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US Marine Corps to expand on-the-move power capabilities with MRZR Alpha 5kW

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US Marine Corps to expand on-the-move power capabilities with MRZR Alpha 5kW

28th May 2026

The MRZR Alpha 5kW has been designed to charge multiple battlefield systems, including active defence systems, sensor arrays, onboard electronics, UAS and CUAS equipment, and other C5ISR capabilities. The platform can also power external loads such as a forward-operating tactical grid.

SOF Week 2026: NSW expands commercial UxS push to maritime platforms as USASOC advances FPV drone effort

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SOF Week 2026: NSW expands commercial UxS push to maritime platforms as USASOC advances FPV drone effort

17th May 2026

The US Army Special Operations Command and Naval Special Warfare are accelerating efforts to integrate commercial uncrewed systems, with NSW broadening its solicitation to include USVs and UUVs alongside new requirements for ISR, kinetic operations and swarm technologies.

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General Dynamics UK is to participate in the British Army Warfighting Experiment 2019 (AWE19) following the acceptance of its proposal for Manned Unmanned-Teaming (MUM-T).  For …

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Collins Aerospace Systems’ new Universal Radio Group (URG)-IV wideband High Frequency (HF) communications system is aimed at land and naval customers who require a cheaper …

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Viasat has announced that its line of network encryption products are now available for use by all Five Eyes partner nations. The company said that …

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Rohde & Schwarz and Mesit have announced the establishment of a new joint venture (JV) with Mesit as the majority shareholder.Named Dicom, the JV will …

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Advanced EOTS development continues

18th September 2019

Lockheed Martin is continuing development of the Advanced Electro-Optical Targeting System (EOTS) for the F-35 Lightning II aircraft. Advanced EOTS is designed with a larger aperture …

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Leidos to provide US Army ISR aircraft support

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Leidos will provide aircraft ISR support services to the US Army under a new task order announced on 16 September. The single award task order, …

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ST Engineering strengthens SATCOM capabilities

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The US subsidiary of Singapore Technologies Engineering (ST Engineering), iDirect Government, has acquired 100% ownership of Glowlink Communications Technology, the company announced on 17 September.  …

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First Norwegian P-8A aircrew trained

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The first class of Royal Norwegian Air Force (RNoAF) aircrew graduated from the US Navy’s Patrol Squadron (VP) Thirty’s Category 2 school on 11 September, …

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16th September 2019

Northrop Grumman has received a contract modification from the US Naval Sea Systems Command for Joint Counter Radio-Controlled Improvised Explosive Device Electronic Warfare (JCREW) engineering …

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NIMCIS 4.0 upgrade for the Netherlands

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General Dynamics UK will continue to roll out the New Integrated Marines Communications and Information System (NIMCIS) 4.0 programme for the Royal Netherlands Marine Corps, …

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