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October 20, 2025
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Unmanned Systems
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Italy to Get Hybrid Underwater Drone Soon

Italy’s Saipem has unveiled the Hydrone-D, a state-of-the-art underwater drone engineered as a critical asset for the Italian Navy’s future mine countermeasure operations. As the latest hybrid autonomous underwater...

October 20, 2025
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Unmanned Systems
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Vapor CLE Launches 26-Payload Electric VTOL Drone

AeroVironment (AV) has launched the Vapor Compact Long Endurance (CLE) drone, expanding its lineup of advanced vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) platforms for military applications. Vapor CLE is classified...

October 20, 2025
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Unmanned Systems
Mergers & JV

GA-ASI Teams with Netherlands for Small Drones

The Dutch Ministry of Defence (MoD) has entered into a strategic partnership with General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) to develop a small, cost-efficient uncrewed aircraft system for multi-role intelligence,...

October 20, 2025
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Soldier Systems
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Pelican Launches Army Protective Cases

US company Pelican has introduced an advanced series of protective cases specifically engineered for the US Army’s Next Generation Squad Weapon (NGSW) program, marking a key development in soldier...

Lockheed Bags $30M US Army Missile Deal

Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $30-million Phase 2 contract by the US Army to advance its Spike Non-Line-of-Sight (NLOS) precision-guided missile system for the Mobile-Long Range Precision Strike...

October 20, 2025
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Air Platforms
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Korean Air Picks Archer for eVTOL Launch

Korean Air and Archer Aviation Inc. (NYSE: ACHR) have signed a landmark agreement to commercialize Archer’s Midnight electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft in South Korea, starting with...

October 19, 2025
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Weapons and Munition
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BAE’s M109A7 Howitzer Adds Range to US Army

BAE Systems has launched the new M109A7 52 caliber self-propelled howitzer, pairing the robust M109A7 Paladin chassis with Rheinmetall’s long-range L52 155mm cannon to address the U.S. Army’s need...

October 19, 2025
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Air Platforms
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Israel Chooses L3Harris & IAI for Attack Jet

The U.S.-based L3Harris Technologies has entered into a strategic defense partnership with Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) to jointly develop a sophisticated new light-attack and intelligence aircraft named Blue Sky...

October 18, 2025
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Unmanned Systems
Mergers & JV

Netherlands Partners in AI Combat Drone Program

The Netherlands has formally joined the US Air Force’s Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) initiative, a groundbreaking program aimed at deploying next-generation autonomous drones to operate as “loyal wingmen” alongside...

Germany & NL Spend €4.5B on 222 SCHAKAL IFVs

Germany and the Netherlands have strengthened their defense collaboration with the signing of a €4.5 billion contract through OCCAR to acquire 222 new SCHAKAL infantry fighting vehicles, further expanding...