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UTAC reaches a milestone in Britain’s protected mobility production base. The 1,000th vehicle underlines demand for specialist armouring, certification, and low-volume defence engineering.

Canada has finalised a major HIMARS acquisition with Washington today. The C$2.6bn project covers launchers, munitions, spares, training, support, infrastructure, and industrial benefits.

Northrop Grumman’s Jackal missile has completed key flight testing successfully. The test validated propulsion, navigation, autopilot control, and high-speed manoeuvring during precision-strike development.

Australia’s NASAMS trials sharpen industry focus on mobile air defence. The work brings launchers, sensors, missiles, vehicles, software, and sustainment into one production challenge.

American Rheinmetall is expanding production capacity for Army modernisation programmes. A $41 million investment across six US facilities will add machining, inspection, turret, mobility, and automation capability for combat vehicles, launchers, and tactical systems.

Sweden is reinforcing brigade air defence with new Saab systems. The SEK 1.2 billion order covers Giraffe AMB radars and LSS Lv command systems, adding mobile sensing and C2 capacity for Swedish Army formations.

Poland is scaling unmanned strike systems through domestic production capacity. New WB Group contracts cover GLADIUS, FLYEYE, and WARMATE systems, strengthening Poland’s reconnaissance-strike network and creating clearer demand for loitering munition and tactical UAV manufacturing.

Federal’s Peak Alloy agreement moves ammunition cases into performance engineering. The US Army agreement could support higher-pressure cartridges and future small-arms development.

ROGUE-Fires Block 2 moves autonomous launchers into production discipline phase. The $92m award advances JLTV-based semi-autonomous vehicles for distributed expeditionary fires.