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Ford, GDLS and Ricardo have joined the UK LMV competition. Their proposal uses Ranger and Ranger Super Duty platforms with UK defence integration and engineering.

First Breach has expanded ammunition manufacturing capacity at Hagerstown operations. New loading and inspection equipment raises stated capacity by approximately 175% as the company moves towards round-the-clock production.

Curtiss-Wright will supply IFPC actuation and rugged mission computing hardware. The approximately $40 million Leidos contracts support production of the US Army’s mobile Indirect Fire Protection Capability Increment 2 system.

Paligen will continue work on America’s domestic TNT production facility. The $30.84 million modification takes the programme’s cumulative contract value to $435 million, with completion currently estimated for February 2029.

Action Manufacturing will produce M739A1 artillery fuzes under Army contract. The $712.48 million framework covers manufacture, inspection, testing, packaging, and delivery through August 2031.

American Rheinmetall has delivered its first Lynx XM30 prototype vehicle. The vehicle now enters US Army developmental testing under the Bradley replacement competition, backed by a multi-state production chain.

IperionX will expand American titanium manufacturing under new Army funding. The $18.5 million base task order adds powder-to-part capacity, component processing, and in-house fastener finishing in Virginia.

Hanwha has signed a Spanish export contract for K9 howitzers. The undisclosed agreement advances Indra’s wider plan for a domestically manufactured and integrated tracked-artillery family.

Tata and Javelin partners will explore missile co-production in India. The proposed model would combine Indian final assembly and component work with established US subassembly and guidance-electronics production.

Heaviside has won a $99m Army spectrum analysis contract award. The five-year IDIQ covers procurement, fielding, upgrades, and sustainment of MOTH, a land-based electromagnetic signal-intelligence and spectrum-awareness system.