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  • Three SMEs enter Britain’s interceptor production race

    Three SMEs enter Britain’s interceptor production race

    Britain has backed three companies to develop affordable drone interceptors. Their designs must combine credible engagement performance with scalable manufacture, resilient components, practical launchers, rapid testing, manageable storage, and sustainable replacement rates.

  • K2 certification puts process control behind exports

    K2 certification puts process control behind exports

    Hyundai Rotem has secured NATO quality certification for K2 vehicles. The approval strengthens its European export position while imposing continuing demands across configuration management, supplier assurance, manufacturing records, testing, and corrective action.

  • Japan puts interceptor drones on a three-month clock

    Japan puts interceptor drones on a three-month clock

    Japan has selected Terra Drone for rapid domestic interceptor trials. The programme will test whether an emerging design can combine autonomous engagement, maritime operation, dependable communications, and production economics suitable for larger procurement.

  • Britain funds autonomy before the prototype takes shape

    Britain funds autonomy before the prototype takes shape

    Britain has opened new funding for early-stage military autonomy technologies. The competition targets enabling ideas before they reach conventional prototype maturity or established procurement routes.

  • Unterlüß begins feeding Europe’s artillery supply chain

    Unterlüß begins feeding Europe’s artillery supply chain

    Rheinmetall has delivered Unterlüß-built 155mm projectiles into Ukraine’s supply chain. The first shipment turns a major German capacity investment into accepted ammunition output.

  • Bullseye enters the Marine Corps’ affordable-strike debate

    Bullseye enters the Marine Corps’ affordable-strike debate

    US lawmakers are considering Bullseye funding for Marine Corps trials. The missile combines multi-platform launch, resilient navigation, modular payloads, and planned American production within the expanding market for affordable long-range strike.

  • Caterpillar joins the Army’s autonomous breaching contest

    Caterpillar joins the Army’s autonomous breaching contest

    Four teams will develop autonomous breaching systems for the Army. The programme combines heavy machinery, robotic vehicles, modular tools, and beyond-line-of-sight control ahead of an operational assessment planned for 2027.

  • Jackal 3 reaches the end of its first production run

    Jackal 3 reaches the end of its first production run

    Babcock has completed Britain’s initial 123-vehicle Jackal 3 production run. The milestone closes the first build while leaving UK industry positioned for possible follow-on vehicles, mission-system upgrades, fleet support, and export work.

  • Japan takes unmanned mobility into the surf zone

    Japan takes unmanned mobility into the surf zone

    Japan is advancing an unmanned amphibious vehicle for island operations. The full-scale prototype combines marine propulsion, autonomous control, land mobility, communications, and maintainability in one of the harshest environments faced by an uncrewed platform.

  • Vulcano enters NATO’s pooled ammunition pipeline

    Vulcano enters NATO’s pooled ammunition pipeline

    NATO’s Vulcano order shifts precision artillery towards pooled production planning. Deliveries from 2027 will test Europe’s ability to scale guided ammunition without weakening conventional shell output.