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US seeks 32% boost for missile defence budget with $23 billion earmarked for interceptors

22nd April 2026

The Pentagon’s proposed budget for the next fiscal year includes an impressive increase in the procurement of interceptors, with the number of the US Army’s PAC-3 MSE rounds expanding by 683%, the US Navy’s Standard Missile by 365% and the MDA’s SM-3 IIA by more than 1,000%.

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Can laser-guided rockets and light aircraft help tackle the CUAS cost-curve?

22nd April 2026

While the move to integrate lower-cost missiles onto more combat aircraft is long overdue, there is also an opportunity for cheaper turboprop platforms to perform CUAS roles.

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General Atomics Aeronautical Systems has successfully completed the critical design review (CDR) of the US Air Force’s (USAF) Advanced Cockpit Block 50 Ground Control Station …

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Metal Shark has been awarded a foreign military sales contract by the US Navy to construct Near Coastal Patrol Vessels (NCPVs) for US partner nations, …

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Paris Air Show: Striker II from testbed to head

28th June 2017

BAE Systems showcased for the first time a new modified version of its Striker II Helmet Mounted Display (HMD) at Paris Air Show last week. …

MCM drone operation tested in Belgium

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MCM drone operation tested in Belgium

28th June 2017

ECA Group has successfully demonstrated the capability to deploy its AUVs, USVs and ROVs simultaneously to perform parallel and collaborative detection to identification mine countermeasure …

USMC rolls out upgraded LAV-ATM

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The first two Light Armoured Vehicle Anti-Tank Modernisation (LAV-ATM) A2 models equipped with the Modified Target Acquisition System (MTAS) turret have rolled off the line …

PLA to parade prowess in Hong Kong

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PLA to parade prowess in Hong Kong

28th June 2017

During President Xi Jinping’s first visit to Hong Kong on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the territory’s reversion to Chinese rule, the Hong …

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The Rapid Reaction Tunnel Detection (R2TD) system, developed by the US Army Engineer Research and Development Center's (ERDC), has the ability to ferret out enemies …

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Airbus Helicopters receives H125, H215 orders

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Airbus Helicopters Japan has received contracts from Akagi Helicopter and the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) for the supply of one H125 single-engine helicopter and one …

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New battlefield medical techniques saving lives

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As battlefield medicine continues to progress, new medical techniques being developed are now saving patients previously thought unlikely to survive. One such procedure, called REBOA …

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