Emily Ryan Miller

Emily Ryan Miller is responsible for covering defense tenders, company statements, and weapons market analytics. As an Editorial Fellow, she brings clarity to complex industrial developments and ensures our readers receive timely updates on key business and procurement trends.

Ukraine to get more German-made combat robots

ARX Robotics has confirmed a major order from Ukraine for its GEREON-series unmanned ground systems, a move that will establish what the company describes as “the world’s largest networked military robotics fleet.” The announcement was made on November...

Belgium buys Latvian-made drone interceptors

Belgium has selected the BLAZE autonomous interceptor, developed by Latvia-based Origin Robotics, as part of a newly approved €50 million ($58 million) national counter-drone package aimed at immediately reinforcing the country's ability to detect and neutralize aerial...

U.S. Navy orders two additional John Lewis-class fleet oilers

General Dynamics NASSCO has received $1.7 billion to build two additional John Lewis–class fleet replenishment oilers for the U.S. Navy, the company said on November 10. The new funding covers the construction of T-AO 215 and T-AO 216...

Kratos to buy Israel-based Orbit Technologies for $356 million

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Israeli-based Orbit Technologies Ltd. for $356.3 million in a transaction that the company says will be funded with existing cash on hand. Orbit...

Raytheon and Avio to expand rocket motor production

Raytheon, an RTX business, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Avio to establish a new solid rocket motor manufacturing facility in the United States. The companies said the site will operate as a vertically integrated merchant supplier,...

Israel’s ImageSat secures new Asian defense imagery deal

ImageSat International (ISI), an Israeli provider of space-based intelligence services, has been awarded a $9.1 million contract to supply satellite imagery and tasking services from its EROS-C constellation to a defense customer in Asia. The company announced the...

U.S. launches battlefield repair project for Ukraine’s Bradleys

American Rheinmetall has been awarded an $31 million contract to develop and demonstrate a forward-deployed maintenance and repair capability for Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicles, supporting both the U.S. Army and the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The contract, issued...

U.S. Navy taps Skydweller for drone-based 5G communication trial

Skydweller Aero and Nokia Federal Solutions have announced they were selected by the U.S. Navy for a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract to demonstrate an airborne 5G communication hub capable of supporting military operations in denied...