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October drone digest: France and Lithuania advance loitering munition procurements as global spending surges

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October drone digest: France and Lithuania advance loitering munition procurements as global spending surges

28th October 2026

Recent procurement developments in France and Lithuania highlight the growing demand for loitering munitions, with global annual spending forecast to increase nearly 50-fold between 2020 and 2029.

Germany could secure greater influence through sixth-generation fighter partnership with Sweden and Spain

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Germany could secure greater influence through sixth-generation fighter partnership with Sweden and Spain

27th October 2026

Germany is assessing potential pathways for a future sixth-generation fighter capability, including discussions with GCAP partners and Sweden.

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Target recognition for NATO AGS

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NATO Alliance Ground Surveillance (AGS) programme capabilities are set to be boosted with the integration of an automated target recognition and identification system under a …

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Four million flight hours for Predator series

22nd September 2016

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems’ (GA ASI’s) Predator series family of aircraft has reached a new milestone, with the fleet having flown a combined four million …

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USAF lab gets first Agile Condor pod

22nd September 2016

A new on-board processing pod system called Agile Condor has been delivered by SRC to the US Air Force Research Lab (AFRL), the company announced …

ADAS 2016: Indonesian Army Aviation reaps benefit of deployment

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ADAS 2016: Indonesian Army Aviation reaps benefit of deployment

22nd September 2016

The Indonesian Army is learning valuable lessons from its helicopter detachment’s current deployment to Mali. The Indonesian Medium Utility Helicopter Unit (INDO MUHU) landed in …

DCNS delivers second Egyptian LHD

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DCNS delivers second Egyptian LHD

22nd September 2016

The second of two Landing Helicopter Dock (LHD) vessels, Anwar El Sadat, has been handed over to the Egyptian Navy by DCNS. The Egyptian Ministry …

LAIRCM spotted on Australian C-130J

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LAIRCM spotted on Australian C-130J

22nd September 2016

A Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Lockheed Martin C-130J Hercules airlifter on exercise was recently seen with a new directional infrared countermeasure (DIRCM) system installed. …

ADAS 2016: Taiwan’s coast guard commissions cutters

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ADAS 2016: Taiwan’s coast guard commissions cutters

22nd September 2016

Taiwan’s Coast Guard Administration (CGA) commissioned a pair of what it called ‘1,000t’ cutters in Kaohsiung on 21 September.  In fact, there displacement is actually …

Sweden takes Norwegian artillery order

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Sweden takes Norwegian artillery order

22nd September 2016

The Swedish government has decided to fund the production of 24 FH77 BW L52 Archer 155mm/L52 wheeled self-propelled howitzers (SPH). They were originally intended for …

Rolls-Royce design for NZ support ship

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Rolls-Royce design for NZ support ship

22nd September 2016

The Polar-class logistics support vessel in development for the New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) will be based on a Rolls-Royce concept design. Rolls-Royce announced that …

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The US State Department has made a determination approving a possible foreign military sale (FMS) of AN/MPQ-64F1 Sentinel radars to Egypt, it was announced on 19 September. …

SARA UAVs face the axe

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21st September 2016

Devaluation of the Argentine Peso appears to have halted plans by the Argentinean MoD to push ahead with its SARA unmanned vehicle development programme. Furthermore, …

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