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  • Northrop advances DARC Site 2 antenna production

    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 wins m Blackbeard production order

    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 wins 0m cyber kit production award

    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 builds €250m modular camp in Lithuania

    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 establishes Dutch defence technology hub

    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 starts US Army BiNOD initial production

    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.


  • UTM wins 7m US Army ammunition contract

    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 opens AI industry front door

    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 expands Norwegian defence electronics capacity

    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 adds sonar payloads to Bluebottle fleet

    Ocius will integrate new sonar arrays across its Bluebottle fleet. The agreements add ThayerMahan and Thales Australia acoustic systems to persistent maritime surveillance operations.