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Lockheed Martin has secured a $991 million contract to produce electronic warfare upgrade kits for 432 F-35 Joint Strike Fighters across three U.S. military services and a substantial international customer base, in one of the largest single F-35 modernization awards in the program’s history. The Naval Air Systems Command at Patuxent River, Maryland, issued the […]View the full article

India’s Ministry of Defence signed a contract on March 3 with Russia’s state arms exporter Rosoboronexport to procure ship-based vertical launch surface-to-air missiles for the Indian Navy’s Shtil-1 air defense system, according to a report by the news agency UNI. The deal is valued at 2,182 crore rupees, or approximately $238 million, and will supply […]View the full article

General Dynamics Land Systems quietly crossed a significant threshold this week, pulling in a $13.5 million contract modification that pushed its Abrams technical support contract past the $1 billion mark — a milestone that underscores just how much the U.S. Army spends keeping its primary battle tank operationally ready. Army Contracting Command at Detroit Arsenal […]View the full article

A South Korean-developed remote-controlled weapon station capable of networking three or more units into a single coordinated fire system represents a significant step forward for the country’s homegrown defense industry, according to KFN Plus. The system, known as an RCWS, is a remotely operated weapon turret mounted on light tactical vehicles and wheeled armored personnel […]View the full article

A Polish-Ukrainian defense joint venture is preparing to launch production of the Ukrainian-designed Bogdana 155mm self-propelled howitzer in Poland, according to a report by the Polish business newspaper Puls Biznesu. The company PK MIL SA, established by Ponar Wadowice and the Kramatorsk Heavy Machine Tool Building Plant, is currently completing the formal procedures required to […]View the full article

Getting a fighter jet part built faster in America might soon depend on cutting through a mountain of paperwork that has nothing to do with engineering and everything to do with accounting. The Department of War wants the companies that build its weapons to tell it exactly which forms and financial audits are slowing them […]View the full article

Stealth technology has always been the exclusive domain of billion-dollar defense programs and classified government laboratories, built into aircraft through years of engineering work and applied through precision manufacturing processes that cost more per square meter than most countries spend on entire weapon systems. A Turkish startup is now claiming it solved the core problem […]View the full article

U.S. Central Command’s top officer directed a strike against an underground Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps headquarters near Tehran while American forces were simultaneously conducting a rescue operation for a downed airman inside Iran, high-level U.S. defense sources told Fox News on Monday. Admiral Brad Cooper, the CENTCOM commander, ordered B-2 Spirit stealth bombers to fly […]View the full article

Israel’s first KC-46 tanker aircraft has completed its maiden flight in the United States, the Israeli Ministry of Defense announced. The aircraft, designated “Gideon” in Hebrew, is the first of six KC-46 tankers procured by the IMOD Mission to the U.S. on behalf of the Israel Defense Forces. Boeing’s KC-46 Pegasus is a multi-role aerial […]View the full article

Ukraine struck deep into Russian territory overnight, hitting a strategically significant electronics plant in Cheboksary, the capital of the Chuvash Republic, approximately 1,000 kilometers from the Ukrainian border, according to analysis by Exilenova+. The initial strike was carried out by what Exilenova+ analysts identified as an FP-5 Flamingo cruise missile targeting the VNIIR Progress facility. […]View the full article

Radiance Technologies has been awarded a minimum $149,6 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to upgrade infrastructure and instrumentation at the Reagan Test Range, the Department of War announced. The sole-source contract runs for five years with no option periods and carries a performance completion date of April 10, 2031. Defense Logistics Agency Aviation at Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, […]View the full article

The CEO of AM General stepped into a rapidly widening political fight on June 26, publishing a public statement defending his company’s handling of the JLTV A2 program as Congress moved to slash funding, the Marine Corps hunted for a backup supplier, and lawmakers in Washington called the program a readiness crisis in the making. […]View the full article

Soldiers assigned to the United States Army’s 17th Field Artillery Brigade conducted a ground raid mission using the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) during Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Center (JPMRC) 26-02 in Alaska, validating long-range precision fires in extreme Arctic conditions while supporting the 11th Airborne Division, the Army said. The live-fire event focused […]View the full article

EDGE Group said it is speeding up development and production of the MANSUP and MANSUP-ER anti-ship missiles under its partnership with the Brazilian Navy, pushing forward one of Brazil’s key indigenous naval weapons programs. The Emirati defense company said the work is being carried out in close cooperation with local industry partners and the end […]View the full article

The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory has awarded a $9 million contract to Ohio-based ARCTOS Technology Solutions to develop next-generation aerothermoelastic structures technologies for high-speed airbreathing vehicles, a research program that addresses one of the most demanding unsolved engineering problems in hypersonic flight. The contract, awarded competitively after two offers were received, runs through June […]View the full article

Elbit Systems of America has received a $212 million delivery order from the U.S. Army for continued production of the Enhanced Night Vision Goggle-Binocular system, with deliveries scheduled through 2028. The delivery order, announced May 12, 2026, continues production under a program originally awarded in 2023. Bezhalel Machlis, President and CEO of Elbit Systems, described […]View the full article

Robotics company Target Arm Inc. said this week that its drone launch and recovery system has been integrated with unmanned ground vehicles built by HDT Global, a manufacturer of rugged robotic platforms used in military and industrial settings. The company announced the integration on social media on July 27, 2026. The combination pairs HDT Global’s […]View the full article

Lockheed Martin has secured a $61 million U.S. Army contract to develop and demonstrate two of the most consequential near-term upgrades to the Patriot air defense system: a containerized missile launcher and a hemispherical guidance device that eliminates one of Patriot’s most significant tactical limitations, the inability to engage threats approaching from outside a fixed […]View the full article

The U.S. Army has requested $5.47 billion to buy ammunition in Fiscal Year 2027 — everything from 5.56mm rifle cartridges to 155mm artillery shells to tank rounds — according to the Department of the Army’s official budget document submitted to Congress in April 2026. It is the largest single-year Army ammunition request in recent memory, […]View the full article

Washington has approved a $214 million sale of AIM-9X Sidewinder Block II missiles to Lithuania, the U.S. Department of State announced, handing the NATO ally a significant boost to its short-range air defense arsenal. The deal covers 152 additional AIM-9X Block II tactical missiles, eight tactical guidance units, and six captive air training missiles — […]View the full article