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UK Awards BAE Systems £708m for Tempest Work Under GCAP

UK Awards BAE Systems £708m for Tempest Work Under GCAP

Britain has awarded BAE Systems a £708 million contract extension for future combat-air technology, securing the national work underpinning Tempest after months of British budget delays had weakened confidence in the wider Global Combat Air Programme. The award completes a rapid stabilisation of Britain’s position in GCAP. Earlier

Dark Eagle May Have Deployed to Guam as US Hypersonic Inventory Remains Thin

Dark Eagle May Have Deployed to Guam as US Hypersonic Inventory Remains Thin

New US Army photographs have raised the possibility that America’s longest-range ground-launched weapon trained on Guam during Exercise Valiant Shield, placing mainland China within its publicly declared reach. The images show Admiral Samuel Paparo, commander of US Pacific Command, observing soldiers working with the Dark Eagle Long-

Can Saronic’s $3.2 Billion Port Alpha Shipyard Help Fix US Navy Shipbuilding?

Can Saronic’s $3.2 Billion Port Alpha Shipyard Help Fix US Navy Shipbuilding?

Saronic Technologies plans to build a $3.2 billion shipyard at the Port of Brownsville, promising to produce autonomous vessels at a scale rarely attempted by an American defence start-up. If it succeeds, Port Alpha could give the US Navy a new source of ships outside the small group

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

Belgium's €3.1 Billion Skyranger Deal Puts Rheinmetall at the Centre of Europe's Air Defence

Belgium's €3.1 Billion Skyranger Deal Puts Rheinmetall at the Centre of Europe's Air Defence

Belgium confirmed a €3.1 billion air-defence package at the NATO summit in Ankara on 8 July, built around 20 Rheinmetall Skyranger short-range systems. The deal also takes in 10 NASAMS launchers and 14 Ground Master 200 radars, bought through existing Dutch framework contracts to speed delivery. Defence