge…
Aerospace
PAC-3 ACE Interceptor Targets Patriot Cost Gap
Lockheed Martin has unveiled the PAC-3 ACE interceptor, a lower-cost Patriot effector designed to increase magazine depth as global air-defence demand strains m…
Industry
Farnborough Airshow 2026 Opens With Defence in Focus
Farnborough Airshow 2026 opened with defence companies making up half of a record 1,600 exhibitors as Boeing and Airbus pursue commercial aircraft orders amid s…
Aerospace
NATO Counter-Drone Capabilities Get $40bn Investment
NATO Allies will invest more than $40 billion in counter-drone capabilities over five years while training five times as many drone operators by the end of 2027…
Space
ITAR-Free Defence Products Gain European Momentum
Honeywell Aerospace is expanding ITAR-free defence product development for Europe, assigning 1,000 engineers in Poland and the Czech Republic to non-ITAR techno…
Space
SATCOMBw4 Satellite Project Faces Delay Warning in Germany
German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius warned against delays to the €10 billion SATCOMBw4 satellite project, as Berlin moves toward a sovereign military commun…
Aerospace
Low-Cost Air Defence Interceptors Get UK Contracts
The UK MOD has awarded £3.16 million to three suppliers to develop low-cost air defence interceptors under LCADE, a national programme linked to Europe’s five-n…