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Germany Takes Delivery of First Eagle 6×6 Ambulance from GDELS

General Dynamics European Land Systems (GDELS) has handed over the first Eagle 6×6 medium protected medical vehicle to the German Armed Forces, under a contract signed in 2020. The...

July 10, 2025
G.Krish
Procurement & Contracts
Air Platforms

Bell Textron Outperforms Aurora in DARPA’s X-Plane Competition

Bell Textron has been selected as the exclusive contractor for DARPA’s high-speed experimental aircraft initiative, surpassing Aurora Flight Sciences, a Boeing subsidiary, in the competition. As part of Phase...

U.S. Navy Orders Additional LCAC 100 Hovercraft from Textron

Textron Systems has secured a $353.9 million U.S. Navy contract amendment to construct three more LCAC 100-class hovercraft, with project completion set for 2031. This order supplements a broader...

Leonardo Set to Supply Thousands of Decoys for U.S. Navy’s F-35 and F/A-18 Fleets

The U.S. Navy intends to award a contract to Leonardo for the large-scale delivery of airborne countermeasures to support F-35 and F/A-18 series combat aircraft, including the Hornet, Super...

Next-Generation Electronic Warfare Shield for Tactical Comms Debuts from California Firm

Silvus Technologies, headquartered in California, has launched Spectrum Dominance 2.0—a firmware upgrade that equips StreamCaster radios with enhanced survivability in hostile signal environments. Delivered via software update, the upgrade...

July 8, 2025
G.Krish
Training and Simulation
R&D

New Haptics Tech Adds Sense of Touch to U.S. Army’s Virtual Training

To better connect virtual training with real-life battlefield conditions, the U.S. Army is adding haptics technology to its Synthetic Training Environment Live Training Systems (STE LTS). Haptic devices simulate...

Lockheed Delivers First SPY-7 Radar Units to Japan

Lockheed Martin has delivered Japan’s first shipset of four AN/SPY-7(V)1 radar antennas, which will be mounted on the nation’s first Aegis System Equipped Vessel (ASEV), as confirmed by the...

July 8, 2025
G.Krish
Land Platforms
Procurement & Contracts

New Fleet of 34 Amphibious Armored Vehicles Strengthens Spanish Army’s Operational Reach

To modernize its amphibious capabilities, the Spanish Navy will acquire 34 Amphibious Combat Vehicles (VACIM), replacing outdated AAV-7 platforms and significantly boosting the Marine Corps’ protected deployment capacity. This...

German Armed Forces Receive 6×6 Medium Protected Medical Vehicle from GDELS

General Dynamics European Land Systems (GDELS) delivered the Medium Protected Medical Vehicle (mgSanKfz) to the German Bundeswehr on July 4, during the ILÜ San 2025 medical exercise in Feldkirchen,...

July 7, 2025
G.Krish
Land Platforms
New Product Launches

Nigeria Debuts First-Ever Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) Vehicles

Local media report that Nigeria has launched its inaugural fleet of Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) vehicles for the armed forces. The newly commissioned fleet—comprising 20 buses, 50 pickups, and...