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  • GenAI.mil testing sharpens AI assurance focus

    Testing around large language models used in U.S. defence workflows has sharpened focus on source integrity, foreign influence, and assurance controls for generative AI.


  • Army budget expands XM30 and NGC2 lines

    The US Army’s FY2027 request reinforces its land-modernisation push with fresh funding for XM30 production and the wider Next Generation Command and Control architecture.


  • L3Harris secures second AERIS X customer

    L3Harris has secured a second customer for its AERIS X airborne early warning aircraft, broadening demand for a Global 6500-based approach to AEW&C.


  • ARCA’s Estonia plant adds artillery capacity

    A planned €300 million ammunition plant in Estonia will add new European production capacity for 155mm shells, mortar ammunition, and 122mm rockets from 2028.


  • Rheinmetall pushes FV-014 toward production scale

    Rheinmetall’s FV-014 loitering munition has entered a new phase with a Bundeswehr framework agreement that points to sustained European production rather than limited fielding.


  • Tiberius advances Sceptre ramjet artillery round

    Tiberius Aerospace has completed a live firing of its Sceptre 155mm ramjet round, combining howitzer launch, ramjet ignition, and powered flight in a major propulsion milestone.


  • UK launches AI-backed cyber resilience push

    The UK has opened a new call to AI companies to help strengthen national cyber defence, while adding funding and supply-chain expectations to its resilience agenda.


  • KAI advances Surion gearbox localisation work

    KAI has advanced Surion transmission localisation with assembly and installation work on a domestically developed main gearbox, pushing a core rotorcraft system further into flight-test territory.


  • Northern Ireland gets £50m defence growth deal

    A new £50 million growth deal aims to draw more Northern Ireland SMEs into defence, backing secure R&D, skills development, and a broader regional supply chain.


  • Malaysia adds K-SAAM to LMS Batch 2

    Malaysia has selected South Korea’s K-SAAM for the Royal Malaysian Navy’s LMS Batch 2 corvettes, adding a new shipborne air-defence layer to vessels already under construction in Türkiye.