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.

US Army seeks thousands of low-cost drones

The U.S. Army has announced plans to fast-track the production of thousands of small, low-cost drones for soldiers to deploy in the field, with initial deliveries expected within two months. The Army’s contracting office called on commercial drone...

Lockheed Martin delivers SPY-7 radar to Japan

Lockheed Martin has successfully delivered the first shipset of AN/SPY-7(V)1 radar antennas to Japan’s Ministry of Defense. The July 7 delivery, conducted through Mitsubishi Corporation under a Direct Commercial Sale agreement, included four SPY-7 radar arrays for Japan’s...

Textron’s drone boat joins anti-drug ops in El Salvador

Textron Systems recently showcased its TSUNAMI unmanned surface vessel during the Hybrid Fleet Campaign Event FLEX25 in El Salvador. The demonstration, organized in cooperation with U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) and the El Salvadorian Navy, integrated the TSUNAMI vessel...

US Army awards Oshkosh new heavy vehicle order

Oshkosh Defense LLC, a subsidiary of Oshkosh Corporation, has received new orders from the U.S. Army valued at $167 million for 225 trucks and 54 trailers under the Family of Heavy Tactical Vehicles (FHTV) contract. The deal underscores...

Lockheed gets $3B deal for Aegis missile defense

The U.S. Missile Defense Agency has awarded Lockheed Martin Rotary and Mission Systems (LM RMS) a 10-year contract worth up to $2.97 billion to continue work on the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) Combat Systems Engineering Agent...

Poland to ramp up artillery shell production

Poland plans to increase domestic ammunition production by more than five times in an effort to reduce its reliance on foreign arms supplies, Minister of State Assets Jakub Jaworowski told the Financial Times in an interview published...

US Air Force adds $9M to X-56A digital certification project

The U.S. Air Force has awarded a nearly $9 million contract modification to NXTek LLC, doing business as Istari Federal LLC, for added work on the digital-first airworthiness certification of the X-56A unmanned aerial vehicle. The fixed-price modification,...

Pentagon clears $510M JDAM sale to Israel

The U.S. State Department has approved a possible Foreign Military Sale to Israel involving precision-guided munitions kits and related support equipment, with an estimated value of $510 million, according to a notification issued by the Defense Security...