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USTRANSCOM has awarded seven companies a new strategic sealift contract. The $1.2 billion programme gives military logisticians faster access to commercial roll-on/roll-off, multipurpose, and vehicle-carrier capacity for worldwide movements.
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Tobyhanna-built motors powered an Army drone beyond eight hours aloft. The endurance attempt also tested domestic propulsion production, rapid airframe manufacture, and a wider effort to qualify US-made small-UAS components.
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Army tests have combined autonomous vehicles with counter-drone protection systems. Sandhills 2.0 integrates semi-autonomous Ford F-250s, aerial systems, breaching technology, and counter-UAS equipment under a common mission architecture.
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Pentagon planners are opening a new hypersonic weapons concept competition. The Strategic Capabilities Office wants multiple manoeuvrable, precise designs covering different stand-off ranges, booster sizes, and payload packages.
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Corvid has secured long-term NMESIS launcher production work for Marines. The $33.86 million ordering vehicle covers weapon-sled assemblies through August 2034 as the service continues expanding its land-based anti-ship capability.
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The US Navy has revealed Raytheon’s new AIM-424 Malice missile. The 1,500lb weapon is officially rated beyond 250 nautical miles and is intended for fourth-, fifth-, and sixth-generation combat aircraft.
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Saab has revealed its A3-001 uncrewed combat aircraft concept publicly. The full-scale model points towards a low-observable autonomous platform for electronic warfare, air-defence suppression, precision strike, and future crewed-uncrewed teaming.
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Raytheon is expanding SPY-6 production as international demand starts building. Germany is preparing the radar for its F127 frigates, while Japan and Denmark represent further potential customers for the modular naval sensor family.
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Supacat has opened expanded production capacity at its Devon headquarters. The Jones II Building strengthens the British vehicle maker’s manufacturing base as Jackal 3 work and other tactical mobility programmes continue.
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Cochin Shipyard has delivered Mangrol, its third coastal anti-submarine vessel. The Mahe-class ship combines more than 80% indigenous content with waterjet propulsion, torpedoes, anti-submarine rockets, radar, and sonar for littoral operations.