Naval Air Systems Command awarded Lockheed Martin an $871,243,964 modification on September 18, funding initial sustainment supplies and services to stand up and bring online F-35 Lightning II operational locations… Continue reading "Lockheed Martin Wins $871M for Dispersed F-35 Basing"
The Latvian government has announced the selection of the Czech Morana 155mm wheeled self-propelled howitzer. This surprising move follows Latvia’s June 2025 letter of intent with Sweden for 18 Archer… Continue reading "Latvia Selects Czech Morana Howitzers Over Sweden’s Archer"
Moog is displayed a specialist air defense mission module for the Boxer 8×8 armored vehicle at DVD 2026. Based on the Reconfigurable Integrated weapons Platform (RIwP) it incorporates a munition-agnostic,… Continue reading "[DVD 2026] Moog RIwP Air Defense Turret Showcased on Boxer"
Marines with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit operated the Light Marine Air Defense Integrated System in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility earlier this month. The Corps released photography… Continue reading "US Marines Field LMADIS Counter-Drone MRZRs in CENTCOM"
Cochin Shipyard Limited marked a major milestone on 18 September, laying the keel of the Indian Navy’s first Next Generation Missile Vessel. The project is funded under a roughly ₹9,800… Continue reading "Keel Laying of the First Next-Generation Missile Vessel for the Indian Navy"
MBDA-owned Cilas, a French company specialising in lasers, displayed their HELMA-P directed energy weapon mounted on an ARX Robotics Hector at at the UK’s DVD 2026 defense show. HELMA-P can… Continue reading "[DVD 2026] HELMA-P – Cilas’ UGV-mounted Counter-Drone Hard Kill Solution"
The threat posed to individual soldiers from FPV drones continues to grow and operations in Ukraine has seen personal drone detectors become essential equipment. Spotting a potential threat as early… Continue reading "[DVD 2026] ONYKS Sonic Guardian Personal Drone Detectors"
The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC), C3BM Directorate at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, issued a Request for Information to industry earlier this month seeking a ‘Ground-Based, Medium-Caliber… Continue reading "USAF Eyes New 20-50mm Gun System for Base Air Defense"
Ukraine’s Private Air Defense Program Expansion is an initiative launched in late 2025 that lets companies form their own air-defense units and integrate them into the national multi-layered air-defense network.… Continue reading "Ukraine’s Private Air Defense Program Expansion"
Lockheed Martin says it has received the first components for Patriot surface-to-air missiles produced by GM Defense under a new partnership between the companies, with the delivery taking place under… Continue reading "Lockheed Martin Receives First GM Defense-Made Patriot Missile Components"