
Northrop Grumman wins contract for Marine UH-1Y, AH-1Z Link 16 kits
Northrop Grumman received a $34.39m contract to provide Link 16 upgrade kits and spares for the US Marine Corps’ UH-1Y and AH-1Z helicopters.

Northrop Grumman received a $34.39m contract to provide Link 16 upgrade kits and spares for the US Marine Corps’ UH-1Y and AH-1Z helicopters.


Lithuania’s Klaipėda State Seaport has secured a €100m ($115m) loan from the European Investment Bank (EIB) to upgrade its defence and energy infrastructure as security concerns rise in the Baltic region following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

In 2024, a fire broke out at the UK's only nuclear submarine manufacturing site, which had boats inside at the time, including HMS Achilles.

The UK is developing the SSN-AUKUS nuclear-powered attack submarines, which will serve with the UK Royal Navy and Royal Australian Navy.

Castelion has secured a US Navy order worth up to $200m to produce a batch of Blackbeard Hypersonic Weapons for carrier-based naval aviation.

Rheinmetall has laid the keel for Germany’s third Class 424 fleet signals intelligence vessel at Wolgast shipyard, months ahead of schedule.

Boeing has been awarded a $562m fixed-price contract by the US Navy to begin production of the MQ-25A Stingray uncrewed aerial refueller.

NRDC-ITA, as ARF Headquarters, held a Study Day on space and cyber readiness, interoperability.

Croatian defence spending as a proportion of GDP was estimated to have crossed 2% in 2025, according to Nato statistics.

Airbus Helicopters has secured an order from the French Aeronautical Maintenance Directorate for additional U050 Capa-X UAS.

Edge Group has delivered six ANAVIA HT-100 NAVAL uncrewed helicopters to the Angolan Navy following factory acceptance trials in Switzerland.

The US Department of War has revealed plans to install an advanced nuclear Micro Modular Reactor at Naval Weapons Station Crane in Indiana.

Lockheed Martin received contract modifications from the US Department of War totalling over $1bn, expanding production for its MK 48 Heavyweight Torpedo and a range of standoff missile systems.

The UK-Poland defence treaty has been questioned by an influential committee in the UK House of Lords amid a crisis in UK military readiness.

Italy and Greece finalised an agreement to transfer two frigates, ITS Carlo Bergamini and ITS Virginio Fasan, to the Hellenic Navy.

The US has confirmed the loss of an “older model” autonomous underwater drone, following claims by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) that it captured an uncrewed US vehicle at the entrance to the Strait of Hormuz.

Loitering munitions are having an outsized impact to the conduct of war, from the battlefields of Ukraine to the skies over the Middle East.

India’s Defence Acquisition Council has granted in-principle approval for defence acquisitions valued at approximately Rs1.1trn ($11.64bn).

MBDA has entered into a framework agreement with the Spanish Navy for the supply of three SIMBAD RC anti-missile systems.