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Lockheed and Raytheon Secure $8B Deal for Allied Missile Supply

Lockheed Martin and Raytheon have secured U.S. Air Force contracts worth a combined $7.8 billion to supply precision-guided missiles to allied nations under Foreign Military Sales (FMS) agreements. Lockheed...

August 1, 2025
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Procurement & Contracts
Cybersecurity

Advanced Fog Technology Targets Quantum-Safe Battlefield Communications

Forward Edge-AI is poised to receive a U.S. patent for a next-generation fog computing system designed to safeguard battlefield data, even in contested or degraded network environments. Developed in...

General Dynamics to Build New Arleigh Burke-Class Destroyer for US Navy

General Dynamics Bath Iron Works has been awarded a contract to construct another Arleigh Burke-class destroyer (DDG 148) for the US Navy, increasing the total number of vessels in...

Taiwan Inks Agreement With Anduril for Drones and C2 Systems

Taiwan’s National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology (NCSIST) has reportedly entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with US defense tech firm Anduril to acquire a command and...

MBDA Ships Initial Aster Missile Lot to Italian Forces

MBDA has delivered the first batch of Aster air defense missiles to Italy under a €2 billion ($2.29 billion) agreement signed in late 2022. The joint contract between Italy...

August 1, 2025
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Unmanned Systems

Philippines Reveals Suicide Drone Disguised as Civilian Vessel

Filipino engineers at Mindanao State University are building a prototype of a unique naval weapon system—a “kamikaze drone” cleverly disguised as a civilian watercraft. The concept model, called the...

August 1, 2025
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Missile & Missile Defence

South Korea Deploys Upgraded Ballistic Missile Defense Capability

South Korea has begun the initial rollout of the second phase of its Cheongung-II air defense system, an advanced platform designed to intercept both hostile aircraft and ballistic missiles....

August 1, 2025
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Unmanned Systems

GA-ASI, Tobyhanna Roll Out Upgraded Control Suite for MQ-9 Drones

Tobyhanna Army Depot and General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. (GA-ASI) have unveiled a new capability to perform comprehensive maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) for the MQ-9 Reaper Ground Control...

August 1, 2025
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Missile & Missile Defence

Northrop and USAF Complete First Test of Sentinel’s Stage-Two Rocket Motor

Northrop Grumman and the US Air Force have successfully completed the first qualification test of the stage-two solid rocket motor for the Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM). Conducted inside...