Industry20:40 UTC
Gen. Caine urges industry to lean more into ‘shared risk’ when delivering tech for U.S. military
"When you look at the price of lethality right now, it's on an exponential decrease," the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said.
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- Air20:23 UTC
Hermeus Unveils Air-Launched Ramjet Test Vehicle for High-Speed Experiments
The ramjet-powered vehicle could give researchers and developers a new way to put hardware into sustained high-Mach flight environments.
- Air20:19 UTC
Covenant unveils ‘deep precision strike’ missile it plans to build by the thousands
The head of Army fires acquisition said Wednesday he was impressed with the company’s system and that it's in the mix of capabilities the service is looking at, but that he wouldn’t “limit” himself to Anthem as the military attempts to diversify its munitions stable.
- Land20:17 UTC
Combat Weather Airmen Stressed to Their Limits in Army Competition
In the small world of Air Force weather specialists, combat weather specialists are a niche unto themselves, deploying with Army ground units to provide forecasts and, if need be, fight alongside those Soldiers. For Staff Sgt. Francisco Estrada, the hardest part of the job isn’t the possibility of ground combat, though—it’s briefing Army helicopter pilots on short notice how wind, fog, rain, and other conditions will affect a mission.
- Land19:25 UTC
Army ‘not walking away’ from UAVs despite reverting drone unit back to infantry
The move prompted lawmaker concern, but Army CTO Alex Miller downplayed the flap, saying the service just may not have told the “full story fast enough.”
- Industry19:24 UTC
Maven is becoming the Pentagon’s everything app
MSS has replaced “six, eight, ten” systems that the military used to analyze data, AI chief says.
- Air18:49 UTC
Hypersonic Aircraft Startup Adding Anduril’s Autonomy Software for 2027 Flight
Startups Anduril Industries and Heremus have agreed to integrate Anduril’s autonomy software onto Hermeus’ hypersonic demonstrator aircraft “Quarterhorse”—uniting two technologies that have drawn keen interest and investment from the Air Force.
- Air18:43 UTC
Poland’s WB Group unveils Warmate 30, latest in drone recon/strike system
The UAV is “designed to detect and engage high-value, time-sensitive targets at long range,” the company said.
- Cyber17:46 UTC
Pentagon pores over heaps of industry feedback on CMMC reform
Input from contractors is expected to inform the department's reforms to the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program.
- Funding17:30 UTC
Lockheed Martin secures $950M Australian air battle management contract
Lockheed Martin says the enhancements under Australia’s Project AIR6500 Tranche 2B will establish a “scalable path” for future improvements and integration of future technological advances.
- Air17:26 UTC
First Look At General Atomics’ Wildfire, Its Successor To The MQ-9 Reaper (Updated)
The USAF is hunting for new lower-cost armed drones to perform the same missions as the MQ-9 in the wake of huge Reaper losses.
- Land17:01 UTC
Army Now Testing Anthem Long-Range Strike Weapon Built for Mass Production
Serial production of the relatively crude but cheap weapon is slated to begin in Texas next year, with plans to also build the weapon in Germany and Israel.
- Policy16:45 UTC
Pentagon’s $1.5B reprogramming would shift money to AI center, MV-75 tiltrotor
The request would also reroute money destined for an international counter-ISIS training program.
- Land16:36 UTC
Elbit America rebrands as Twenty-Six Defense
The US arm of the Israeli weapons firm employs 3,300 people across 10 states, the company said on its website.
- Air16:06 UTC
Turkey’s MKE launches first company in Egypt
“We established a company called ‘Zafer’ entirely under Egyptian law, with all of its shares owned by MKE,” MKE General Manager Ilhami Keles told Anadolu press agency today at the Al-Alamein airshow in Egypt.
- Industry15:56 UTC
USAF eyes sensor and weapon upgrades as MH-139A Grey Wolf achieves IOC
The Grey Wolf has entered operational service nearly three years later than originally planned, while new sustainment contracts indicate that some UH-1Ns could remain supported until 2031.
- Air15:52 UTC
US finalizes $4 billion military financing loan for Poland
Though Warsaw did not disclose how the new money will be spent, it could be put toward an acquisition of 32 additional F-35s in support of an air superiority program requirement.
- Air15:52 UTC
Saab tapped to continue work on Sweden’s next flagship fighter jet
The Swedish government has tapped Saab to continue work on a next-generation fighter jet concept, keeping a wholly domestic iron in the fire.
- Industry15:30 UTC
Iran and US hit tankers in biggest wave of attacks on shipping since war began
Recent attacks by the U.S. and Iran have shattered a month of relative calm, with both hitting military, shipping and energy assets.
- Industry15:17 UTC
CAE and WB Electronics advance Polish-Canadian collaboration
CAE and WB Electronics, a leading company in Poland’s defence sector specializing in advanced technologies, today announced the signing of … mehr...
- Maritime14:22 UTC
US Navy Selects L3Harris VAMPIRE for Littoral Counter-Drone Defense
L3Harris Technologies has been awarded a contract to deliver its VAMPIRE (Vehicle-Agnostic Modular Palletized ISR Rocket Equipment) counter-unmanned system to the U.S. Navy for littoral defense against drone threats.
- Industry14:16 UTC
Patria TRACKX: Patria and BELMA to explore cooperation
Patria has concluded a Memorandum of Understanding with Polish company Bydgoskie Zakłady Elektromechaniczne BELMA S.A. to evaluate potential cooperation related … mehr...
- Air14:07 UTC
Italy orders 2 new MQ-9As Reapers, as US seeks newer options
Rome previously ordered a handful of Reapers, but lost one of the drones in Libya in 2019, and another one was destroyed in March during an Iranian drone strike in Kuwait.
- Air13:38 UTC
Anduril doubles down on Poland with autonomous aircraft pitch for F-35, Apache
U.S. tech company Anduril is pitching two drone types to accompany Poland's envisioned fleets of F-35 fighter jets and Apache attack helicopters.
- Air13:38 UTC
Anduril doubles down on Poland with autonomous aircraft pitch for F-35, Apache
U.S. tech company Anduril is pitching two drone types to accompany Poland's envisioned fleets of F-35 fighter jets and Apache attack helicopters.
- Air13:30 UTC
US Navy’s next-generation fighter decision to be unveiled soon, sources say
The program, currently unnamed but designated F/A-XX, has been buffeted by delays and funding disputes for years.
- Air13:15 UTC
Italy Orders Two More MQ-9A Block 5 Reapers
The Italian Air Force (ItAF) has ordered two new MQ-9A Block 5 Reaper Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) from General Atomics … mehr...
- Industry12:52 UTC
Pentagon partners with venture studio to pilot shared savings contract model via $100M OTA
This unique agreement is designed to demonstrate a new framework where vendors are paid only for the costs they eliminate for DOD.
- Maritime12:25 UTC
Japan’s FY2027 budget bets on stand-off systems to offset demographic decline
Japan’s FY2027 defence budget backs stand-off strike, a 17-aircraft MQ-9B buy and a declared bid to lead the world in uncrewed maritime assets, alongside new frigates, submarines and support ships.
- Industry12:14 UTC
HENSOLDT gets development contract for the Optarion mission support system
HENSOLDT has signed a further development contract for the Optarion mission support system (EUA). The customer is the Federal Office … mehr...