Northrop Grumman has received another major DARC Site 2 award. The $215.9 million modification funds antenna manufacture, long-lead equipment, and pre-construction work for the proposed UK deep-space radar.
Castelion has secured another Navy award advancing Blackbeard hypersonic production. The $89.997 million order funds manufacturing, exportability engineering, logistics, and transition towards a Navy programme of record.
SealingTech has secured US Cyber Command’s full-rate JCHK production award. The five-year agreement has a $750 million ceiling and standardises deployable defensive-cyber hardware for joint teams.
Rheinmetall will build a modular Bundeswehr accommodation camp in Lithuania. The €250 million construction programme will support up to 2,000 personnel, followed by a €40 million annual operating package.
ICEYE has established a permanent defence technology base in Amsterdam. The local operation will support engineering, industrial co-development, training, and the Netherlands’ growing sovereign military space capability.
Photonis Defense is moving Army BiNOD systems into initial production. The first order covers 1,600 complete night-vision systems, with initial deliveries due before the end of 2026.
British manufacturer UTM has secured a major US Army contract. The five-year framework covers 5.56mm marking ammunition used with the Close Combat Mission Capability Kit for force-on-force training.
UK Defence has opened a new industry route into AI. TF RAID’s Industry Front Door will collect technologies for experimentation and engagement, but it is not itself a procurement competition.
Kitron has opened expanded defence electronics capacity at Longum, Norway. The 7,500-square-metre plant increases Norwegian manufacturing headroom as Defence and Aerospace becomes the group’s largest market sector.
Ocius will integrate new sonar arrays across its Bluebottle fleet. The agreements add ThayerMahan and Thales Australia acoustic systems to persistent maritime surveillance operations.