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  • Germany’s first Quadriga Eurofighter reinforces European combat-air production

    Germany’s first Quadriga Eurofighter reinforces European combat-air production

    Germany’s first Quadriga Eurofighter reinforces Europe’s frontline combat-air production base. The Tranche 4 milestone sustains fighter assembly, radar integration, electronics work, and supplier continuity while future combat-air programmes remain contested.

  • Germany’s first Quadriga Eurofighter reinforces European combat-air production

    QinetiQ RCH155 trials put artillery assurance into the critical path

    QinetiQ will test the British Army’s new RCH155 artillery system. The £18 million contract puts safety, barrel life, ammunition behaviour, mobility, and environmental qualification into the next phase of UK mobile fires modernisation.

  • Germany’s first Quadriga Eurofighter reinforces European combat-air production

    Volklec warns battery rules expose UK defence risk

    Volklec says battery provenance is becoming a defence supply risk. The company warns that UK and European programmes need stronger cell-level assurance as autonomous systems, UAVs, tactical communications, and hybrid vehicles become more power-dependent.

  • VAMPIRE exercise use sharpens Indo-Pacific counter-UAS production case

    VAMPIRE exercise use sharpens Indo-Pacific counter-UAS production case

    VAMPIRE trials have strengthened the Indo-Pacific counter-drone production case. Exercise activity in the Philippines reinforces demand for modular, vehicle-mounted systems that can be built, integrated, and supported at volume.

  • Germany’s first Quadriga Eurofighter reinforces European combat-air production

    US–South Korea drone alliance targets interoperable unmanned systems

    US and South Korean officials have formalised drone cooperation plans. The agreement targets shared standards, supply chains, and faster access to interoperable unmanned and counter-drone systems.

  • Germany’s first Quadriga Eurofighter reinforces European combat-air production

    Havoc Spear points AC-130J toward stand-off strike

    AFSOC has named Havoc Spear as its new cruise missile. The AGM-190A adds a modular precision-effects pathway as special operations aviation adapts to longer-range and more contested strike environments.

  • Germany’s first Quadriga Eurofighter reinforces European combat-air production

    Boeing MQ-25A moves into production phase

    Boeing’s MQ-25A Stingray has now cleared low-rate initial production approval. The decision moves the carrier-based unmanned tanker from development toward controlled production, testing the industrial base behind naval aviation autonomy.

  • Germany’s first Quadriga Eurofighter reinforces European combat-air production

    Royal Navy tests Wildcat-drone teaming in Norway

    Royal Navy Wildcats have trained with drones in Norwegian fjords. The exercise expanded maritime surveillance, targeting, and force-protection tactics while testing how uncrewed aircraft can feed information into helicopter operations.

  • Germany’s first Quadriga Eurofighter reinforces European combat-air production

    BMT sets out command challenge for hybrid navies

    BMT has outlined command challenges for future hybrid naval fleets. As crewed ships, uncrewed vessels, distributed sensors, and autonomous systems converge, command tools and simulation environments are becoming core naval requirements.

  • Spanish Navy tests helicopter-drone maritime network

    Spanish Navy tests helicopter-drone maritime network

    Spain has tested naval helicopter-drone teaming with Airbus maritime systems. The trial linked an H135, Flexrotor, A900 drone, patrol vessel, and combat management tools during a maritime surveillance and target-tracking exercise.