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  • Sweden’s FDI choice sharpens European frigate production race

    Sweden’s FDI choice sharpens European frigate production race

    Sweden’s selection of Naval Group’s FDI frigate for the future Luleå class strengthens Franco-Swedish naval cooperation while exposing the hard production trade-offs facing European shipbuilders competing on delivery speed, design maturity, and air-defence integration.

  • Raven 5 concept pushes UK SHORAD towards production-ready mobility

    Raven 5 concept pushes UK SHORAD towards production-ready mobility

    Moog and Supacat’s Raven 5 concept takes the UK’s rapid air-defence adaptation work toward a more mobile, production-ready configuration, combining ASRAAM missiles, a flexible launcher, and a current-production HMT 600 vehicle.

  • Taiwan Red Falcon II sharpens infantry anti-armour production

    Taiwan Red Falcon II sharpens infantry anti-armour production

    Taiwan’s Red Falcon II anti-armour rocket strengthens domestic production of portable infantry weapons, with improvements in penetration, weight, range, and night-fighting capability aimed at coastal, urban, and distributed defence.

  • Aerospace lifts UK manufacturing output

    Aerospace lifts UK manufacturing output

    Aerospace growth has lifted UK manufacturing output despite inflation pressure. The sector led annual gains, while energy costs and labour constraints continued to squeeze real productivity.

  • Astrolight commissions Greek optical ground station

    Astrolight commissions Greek optical ground station

    Astrolight has commissioned Greece’s Holomondas optical ground station for CubeSats. The site will support high-speed laser communications under ESA-backed Greek connectivity work.

  • Saronic and NCSIST move Taiwan toward autonomous maritime capability

    Saronic and NCSIST move Taiwan toward autonomous maritime capability

    Saronic is preparing to support Taiwan’s unmanned maritime requirements with autonomous surface vessels and AI-enabled command-and-control, adding another layer to Taiwan’s fast-expanding domestic and partner-supported maritime defence production base.

  • KAAV-II prototype advances South Korea’s amphibious armour push

    KAAV-II prototype advances South Korea’s amphibious armour push

    Hanwha Aerospace has shown the KAAV-II prototype, pushing South Korea’s marine vehicle programme into a more demanding phase built around high-speed amphibious mobility, unmanned turret integration, survivability, and serial production readiness.

  • Raytheon advances software-defined radar

    Raytheon advances software-defined radar

    Raytheon will develop software-defined radar capability for future naval sensors. The work supports multi-mission operation and improved spectrum sharing for U.S. Navy systems.

  • South Korea helicopter package deepens maritime aviation build-up

    South Korea helicopter package deepens maritime aviation build-up

    South Korea’s latest helicopter approvals add weight to its maritime aviation and attack helicopter modernisation, extending demand across airframes, sensors, weapons, engines, sustainment, and integration work tied to Indo-Pacific deterrence.

  • Northrop wins RangeHawk contract

    Northrop wins RangeHawk contract

    Northrop Grumman has won a RangeHawk contract for hypersonic testing. The award adds airborne telemetry and tracking capacity for advanced U.S. weapons trials.