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Deployable metal printing is shortening battlefield repair cycles dramatically now. A Tennessee field trial returned a deadlined U.S. Army vehicle to service in under a day, turning a weeks-long parts delay into a same-shift repair.
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A successful launcher-integrated flight pushes iRocket closer to scaled production. The Mach 2 test strengthens the case for a domestically built 70mm counter-UAS effect that can fit established launcher architectures.
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Britain has now acknowledged repair hubs operating inside wartime Ukraine. The disclosure shows land sustainment moving beyond export support and into deployed industrial repair, overhaul, and technical transfer.
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Military mixed reality is finally being forced into engineering discipline. After years of oversized ambition, the post-IVAS market is converging on smaller displays, body-worn compute, tighter power management, and a more modular architecture built for soldiers rather than slide decks.
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Hanwha’s Geelong rollout marks a genuine Australian armoured production milestone. The first locally built AS9s show that sovereign artillery manufacturing now extends into factory throughput, workforce transfer, and test validation.
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RÁBA will build up to 2,000 Tatra 8×8 trucks domestically. A wider framework with 4iG, CSG, Nurol Makina, and Lockheed Martin spans more than 10,000 vehicles, plus a HUF 100bn plant modernisation plan.
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DARPA has awarded RTX BBN a XENA program contract. The work targets kilometre-range transmission X-ray analysis, using new mathematical modelling and image-processing methods to infer the hidden geometry of man-made objects when close access is unsafe, impractical, or denied.
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BAE Systems has won a new Paladin howitzer production deal. The award, valued at more than $500 million, covers additional M109A7 self-propelled howitzers and M992A3 ammunition carriers for the US Army’s Armored Brigade Combat Teams.
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The UK has joined Europe’s LEAP low cost air defence. E5 partners want a lightweight surface-to-air weapon and autonomous interceptors in service by 2027, challenging industry to design for volume, rapid iteration, and resilient electronics supply.
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Rosoboronexport has offered India help producing the T-90MS locally now. The exporter says existing T-90S lines could be adapted using components and ammunition already made in India.