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Switzerland is gathering information on additional long-range air-defence systems after delays to its Patriot order. The evaluation puts delivery time, cost, performance, European production share, and supplier resilience at the centre of Bern’s air-defence planning.

Rheinmetall is accelerating plans to produce cruise missiles with Destinus through a German-based joint venture. The move places scalable deep-strike manufacturing, propulsion, guidance, energetic materials, and production capacity at the centre of Europe’s rearmament drive.

GDOTS and Firehawk will develop 155mm base bleed motors together. The partnership combines General Dynamics munitions integration with Firehawk thermoplastic propellant and moulding processes, targeting extended-range artillery demand while addressing production bottlenecks around energetics, lot consistency, casing tolerances, safety, qualification, and repeatable manufacture for allied 155mm ammunition supply programmes globally.

RENK has launched ESM 280 for wheeled armoured vehicles today. The transmission targets medium and heavy military platforms up to 620kW, bringing tracked-vehicle drivetrain experience into wheeled programmes where weight growth, cooling, reliability, lifecycle support, and future upgrade margins increasingly shape production decisions for international vehicle primes and armies alike.

Aselsan has unveiled new counter-drone and electronic warfare systems today. The SAHA 2026 launches include radar jamming, communications attack, high-power microwave, laser, kinetic interception, and vehicle self-protection equipment, expanding Türkiye’s Steel Dome architecture while increasing demand for rugged electronics, power systems, sensors, and integration capacity across layered air defence production.

Saab UK has opened new radar testing capacity at Fareham. The facility follows completion of the 100th Giraffe 1X radar and adds dedicated space for integration, verification, software testing, and customer acceptance, strengthening UK sensor production, configuration control, and delivery assurance across land and naval air defence programmes export orders.

Dstl has developed AIM to connect sensors, targeting, and weapons. The government-owned messaging standard will be opened to industry after a Texas trial linked uncrewed platforms, designation tools, and missiles, giving suppliers a common digital route for low-bandwidth, networked find-and-strike integration across contested command and control environments and future platforms.

Malaysia’s army vehicle renewal is drawing fresh supplier attention today. Upgrade concepts such as MIFV-CH25 point to a practical modernisation path for legacy fleets, centred on local integration, remote weapons, improved awareness, crew systems, and sustainment work that avoids immediate wholesale platform replacement while preserving depot knowledge and spares chains.