Aerospace
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Saab’s GlobalEye remains a live option in NATO’s airborne surveillance renewal as the alliance assesses future command-and-control aircraft requirements.
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Defence production moved deeper into Hannover Messe’s industrial technology mainstream. The fair’s Defense Production Area reflected a wider shift toward manufacturing readiness, secure digital infrastructure, resilient supply chains, and the ability to accelerate national defence capacity at shrinking notice.
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Aerodata and Dynauton have signed an MoU to adapt the AeroForce X unmanned aircraft for Indian ISR requirements over land and sea.
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SSC Space and Kuva Space have signed an LoI covering ground systems, launch support, mission development, and analytics tied to security and institutional space demand.
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L3Harris has secured a second customer for its AERIS X airborne early warning aircraft, broadening demand for a Global 6500-based approach to AEW&C.
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KAI has advanced Surion transmission localisation with assembly and installation work on a domestically developed main gearbox, pushing a core rotorcraft system further into flight-test territory.
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GPS interference is now a systemic risk to global operations. In this IN Defence perspective, Neil Cawse, CEO of Geotab, argues that businesses must treat satellite positioning as a contested signal and build resilience through detection, redundancy, and sensor fusion.
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Kawasaki’s unmanned-aircraft concepts add momentum to Japan’s future airpower plans, where autonomy, mission systems, and airframe production are converging.
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Poland has formed an industrial team for a sovereign defence telecommunications satellite. The programme links payloads, platform design, secure ground infrastructure, and cyber protection.
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The U.S. Navy has completed two JDAM LR demonstration flights. The milestone pushes a lower-cost powered standoff weapon closer to qualification and shipboard integration.