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The U.S. Navy is inviting companies to bring cargo drones to Huntsville, Alabama, from Jan. 25 to Feb. 5, 2027, to compete for the U.S. Marine Corps’ second-generation Tactical Resupply Unmanned Aircraft System, or TRUAS Increment II, which must carry 100 pounds (45 kg) to a point 40 nautical miles (74 km) away and fly […]View the full article

Naval Group handed over HS Nearchos, the second of Greece’s new French-built defense and intervention frigates, to the Hellenic Navy at its shipyard in Lorient, France, on Oct. 30, ten months after Greece received the first ship of the class. Greek Defense Minister Nikos Dendias and French Armed Forces Minister Catherine Vautrin attended the ceremony. […]View the full article

Leonardo DRS will supply the power, cooling and vehicle integration hardware for the U.S. Army’s first production laser weapon, after AeroVironment picked the company as a subcontractor on the Enduring-High Energy Laser program, DRS announced on Nov. 2. The work supports AeroVironment’s production of its LOCUST X3, a 30-kilowatt laser designed to shoot down small […]View the full article

North Korea tested a cluster-bomb warhead for its tactical ballistic missiles on Oct. 31 and said it will let its military units choose from four types of cluster warheads by the end of the year, state news agency KCNA reported on Nov. 1. The Missile Administration, which runs North Korea’s missile development, said the test […]View the full article

The U.S. Navy has ordered $114.7 million in structural and electrical upgrade hardware for the U.S. Marine Corps’ AH-1Z Viper attack and UH-1Y Venom utility helicopters, exercising an option on Bell Textron’s contract for the third phase of the program. The order buys 15 A-kits, four mission kits, nine aircraft installations, long-lead components, materials, labor […]View the full article

A photo of Russia’s new Filin cruise missile sitting on a ground launcher with a solid-fuel booster strapped under its fuselage has surfaced for the first time, Ukrainian defense outlet Militarnyi reported, showing how Russia gets the low-cost missile into the air. The booster fires first to accelerate the missile off the launcher and into […]View the full article

Luxembourg-based satellite company Hydrosat is developing a high-resolution heat-sensing satellite capability called Nyktòs that governments can task to photograph specific targets day or night, the company announced on Nov. 2, aiming the service at NATO members and other allies that want their own space-based intelligence. Nyktòs will use mid-wave infrared sensors, which detect heat rather […]View the full article

The U.S. Navy has taken delivery of the 1,000th Evolved SeaSparrow Missile Block 2, the ship-defense interceptor built for a 12-nation NATO consortium, after doubling the number delivered in just over a year. The Navy’s NATO SEASPARROW program office, known as PMX-312, said the program reached its 500th Block 2 delivery in June 2025. It […]View the full article

Israel’s Defense Ministry has signed a 15-year contract with Elbit Systems worth about 600 million shekels, or roughly $192 million, to build and run a training and simulation center for the Israel Defense Forces Artillery Corps as it brings the new Roem self-propelled howitzer and Lahav rocket launcher into service. The ministry’s Directorate of Defense […]View the full article

Japan tracked four Chinese navy ships moving through the Miyako Strait between Okinawa and Miyako Island over two days, with one destroyer pair heading back into the East China Sea and another heading out into the Pacific, the Joint Staff of Japan’s Defense Ministry said in a post on Nov. 2. On Nov. 1, a […]View the full article

North Defence Group has shown new images of its unmanned ground vehicle, a compact electric or hybrid robot built to haul more than 1,000 kg (2,200 pounds) of gear for frontline troops, follow soldiers on its own and carry counter-drone weapons, as the British-Luxembourg company prepares it for NATO trials in Switzerland. The company said […]View the full article

The U.S. Army has flown a mid-sized drone powered by a 3D-printed rotary engine that runs on jet fuel, the Army Research Laboratory announced, wrapping up a multiyear research program aimed at giving future unmanned aircraft more range, power and endurance. The engine drives a generator in a series-hybrid system, meaning it produces electricity for […]View the full article

Russia expects to reach a deal to sell Pantsir-S1 air defense systems to Azerbaijan, the head of Russia’s arms export regulator said, in a sign that military trade between Moscow and Baku is picking up again after a year-long diplomatic rupture. Dmitry Shugaev, director of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation, said on Russian state […]View the full article

Kazakhstan has taken delivery of its second Airbus A400M Atlas heavy military transport aircraft, completing a two-plane order the Central Asian country placed in 2021, the Kazakh Defense Ministry said on Nov. 2. The aircraft flew from Airbus’ A400M final assembly line in Seville, Spain, to Almaty, where it joins the Air Defense Forces, Kazakhstan’s […]View the full article

The Pentagon’s Office of Strategic Capital has agreed to lend up to $450 million to Neros, the California maker of the Archer attack drone, to build drones and their key parts in the United States, the Department of War announced on Nov. 2. Neros said it will put $165 million of its own equity into […]View the full article

The U.S. Navy’s top officer, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Daryl Caudle, got a close look at Blackbeard, the new air-launched hypersonic strike missile that the Navy is preparing to arm its F/A-18E/F Super Hornets with, during a visit to Naval Air Station Patuxent River in Maryland on Oct. 28, the U.S. Navy said. Caudle […]View the full article

The U.S. military has deployed high-energy laser weapons around President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida, as part of a counter-drone shield set up at the request of the Secret Service, a military spokesperson told the directed-energy news outlet Laser Wars. Laser Wars identified one of them in an Oct. 31 photo as […]View the full article