
HII wins five-year US Army contract for advanced airdrop technologies
HII’s mission technologies division secured a five-year task order to advance research on airdrop and combat feeding techniques for the US Army.

HII’s mission technologies division secured a five-year task order to advance research on airdrop and combat feeding techniques for the US Army.

General Dynamics Land Systems-UK (GDLS-UK) and ARX Robotics have formed a new collaboration aimed at advancing the integration of autonomous systems with British Army crewed vehicles.

Diehl Defence and Elbit Systems demonstrated the operational capabilities of the latter’s SkyStriker loitering munition system in Germany.

Patria has secured a contract to deliver its multistatic coherent location (MUSCL) passive radar system to an unnamed European Nato member.

Denmark will add a further 15 tank transporters to its current fleet in 2026, improving its own armoured mobility as well as that of Nato.

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.

Canada has established a new national Defence Drone Initiative Marketplace (DDIM), aiming deepen security collaboration with Ukraine.

The US Department of State has cleared a possible $140m Foreign Military Sale of four UH-60L Black Hawk helicopters to Argentina.

The Chunmoo MLRS has been developed by Hanwha Aerospace and in currently in service with South Korea and international militaries.

The UK Government appears to have decided that live-fire exercises for the British Army's premier tank regiment is not a leading priority.

AeroVironment has received the first international purchase order for its LOCUST laser weapon system, designed to counter smaller drones.

Northrop Grumman has teamed up with SandboxAQ to demonstrate quantum sensing magnetic navigation on its Lumberjack UAS.

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.

Elbit Systems UK provided its Recce Strike Training System to support British Army live virtual constructive training exercises.

The Australian government has announced a A$2.4bn ($1.7bn) investment aimed at modernising the country’s air and missile defence systems.

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

Ukraine's forces are approaching winter, when Russia’s unceasing strike campaign on critical infrastructure will have its greatest impact.

Axon Vision has secured a contract worth up to approximately NIS15m ($5m) to supply its ForceField counter-uncrewed aerial system (C-UAS) to an undisclosed Israeli defence organisation.

Sweden will acquire the US-made HIMARS MLRS from Lockheed Martin for $733m, with initial deliveries expected next year.