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Boeing secures $12 million contract to upgrade P-8A Poseidon

Boeing has been awarded a $11.95 million contract modification to install an Increment 3 retrofit kit on...

U.S. Navy awards Raytheon $213 million Zumwalt combat system upgrade

Raytheon Missiles and Defense has been awarded a $213.4 million contract modification to continue combat system work...

Zeus next-gen missile passes another live test

Austin-based defense startup Aeon has carried out another successful test of its Zeus advanced tactical weapon system,...

U.S. Navy tests laser weapon on aircraft carrier

The U.S. Navy conducted a live-fire test of AeroVironment's LOCUST Laser Weapon System aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft...

U.S. Air Force extends A-10 Warthog service to 2030

The United States Air Force will keep the A-10 Thunderbolt II, known as the “Warthog,” in service...

U.S. Army buys VAPOR CLE drones under $14.6M contract

AeroVironment said on April 20 it has secured a $14.6 million production contract from the U.S. Army...

Swedish Air Force intercepts Russian Tu-22M3 bombers over Baltic Sea

Swedish fighter jets were scrambled Monday to intercept two Russian Tu-22M3 long-range bombers flying over the Baltic...

Leonardo DRS integrates counter-drone M-MEP kit on naval drone

Leonardo DRS has successfully integrated its Maritime Mission Equipment Package onto an autonomous unmanned surface vessel, delivering...

US Army tests TEWS-I system on GM-built squad vehicle

Soldiers from the Multi-Functional Reconnaissance Company, 3rd Mobile Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), trained with the...

U.S. Navy test JDAM LR standoff weapon with 200-mile range

The U.S. Navy successfully completed two demonstration flights of the Joint Direct Attack Munition Long Range variant...

US Navy taps Shield AI to compete for $800M surveillance deal

Shield AI announced on April 20, 2026, that the U.S. Navy has selected the company to provide...

Echodyne joins $490M U.S. Air Force counter-drone program

Kirkland-based Echodyne announced Monday at the Counter UAS Technology Europe 2026 conference in London that its EchoShield...

Saildrone develops 170-foot naval drone for strike mission role

California-based Saildrone has announced a new class of unmanned surface vessel called Spectre, a 52-meter (170-foot) platform...

Ukraine firm tests 2,000 km drone intercept control system

Ukrainian drone developer Wild Hornets has announced the serial deployment of its Hornet Vision Ctrl remote control...

Ukraine develops new tracked armored personnel carrier

Ukrainian defense manufacturer UkrArmoTech has launched factory trials of a prototype tracked armored personnel carrier called the...

Russia deploys Lys-2 counter-drone system along front lines

Russia has begun fielding the Lys-2, also known as the Fox-2, along active front-line positions in Ukraine,...

Russia quietly puts up to nine secret satellites into orbit

Russia launched a classified Soyuz-2-1b rocket from the Plesetsk military cosmodrome in the early hours of April...

French Army tests drone-armed autonomous combat cells

France's 27th Mountain Infantry Brigade is using the ORION 26 exercise to test and implement a series...
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