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India is considering local production of Israel’s long-range Rampage missile under the government’s “Make in India” initiative. The Indian Army first acquired the missile in 2020 following the Galwan clash with China. Since then, it has become a cornerstone of India’s long-range strike capability. On May 10, 2025, during Operation Sindoor, the Indian Air Force […] The post India eyes local production of Rampage missile first appeared on Defence Blog.View the full article

American Rheinmetall has been awarded an $31 million contract to develop and demonstrate a forward-deployed maintenance and repair capability for Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicles, supporting both the U.S. Army and the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The contract, issued by the National Center for Manufacturing Sciences, Inc. (NCMS), will fund an 18-month program aimed at closing […]View the full article

ALL.SPACE has announced a major step forward in U.S. Army modernization efforts with the successful validation of the company’s Hydra MAX terminal under the Next Generation Tactical Terminal (NGTT) program. The achievement confirms that the system can deliver continuous multi-orbit satellite connectivity — across LEO, MEO, and GEO networks — even while on the move. […]View the full article

The Israel Defense Forces have begun inducting a new self-propelled howitzer, the SIGMA 155 “Roem,” according to IsraelDefense magazine. The Roem, developed and manufactured by Elbit Systems, is intended to gradually replace the U.S.-made M-109 “Doher” howitzers that have served the IDF for decades. Israeli officials describe the transition not only as a platform replacement, […]View the full article

A London-based defense research and development company has revealed two new high-speed interceptor drone prototypes, expanding its portfolio of specialized counter-air systems, according to an exclusive statement provided to Defence Blog by company founder Aytekin Guclu. The London Defence R&D company introduced the two platforms, named Baby Raptor and Raptor XL, as part of its […]View the full article

The United States Air Force has issued a special notice outlining plans to modernize and replace its aging LC-130H Polar Mission aircraft with a newly developed LC-130J variant, initiating market research and early acquisition steps for the program. The notice, published by the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center on Feb. 25, 2026, begins the […]View the full article

Epirus, General Dynamics Land Systems and Kodiak AI on March 24 unveiled the Leonidas Autonomous Ground Vehicle, or AGV, a new mobile counter-UAS system built to operate either fully autonomously or through teleoperation for defense and homeland security missions. The new system was unveiled at the AUSA Global Force Symposium & Exhibition in Huntsville, Alabama. […]View the full article

The U.S. Navy has completed delivery of the 300th and final Harpoon missile under its Lot 91 multi-year production agreement with Boeing, closing out a significant chapter in one of the Western world’s most widely fielded anti-ship weapon programs. The milestone caps a production run primarily oriented toward Foreign Military Sales, extending the Harpoon’s global […]View the full article

Spanish defense technology company UAV Navigation, the guidance and navigation division of Grupo Oesía, has launched VECTOR-300, a new high-performance autopilot designed specifically for mass-produced loitering munitions and counter-UAS interceptors. The VECTOR-300 was announced on May 12, 2026, and represents a deliberate pivot in autopilot design philosophy. Where most advanced autopilots are engineered for capability […]View the full article

Video circulating on Russian military Telegram channels shows what appears to be remotely controlled drone variants of a Shahed-type long-range attack drone, pursuing and striking Ukrainian Navy patrol boats in the Black Sea. Russian sources claim two patrol vessels were destroyed in the attacks, though the exact date of the engagement and the fate of […]View the full article

Boeing secured a $49.5 million contract from the Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center on June 30, 2026, to remanufacture the electronic flight controllers and produce production test equipment that sustain the AGM-86B Air Launched Cruise Missile, the subsonic nuclear-capable cruise missile that has served as one of America’s primary airborne nuclear delivery systems since 1982. […]View the full article

Axon Vision, an Israeli defense technology company based in Tel Aviv, announced Monday that it has teamed up with ParaZero Technologies, an Israeli firm based in Kfar Saba, to build an integrated counter-drone system aimed at protecting critical infrastructure sites where blowing an incoming drone out of the sky simply isn’t an option. The new […]View the full article

Russia fired an upgraded ballistic missile at Kyiv for the first time this summer, one with roughly 40 percent more range than the version Moscow has used against Ukraine for years, Ukraine’s military intelligence agency said this week. The agency, known as HUR, said the missile is called the 9M723-2. It’s an upgraded version of […]View the full article

Heard the one about the UFO seen from NewFoundland? Check out the picture in the story. One might think the Canadians were watching the new French M51. Seems odd to me though. While the time would match up, that is a heck of a distance to get such accurate photography. In other news, North Korea looks to be preparing for their next ballistic missile launch. Not surprising, they traded artillery fire last night. Have you noticed Somali piracy has slowed down quite a bit in the new year? It must be coincidence the level of violence inside Somalia has risen considerably during the same time. They are different issues, but there are interesting patterns and relations …

In late May 1943, the B-24 carrying the 26-year-old Zamperini went down over the Pacific. For nearly seven weeks — longer, Hillenbrand believes, than any other such instance in recorded history — Zamperini and his pilot managed to survive on a fragile raft. They traveled 2,000 miles, only to land in a series of Japanese prison camps, where, for the next two years, Zamperini underwent a whole new set of tortures. His is one of the most spectacular odysseys of this or any other war, and “odyssey†is the right word, for with its tempests and furies and monsters, many of them human, Zamperini’s saga is something out of Greek mythology. For you sports minded folks, t…

It is time to return to a topic no one likes. It is one of the most damning of the military service and its leaders; the abuse of Command Investigation and the Inspector General process. Sadly, they often degrade to the lowest motivation from one or two of the players involved. If not properly led and managed, they can quickly devolve in to Star Chamber, Kafkaesque nightmare that no one gets out of alive. The more I've seen of them, the firmer I hold that no one can survive one intact. If you dig enough, you will run in to something or someone that can give and investigating body enough to destroy in a day what took decades to build. I give to you another example, this…

Americas Boeing won a $13.6 million contract modification, which exercises an option to perform 24 modifications in support of the Increment Three Block One retrofit as well as the procurement, manufacture and assembly of 25 additional retrofit kits supporting engineering change five for existing P8-A Poseidon aircraft. The P-8A Poseidon is the US Navy’s maritime patrol aircraft. It is capable of broad-area, maritime and littoral operations, and is also successful at search and rescue. Work will take place in Washington. Expected completion date is in December 2023. An annual air exercise between South Korea and the United States kicked off secretly on November 1. The ex…

Americas Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group ships are heading to the Mediterranean Sea for exercise Neptune Strike ’22, the Pentagon said. Pentagon spokesman John Kirby says the deployment is not a response to increased tensions with Russia. He stressed that planning for Neptune Strike ’22 began in 2020. “The exercise itself is not designed against the kinds of scenarios that might happen with respect to Ukraine. It really is a NATO maritime exercise to test … really a wide range of maritime capabilities that we want to make sure we continue to improve.” The US Army Contracting Command Issued a Sources Sought notification for an organic small unit-level Lethal Miniatur…

History is funny about how it delivers leaders. Some nations, when they need it most, are given the worst leaders who on paper at least, should have been the right leader at the right time. Other nations are provided leaders who, on paper, seem to be a disaster in the making ... but don't just rise to the occasion, come to dominate the occasion. A comic. They elected a comic. Ukraine's President Zelensky's May 9th address to his nation - and to everyone else - is a masterpiece of the right man at the right time with the right words. Take time to listen to it. This is what a sharp, vibrant, focused, and grounded leader looks like. At least at this moment, at this time, I d…

Americas Raytheon won a $8.8 million deal for Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile Production Lot 35 Rectifier Filter Assembly Captive Air Training Missile Retrofit effort. Work will take place in Arizona. Expected completion date is May 30, 2026. The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Air Dominance Division Contracting Office, Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, is the contracting activity. Sikorsky Aircraft won an $8 million deal for procurement of services and data for the integration and qualification of the Improved Turbine Engine onto the UH/HH-60M Black Hawk aircraft. Bids were solicited via the internet with one received. UH-60 Black Hawk is a multi-mission h…