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The U.S. Army has given its new wheeled howitzer an official name, the XM1776 Mobile Tactical Cannon, and has raised its prototype order from Hanwha Defense USA to nine systems, with an option for nine more. The Army and Hanwha unveiled the designation at a naming ceremony at the company’s booth at the Association of […]View the full article

The U.S. Air Force has awarded Raytheon a contract worth up to $8 billion to modernize and restart production of the satellite communications terminals that link the president and military commanders to U.S. nuclear forces, the U.S. Department of War announced on Oct. 13. The indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract covers development work to modernize the Air […]View the full article

The U.S. Army has awarded Lockheed Martin a $117.1 million contract to keep supporting the second-generation radar frequency interferometer on its Apache attack helicopters, a passive sensor that lets crews find and pinpoint enemy radars without giving away their own position. The Department of War contract announcement describes an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity deal that mixes cost-no-fee, cost-plus-fixed-fee […]View the full article

The U.S. Army has asked industry for a lighter version of its planned autonomous missile launcher and wants working prototypes ready to fire live munitions in Australia during the Talisman Sabre 2027 exercise in August 2027. The service released a request for solutions briefs for the Common Autonomous Multi-Domain Launcher-Lite, or CAML-Lite, on Oct. 15. […]View the full article

Russian tank maker Uralvagonzavod says it has completed testing of an upgraded BREM-80 armored recovery vehicle that lets its crew hook up and tow damaged tanks without leaving the vehicle, a change the company says came directly from combat experience in Ukraine. The company, part of Russia’s state-owned Rostec corporation, announced the end of the […]View the full article

France test-fired its newest submarine-launched nuclear missile, the M51.3, from a ballistic missile submarine for the first time on Oct. 6, with President Emmanuel Macron watching from a French Navy frigate off the coast of Brittany. The missile was launched from the submarine Le Vigilant off Finistère and came down in the North Atlantic several […]View the full article

The U.S. Army has started giving its long-range missile battalions their own heavy cranes, delivering two 40-ton all-terrain cranes to Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, in late August so the units can reload missile canisters and maintain launchers in the field without hiring outside equipment. The Army’s Product Manager Engineer, Maintenance, Support Equipment said on Oct. […]View the full article

The U.S. Marine Corps has picked SteerBridge Strategies, a small veteran-owned company in Vienna, Virginia, to work on artificial intelligence tools meant to predict aircraft maintenance needs and manage aviation spare parts, after a selection process the service said took 34 days from approved requirement to vendor notification. The Marine Corps’ aviation acquisition office at […]View the full article

Rental cars used by Norway’s Home Guard during a large exercise in September recorded video of soldiers, their routes and the codes they typed into military gates, according to a soldier who took part, Norwegian business daily Dagens Næringsliv reported. The cars were rented by the Norwegian Armed Forces from Hertz in Norway, which belongs […]View the full article

AEVEX is showing a full-size model of Specter, its new jet-powered one-way attack drone, at the Association of the U.S. Army’s annual meeting in Washington this week, along with a maritime drone line built from its recent purchase of BlackSea Technologies. The California-based company announced Specter on Sept. 23 as a high-speed, turbojet-powered autonomous strike […]View the full article

Denver-based AZAK has been added as a seventh company to the U.S. Army’s Infantry Last Tactical Mile program, a competition for uncrewed ground vehicles that would carry supplies to front-line infantry, evacuate wounded soldiers and extend radio networks near the forward line of troops, the company said. AZAK announced the news in a LinkedIn post […]View the full article

Radar maker Echodyne and Allen Control Systems have signed a strategic collaboration agreement to pair Echodyne’s EchoShield counter-drone radar with ACS’s Bullfrog autonomous weapon station, combining long-range radar tracking with an AI-guided gun that fires standard ammunition at drones on land and at sea. The companies announced the agreement on Oct. 13, saying they have […]View the full article

Turkish state defense company MKE has destroyed a drone at a distance of 760 meters (about 2,500 feet) with a new 20-kilowatt fiber laser weapon developed for its TOLGA close-in air defense system, scoring a direct hit during the Ateş Serbest-2026 live-fire event at Polatlı, west of Ankara. MKE announced the result on X on […]View the full article

Northrop Grumman has teamed up with Barrett Firearms to build the launcher for its Precision Grenadier System, a shoulder-fired 25 mm grenade launcher meant to let infantry squads hit enemies hiding behind cover and shoot down small drones, the companies announced on Oct. 12 at the Association of the U.S. Army’s annual meeting in Washington. […]View the full article

The U.S. Navy has awarded Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Newport News Shipbuilding a $56.2 million contract for engineering and design work on nuclear-powered submarines for America’s AUKUS partners, with foreign partner funds covering the full cost of the deal. The Department of War contract announcement describes a cost-plus-fixed-fee deal covering engineering and technical support, along with […]View the full article

German startup Reactive Dynamics says combat troops have put its RDX 1 tracked unmanned ground vehicle through its first tactical trials, using it to haul supplies and carry soldiers, evacuate casualties and run reconnaissance patrols by day and night. The company said the tests took place last week with frontline units and also covered using […]View the full article

The German Air Force has fired its new IRIS-T SLM air defense system for the first time at the NATO Missile Firing Installation on Crete, completing the operational certification the system needed before it can be relied on in German service, manufacturer Diehl Defence said this week. Air Defence Missile Group 61, the unit based […]View the full article

The U.S. Navy has awarded the Bell Boeing joint venture $90.8 million to continue redesigning the V-22 Osprey’s flight control system, including new flight control computers and cockpit interface units for the tiltrotor aircraft flown by the U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Navy and a foreign customer. The order, signed on Oct. 15 […]View the full article

Buntar Aerospace, a Ukrainian maker of reconnaissance drones and battlefield AI software, has raised $16 million to expand production and enter foreign markets, bringing its total funding to $30 million. The round was led by Freedom Fund VC and an international private equity fund that the company did not name. Gardar Venture Capital, Iron Wolf […]View the full article

The U.S. Navy plans to award Raytheon a sole-source contract for low-rate initial production of the Joint Multiple Effects Warhead System, a new warhead that lets the Tomahawk cruise missile strike bunkers and other hardened targets, according to a notice Naval Air Systems Command posted on October 7. The contract would move the warhead program […]View the full article