Colton Jones

Colton Jones is the deputy editor of Defence Blog. He is a US-based journalist, writer and publisher who specializes in the defense industry in North America and Europe. He has written about emerging technology in military magazines and elsewhere. He is a former Air Force airmen and served at the Ramstein Air Base in Germany.

US Army tests bomb-dropping drone in German exercise

As part of the ongoing Combined Resolve 25-1 exercise at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, Germany, soldiers from the 317th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 3rd Brigade, 10th Mountain Division, conducted training operations utilizing the C100D quadcopter...

Norway to host NATO’s largest winter warfare exercise

The Norwegian Armed Forces, the U.S. Marine Corps, and other NATO allies will convene in northern Norway for Exercise Joint Viking 25, scheduled for March 2025. This large-scale winter warfare training operation will test the readiness and interoperability...

Kratos secures $100M hypersonic system contract

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. has announced a new contract award valued at approximately $100 million for a hypersonic system program. According to a press release, the contract includes $15 million in initial funding, with additional funds...

Textron unveils TSUNAMI family of drone boats

Textron Systems Corporation, a division of Textron Inc., has announced the launch of its TSUNAMI family of autonomous maritime surface vessels. As noted by the company, designed to meet the evolving needs of the U.S. Department of Defense...

F-35 Jets replace aging F-15 fleet at Kadena base

F-35A Lightning IIs from the Vermont Air National Guard’s 134th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron (EFS) arrived at Kadena Air Base, Japan, on January 13, 2025, as part of the U.S. Air Force’s ongoing modernization efforts in the Indo-Pacific...

US Army develops resilient networks for armored units

The U.S. Army is moving forward with phase two of its Armored Formation Network (AFN) On-the-Move (OTM) Pilot, a program designed to provide armored units with high-capacity mobile connectivity for command and control (C2) in fast-paced, distributed...

Raytheon secures $333M contract for SM-6 Block IA missiles

Raytheon, an RTX business, has been awarded a $333 million contract by the U.S. Navy to produce Standard Missile-6 (SM-6) Block IA missiles, continuing the weapon's role in supporting the Navy's mission to maintain superiority at sea. “SM-6...

Teledyne FLIR wins contract for USCG aircraft sensors

Teledyne FLIR Defense, a division of Teledyne Technologies Incorporated, has been awarded a five-year Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract valued at up to $74.2 million. The contract will provide the United States Coast Guard (USCG) with modernized...

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