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The United States has awarded Textron Systems Corporation a $163.3 million contract to deliver a new batch of armored vehicles to Ukraine. According to a contract announcement from the Department of War, the award covers the procurement of Mobile Strike Force Vehicles (MSFV), along with spare parts, specialized tools, and testing equipment. Work will be […] The post Textron secures $163M deal to supply armored vehicles to Ukraine first appeared on Defence Blog.View the full article

South Korean Hanwha Aerospace has signed a new agreement with GE Aerospace to acquire T700 and F404 engine kits for assembly and testing in South Korea, the companies announced. The engines will be used in Korea’s Surion helicopters and the T-50 family of trainer and light combat aircraft, including the TA-50 and FA-50. Under the […] The post Hanwha to build GE Aerospace engines for Korean aircraft first appeared on Defence Blog.View the full article

Yaroslavl Shipbuilding Plant employees say they have not received salaries for nearly two months, citing unpaid military orders and stalled production, according to Ukrainian outlet Ekonomichna Pravda. The Yaroslavl Shipbuilding Plant, a Russian company under international sanctions for its cooperation with the country’s defense-industrial sector, has reportedly failed to pay its workers for nearly two […]View the full article

Raytheon has secured a United States Air Force contract to equip the autonomous X-62A Variable In-flight Simulation Test Aircraft, known as VISTA, with its PhantomStrike fire-control radar, expanding the service’s testing of autonomous combat aviation technologies. According to a press release, Raytheon will integrate the PhantomStrike radar onto the X-62A as part of ongoing Air […]View the full article

Japanese defense experts have publicly assessed that South Korea’s navy now holds qualitative advantages over Japan’s Maritime Self-Defense Force, signaling a shift in the balance of naval power in Northeast Asia, according to recent analyses circulating in Japanese security circles in January 2026. The assessment reflects a growing view inside Japan that traditional measures of […]View the full article

Residents in western Belarus have reported sudden reserve call-ups and rapid deployment orders near the country’s border with NATO member states, according to statements from opposition officials and local accounts published Feb. 2026, raising attention over what critics describe as an undeclared mobilization effort. Reports from the regions of Grodno, Slonim, and the village of […]View the full article

The United States Missile Defense Agency has awarded Raytheon an $8.41 billion contract ceiling increase to support the sustainment and engineering of Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) variants, expanding the total contract value to $11.74 billion. According to the U.S. Department of War, the modification applies to a previously awarded indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (HQ0851-21-D-0001). Under the updated agreement, […]View the full article

Raytheon, an RTX business, has signed a $3.7 billion contract to supply Patriot GEM-T interceptors for Ukraine, the company announced. The agreement covers the delivery of Guidance Enhanced Missile-Tactical interceptors, one of the Patriot missile variants used by both U.S. operators and international customers. Raytheon said the missiles are intended to strengthen Ukraine’s ability to […]View the full article

A U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer that had been sitting in the Arizona desert since 2021 flew back into active service on April 22 after nearly two years of intensive depot maintenance at Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma, returning to Dyess Air Force Base as a fully mission-capable bomber. The aircraft came from Type […]View the full article

A German aerospace firm completed the first flight of its Wespe unmanned helicopter on Thursday, marking a milestone for a platform designed to solve one of the most dangerous problems in modern combat medicine: moving critically wounded soldiers from forward field hospitals to surgical facilities without putting additional crew members in harm’s way. Aerospace, the […]View the full article

America’s missile defense testing program has a logistics problem, and the Pentagon wants industry to solve it: the Missile Defense Agency, the organization responsible for developing and testing America’s shield against ballistic missile attack, has issued a formal solicitation seeking mobile launch platforms that can fire test missiles from virtually anywhere on earth at dramatically […]View the full article

A helicopter maker and an electric aircraft startup just proved they can bolt cutting-edge autonomy software onto a brand-new aircraft in under two weeks, a pace that would have sounded absurd for military aviation programs just a few years ago. Sikorsky, the helicopter manufacturer owned by Lockheed Martin, announced at the Farnborough International Airshow that […]View the full article

Houthi media released footage this week showing a Rajum quadcopter dropping a munition onto a Royal Saudi Land Forces M1A2S Abrams main battle tank at a forward position in Marib, Yemen, followed by an explosion and a fire that engulfed the vehicle. The video has not been independently verified, and neither the Saudi-led coalition nor […]View the full article

The U.S. Navy has ordered the first production run of a new long-range radio system designed to keep ships and units communicating even when satellites are jammed or unavailable. Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division in Lakehurst, New Jersey, awarded MaXentric Technologies a $9.6 million firm-fixed-price order for 12 low-rate initial production kits of the […]View the full article

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries launched Japan’s newest attack submarine, Shogei, at its Kobe shipyard on Oct. 8, the seventh boat of the Taigei class built for the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force. The 3,000-ton diesel-electric submarine was named and floated out in a ceremony at the yard in Kobe’s Hyogo Ward. MHI will now complete outfitting of […]View the full article

Ethiopia has taken delivery of its first 12 Russian Su-35 fighter jets and will also receive four batteries of the S-400 long-range air defense system, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said on social media on Oct. 28. Abiy said the jets arrived under an earlier agreement with the Russian government and a year ahead of the […]View the full article

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(click to view full) Northrop Grumman’s E-2C Hawkeye is a carrier-capable “mini-AWACS” aircraft, designed to give long-range warning of incoming aerial threats. Secondary roles include strike command and control, land and maritime surveillance, search and rescue, communications relay, and even civil air traffic control during emergencies. E-2C Hawkeyes began replacing previous Hawkeye versions in 1973. They fly from USN and French carriers, from land bases in the militaries of Egypt, Japan, Mexico, and Taiwan; and in a drug interdiction role for the US Naval Reserve. Over 200 Hawkeyes have been produced. The $17.5 billion E-2D Advanced Hawkeye program aims to build 75 n…

Americas Lockheed Martin won an $8.3 million deal to exercise an option for Aegis Combat System Engineering Agent efforts for the design, development, integration, test and delivery of Advanced Capability Build 20. Under this contract, the Aegis Combat System Engineering Agent (CSEA) develops, integrates, tests and delivers computer program baseline Advanced Capability Builds (ACBs) and supports Technology Insertions – a replacement and/or upgrade of combat system computing hardware and associated middleware/firmware. The Aegis CSEA also develops engineering products to support ship integration, supports developmental test/operational test events, develops training and l…

Today we return to the subject of the addition to the CNO's reading list of a book that openly calls for the most sectarian view of race. Worse, it calls for the official application of racism in to official policy. For those who have not read his book, let me pull out how Ibram X. Kendi defines things in his book, "How to be an Antiracist," the book in question. Words mean things, and when people redefine words, you need to pay special attention; Now operationalize that concept in your mind every time in our Navy you hear, "equity." From Flight Surgeons to Nuke Power School - operationalize the above concept and how, once people read this CNO recommended book,…