Aerospace
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SandboxAQ has flight-tested AQNav aboard Northrop Grumman’s Lumberjack UAS platform. The trial paired magnetic and visual navigation to improve resilience when satellite positioning is unavailable, jammed, or spoofed.
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Britain has updated export licensing for the GCAP programme framework. A separate de-minimis licence will also simplify qualifying UK-origin content transfers within selected European defence programmes.
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Saab has secured SEK2.9 billion for future fighter development work. The contract extends Sweden’s demonstrator programme through 2028, with options into 2030.
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Elbit Systems has launched FUSE for scaled autonomous combat operations. Dominion-X coordinates aerial and ground platforms through a common AI environment designed for distributed missions and contested operating conditions.
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Australia is investing A$2.4 billion in integrated air defence capability. The six-year AIR 6500 package will expand sovereign command-and-control engineering, integration, and support across the Australian Defence Force.
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Mobix begins F-16 EMI-filtered connector production deliveries from Irvine today. Initial units have shipped to a US aerospace sustainment contractor from the company’s recently expanded military-approved manufacturing facility.
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GE Aerospace agrees $11.75bn acquisition of precision caster CPP today. The deal would bring a major supplier of aerospace and defence airfoils and structural castings into GE’s manufacturing network, subject to regulatory approval.
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UK ministers launch a £7.8bn defence-led national space strategy today. The plan concentrates investment on satellite communications, space domain awareness, in-orbit servicing, and assured access to space.
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MBDA has opened a new missile support centre in Poland. The Czosnów facility will provide maintenance, logistics, and training for PILICA+ while extending UK-Polish industrial cooperation around ground-based air defence.
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Pakistan has publicly unveiled China’s HQ-17AE mobile short-range air-defence system. The PAF video confirms the system is in its inventory, while procurement quantities, support arrangements, and unit allocations remain undisclosed.