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Thales Partners with Indian Company to Supply Rafale AESA Radar Parts

Thales has awarded a contract to India-based SFO Technologies to produce complex wired structures for the RBE2 active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar fitted on Rafale fighter aircraft operated...

US Army Takes Delivery of Additional LOCUST Laser Systems from AeroVironment

AeroVironment (AV) has delivered two more LOCUST laser weapon systems to the US Army under the Army Multi-Purpose High Energy Laser (AMP-HEL) program. The AMP-HEL initiative, awarded to AV...

December 19, 2025
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Mergers & JV
Land Platforms

Finnish Firms to Manufacture Military Vehicles at High-End Sports Car Facility

Finnish defense companies Sisu Auto and Valmet Automotive have entered into a teaming agreement to use Valmet’s Uusikaupunki facility as part of Finland’s push to scale up military vehicle...

Denmark Procures Naval Strike Missile Coastal Defense System in $117M Deal

Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace has secured a contract worth more than €100 million ($117 million) from the Danish government to supply the Naval Strike Missile Coastal Defence System (NSM...

December 19, 2025
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Procurement & Contracts
Land Platforms

Germany Orders Over 800 Patria CAVS Vehicles in $2.3B Contract

Germany has signed contracts exceeding €2 billion ($2.3 billion) with Finnish defense manufacturer Patria to acquire 876 Common Armored Vehicle Systems (CAVS). The procurement includes four different variants of...

December 19, 2025
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R&D
Missile & Missile Defence

Lockheed Martin’s ER GMLRS Surpasses 100 km in Live-Fire Trial

Lockheed Martin has extended the reach of US Army rocket artillery with a successful flight test of its Extended-Range Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (ER-GMLRS). Conducted at White Sands...

December 19, 2025
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New Product Launches
Unmanned Systems

AIRO Delivers First RQ-35 ISR Drones Manufactured in the US

AIRO Group has completed production of the first RQ-35 intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) drones at its manufacturing facility in Phoenix, Arizona. Manufactured to the same specifications as those...

December 18, 2025
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R&D
Land Platforms

Lockheed Martin and 4iG Assess HIMARS Deployment on Hungarian Vehicles

Lockheed Martin and 4iG Space and Defence Technologies have announced plans to examine the integration of Lockheed Martin’s rocket artillery systems in Hungary, including the installation of the company’s...

December 18, 2025
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Procurement & Contracts
Naval Platforms

US Navy Takes Delivery of Its Fifth John Lewis-Class Tanker

General Dynamics NASSCO has formally delivered the fifth John Lewis-class fleet replenishment oiler, USNS Lucy Stone (T-AO 209), to the US Navy. The transfer follows an extensive series of...

December 18, 2025
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Mergers & JV
Weapons and Munition

Ukraine and Germany Partner to Produce Bohdana Howitzers on Mercedes Platforms

Ukraine has entered into a partnership with Germany to manufacture Bohdana self-propelled artillery systems mounted on Mercedes-Benz Zetros tactical transport trucks. According to Ukraine’s defense minister, the program carries...