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Elbit is accelerating counter-drone hardware for explosive aerial threat systems. The work reflects a wider production shift toward layered sensing, electronic attack, directed energy, and affordable defeat mechanisms.

US Army interceptor work targets air-defence cost pressures directly now. The service is seeking sub-$1 million rounds compatible with Patriot launchers and IBCS to counter mass air and missile threats.

Estonia’s IBCS work points toward networked Baltic air defence architecture. Northrop Grumman and TOCI will explore command, infrastructure, and sensor-to-effector integration for Estonia’s air and missile defence modernisation.

QinetiQ will test the British Army’s new RCH155 artillery system. The £18 million contract puts safety, barrel life, ammunition behaviour, mobility, and environmental qualification into the next phase of UK mobile fires modernisation.

VAMPIRE trials have strengthened the Indo-Pacific counter-drone production case. Exercise activity in the Philippines reinforces demand for modular, vehicle-mounted systems that can be built, integrated, and supported at volume.

Volklec says battery provenance is becoming a defence supply risk. The company warns that UK and European programmes need stronger cell-level assurance as autonomous systems, UAVs, tactical communications, and hybrid vehicles become more power-dependent.

US and South Korean officials have formalised drone cooperation plans. The agreement targets shared standards, supply chains, and faster access to interoperable unmanned and counter-drone systems.

Moog and Supacat’s Raven 5 concept takes the UK’s rapid air-defence adaptation work toward a more mobile, production-ready configuration, combining ASRAAM missiles, a flexible launcher, and a current-production HMT 600 vehicle.

Taiwan’s Red Falcon II anti-armour rocket strengthens domestic production of portable infantry weapons, with improvements in penetration, weight, range, and night-fighting capability aimed at coastal, urban, and distributed defence.