Air Defense
L3Harris Wins Up-to-$60M Army Interceptor Contract
L3Harris has secured a three-year US Army development contract valued at up to $60 million for a long-range interceptor under the Xtended Range Counter-sUAS Mis…
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Air Defense
Roketsan ALKA Laser Hits Drone and Ground Targets
"Turkish defence manufacturer Roketsan said on 23 October 2026 that its ALKA directed-energy weapon had engaged rotary-wing drones, fixed-wing drones and a stat…
Air Defense
Türkiye Markets Low-Cost KORKUT Drone Defences as Exports Rise
Türkiye is pitching KORKUT gun-based counter-UAS systems amid demand for affordable interceptions. Live-fire trials and major contracts show momentum, but repor…
Air Defense
Leonardo DRS Secures $500M Counter-UAS IDIQ Ceiling
Leonardo DRS received a three-year indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract from the Pentagon's Joint Interagency Task Force 401 on 14 October 2026, wit…
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ASELSAN Shows KORKUT 25 Engaging Different Drone Classes
ASELSAN has released KORKUT 25 test footage showing its mobile counter-drone gun system engaging a rotary-wing drone and a Shahed-like delta-wing aerial.
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Saudi Arabia Probes Air Defence Failure After Deadly Houthi Strike on Riyadh Airport
Saudi Arabia is investigating why its air defences failed to stop a Houthi missile-and-drone assault on Riyadh’s King Khalid International Airport that killed a…
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…
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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-…
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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…
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Raytheon Wins $6.3B SM-3 Block IB Deal to Rebuild Missile Defence Stocks
RTX’s Raytheon has secured a five-year contract, with two additional option years, valued at up to $6.3 billion to produce and sustain Standard Missile-3 Block…
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ASELSAN Signs €2.46B Hybrid Air Defence Contracts with SSB
ASELSAN has signed contracts worth €2.46 billion with Türkiye’s SSB for the procurement of hybrid air defence systems.
Air Defense
KARAOK Hits Air Target in First Aerial Engagement
ROKETSAN announced on 23 September 2026 that KARAOK successfully hit an aerial target for the first time, expanding the demonstrated target set of a weapon deve…