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  • Auriga puts electromagnetic launch against the drone-cost problem

    Auriga puts electromagnetic launch against the drone-cost problem

    Auriga Space will test electromagnetic launch technology against hostile drones. Power density, launcher wear, projectile guidance, and repeated-shot reliability will determine the system’s viability.

  • CHAOS tests whether cruise missiles can escape boutique production

    CHAOS tests whether cruise missiles can escape boutique production

    CoAspire’s CHAOS missile brings additive manufacturing into maritime strike production. A $70m prototype agreement will test whether lower-cost structures can support useful output at scale.

  • Patriot production talks expose Ukraine’s factory challenge

    Patriot production talks expose Ukraine’s factory challenge

    Patriot production discussions have opened a difficult industrial path forward. Early work could centre on components, repair, and assembly before any move towards complete interceptor manufacture.

  • SitaWare turns Australia’s command network into a rolling software programme

    SitaWare turns Australia’s command network into a rolling software programme

    Australia has selected SitaWare Headquarters for LAND 4140’s first tranche. Integration, cyber assurance, and continuous software modernisation will shape the programme’s industrial workload.

  • MKU puts a physical barrier between drones and armour

    MKU puts a physical barrier between drones and armour

    MKU has introduced a passive barrier against small attack drones. The system adds a repairable physical layer beneath electronic and kinetic counter-UAS defences.

  • Bullfrog adds a gun layer to L-MADIS

    Bullfrog adds a gun layer to L-MADIS

    Bullfrog adds autonomous kinetic engagement to the Marine Corps’ L-MADIS. The integration combines machine vision and conventional weapons with electronic warfare, creating demanding safety, software, ammunition, and vehicle-engineering work.

  • Ukraine takes the Light Gun into local manufacture

    Ukraine takes the Light Gun into local manufacture

    Ukraine’s Light Gun licence begins with controlled local test manufacture. Serial output would require transferred design authority, qualified suppliers, proof capacity, traceability, and a resilient artillery-production chain operating under wartime pressure.

  • BlackThorn puts commonality inside the warhead

    BlackThorn puts commonality inside the warhead

    BlackThorn brings common warhead architectures to several autonomous weapon classes. BAE Systems is linking modular effects with lower integration costs, faster qualification, and production routes spanning missiles, drones, and uncrewed ground systems.

  • Arion-SMET faces the factory test

    Arion-SMET faces the factory test

    Hanwha’s Arion-SMET selection moves Korean military robotics towards serial production. A final contract would shift attention from demonstrations to repeatable manufacture, battery support, payload control, software assurance, and fleet maintenance.

  • PAC-3 ACE puts affordability inside missile engineering

    PAC-3 ACE puts affordability inside missile engineering

    Lockheed Martin has introduced a lower-cost interceptor for Patriot users. PAC-3 ACE is intended to widen available missile stocks without using the full performance and manufacturing cost of PAC-3 MSE against every target.