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Northrop Grumman and Airbus Sign MOU on NATO MQ-4C Triton Fleet

Northrop Grumman and Airbus Sign MOU on NATO MQ-4C Triton Fleet

Northrop Grumman has signed a memorandum of understanding with Airbus Defence and Space covering plans to supply NATO with up to five MQ-4C Triton surveillance aircraft, formalising the role of a major European partner in the proposed programme. The companies signed the agreement during the NATO Summit Defence Industry

UK Commits £26 Billion to Naval Bases, Including £15.1 Billion for Faslane

UK Commits £26 Billion to Naval Bases, Including £15.1 Billion for Faslane

Britain will invest approximately £26 billion over the next decade to modernise the Royal Navy’s three main bases, including £15.1 billion for HM Naval Base Clyde at Faslane, in what the Ministry of Defence calls the largest naval infrastructure programme since the end of the Cold War. Defence

Germany Funds 50,000 AI-Guided Drones Built to Hunt Through Russian Jamming

Germany Funds 50,000 AI-Guided Drones Built to Hunt Through Russian Jamming

Germany is financing 50,000 Ukrainian attack drones equipped with US-designed guidance software built to track moving targets after their connection to a human operator is disrupted, in one of the largest disclosed Western drone orders for Kyiv. The approximately €90 million programme combines Shrike first-person-view drones

UK Places First Contracts in European Race for Cheap Drone Defences

UK Places First Contracts in European Race for Cheap Drone Defences

Britain has awarded £3.16 million ($4.2 million) to three companies developing low-cost weapons to intercept drones, becoming the first of five European partners to place national contracts under a joint air-defence initiative. The relatively modest awards address one of the most pressing problems exposed by recent

Australia Accelerates Missile Shield After Live-Fire Success at Woomera

Australia Accelerates Missile Shield After Live-Fire Success at Woomera

Australia and the United States shot down a cruise missile target in a first-of-type live-fire test of a prototype ground-based air defence system, as Canberra accelerates work on a missile shield to guard against growing threats in the Indo-Pacific. The Australian Defence Force fired a

Lockheed Tests Guam Missile-Defence Battle Manager at Valiant Shield

Lockheed Tests Guam Missile-Defence Battle Manager at Valiant Shield

Lockheed Martin tested a new command-and-control system for Guam’s missile defence during Valiant Shield 2026, demonstrating software designed to link sensors, interceptors and battle-management systems across one of the most important US military hubs in the Western Pacific. The company said the demonstration connected live and

Japan Uses NATO Summit to Build Defence Links With Europe

Japan Uses NATO Summit to Build Defence Links With Europe

Japan used the NATO summit in Ankara to deepen defence ties with European partners, moving beyond symbolic alignment with the alliance as Tokyo seeks a larger role in the security architecture linking Europe and the Indo-Pacific. Defence Minister Shinjiro Koizumi met counterparts from Denmark, Sweden, the Netherlands and Turkey