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AUSA 2026: companies adapt munitions and missiles for greater effect at lower costs
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US Navy’s MQ-25 Stingray approaches carrier-integration tests

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US Navy’s MQ-25 Stingray approaches carrier-integration tests

21st October 2026

Boeing has outlined its upcoming precision-landing and carrier-airspace trials as MQ-25 manufacturing shifts towards Illinois, with initial Lot 1 deliveries expected in 2029.

AUSA 2026: CUAS market expands as suppliers target new threats and operational requirements

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AUSA 2026: CUAS market expands as suppliers target new threats and operational requirements

20th October 2026

New developments from MARSS, MyDefence, Mountain Horse Solutions and Rafael suggest that future counter-drone protection will increasingly depend on combining advanced detection, rapid interception and integrated defensive networks.

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  • India’s military integration drive faces interoperability hurdles

    India’s military integration drive faces interoperability hurdles

  • AUSA 2026: companies adapt munitions and missiles for greater effect at lower costs

    AUSA 2026: companies adapt munitions and missiles for greater effect at lower costs

  • UK A400M Saudi deployment highlights airlifter’s role as Airbus pursues upgrades

    UK A400M Saudi deployment highlights airlifter’s role as Airbus pursues upgrades

  • US Navy’s MQ-25 Stingray approaches carrier-integration tests

    US Navy’s MQ-25 Stingray approaches carrier-integration tests

  • India’s military integration drive faces interoperability hurdles

    India’s military integration drive faces interoperability hurdles

  • AUSA 2026: companies adapt munitions and missiles for greater effect at lower costs

    AUSA 2026: companies adapt munitions and missiles for greater effect at lower costs

  • UK A400M Saudi deployment highlights airlifter’s role as Airbus pursues upgrades

    UK A400M Saudi deployment highlights airlifter’s role as Airbus pursues upgrades

  • US Navy’s MQ-25 Stingray approaches carrier-integration tests

    US Navy’s MQ-25 Stingray approaches carrier-integration tests

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Indonesia receives first A400M, considers four more aircraft

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Indonesia receives first A400M, considers four more aircraft

3rd November 2025

The A400M aircraft that has been delivered was first ordered in 2021 with a second aircraft due to arrive next year.

Boeing prepared to go fast on CxR uncrewed tiltrotor concept

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Boeing prepared to go fast on CxR uncrewed tiltrotor concept

3rd November 2025

The Collaborative Transformational Rotorcraft is designed with the potential to meet a range of mission requirements, from reconnaissance, surveillance and target acquisition to contested logistics.

Anduril’s YFQ-44A successfully completes first flight test

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Anduril’s YFQ-44A successfully completes first flight test

3rd November 2025

The drone is the second prototype to take flight under the US Air Force’s Collaborative Combat Aircraft programme.

Norway orders improved NASAMS technology as more countries sign up

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Norway orders improved NASAMS technology as more countries sign up

31st October 2025

The country’s air defence batteries will be equipped with new command posts, wheeled communication nodes and radios. The system itself is in service with more than 14 countries with 13 systems in Ukraine.

Companies’ results boom as countries dig deep to buy missiles and air defence systems

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Companies’ results boom as countries dig deep to buy missiles and air defence systems

31st October 2025

Air defence systems are continuing to appear top of countries’ shopping lists but broadly across different capabilities it is a sellers’ market, as demonstrated by backlogs and double-digit percentage point growth.

Italy moves to procure third batch of 29 AW249 helicopters

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Italy moves to procure third batch of 29 AW249 helicopters

30th October 2025

The €1.22 billion (US$1.41 billion) follow-on order for the additional helicopters will complement the 19 AW249 already ordered by Italy.

DOK-ING presents CUAS MV-8 armed with Valhalla Mangart 25 turret

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DOK-ING presents CUAS MV-8 armed with Valhalla Mangart 25 turret

30th October 2025

The partnership between Croatia’s DOK-ING and Slovenia’s Valhalla Turrets reflects an effort to combine ground robots and with improved capabilities and new roles and follows Rheinmetall presenting its Ox with Dispatch charging docks from V...

October drone digest: Growing desire for CCAs and new VTOL technology unveiled

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October drone digest: Growing desire for CCAs and new VTOL technology unveiled

30th October 2025

During October 2025, several countries and organisations signalled their intention to acquire loyal wingman uncrewed aircraft systems — designated by the US Air Force as Collaborative Combat Aircraft — or to study the capability further, wh...

Australia starts upgrade programme for P-8A Poseidon fleet

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Australia starts upgrade programme for P-8A Poseidon fleet

30th October 2025

The upgrades will work to strengthen the country’s maritime surveillance and anti-submarine capabilities, with one more aircraft due to be delivered by 2026.

Textron firms up potential bid for US Navy Undergraduate trainer contract

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Textron firms up potential bid for US Navy Undergraduate trainer contract

29th October 2025

The company has said it would assemble its Beechcraft M-346N aircraft at its east Wichita campus with significant investment placed to modernise the hub if it wins the contract.

Forging strong partnerships for warfighting communications in space (Studio)

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Forging strong partnerships for warfighting communications in space (Studio)

29th October 2025

Mike Moran, Director of US Government Business at Amazon Project Kuiper Government Solutions, highlighted the evolution of space as a critical warfighting domain at the Defence in Space Conference (DISC) 2025, held this week in London.

Details revealed on Germany’s big spending plans

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Details revealed on Germany’s big spending plans

28th October 2025

In May this year, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said the government plans to position Germany as “Europe's strongest conventional army”. A new blueprint outlines how this is going to occur through massive investment.

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