Malaysia has selected South Korea’s K-SAAM for the Royal Malaysian Navy’s LMS Batch 2 corvettes, adding a new shipborne air-defence layer to vessels already under construction in Türkiye.
UK work with Norway on Type 26 build slots is reinforcing long-run workload visibility on the Clyde while extending the programme’s export-industrial footprint.
Rheinmetall’s Bundeswehr loitering-munition agreement pairs a large framework order with a design built around fast, repeatable series production in Europe.
Hanwha Ocean’s agreement with Gibbs & Cox links Korean yard capacity with US naval design experience, with production speed and sustainment built into the programme approach.
Kawasaki’s unmanned-aircraft concepts add momentum to Japan’s future airpower plans, where autonomy, mission systems, and airframe production are converging.
Poland has formed an industrial team for a sovereign defence telecommunications satellite. The programme links payloads, platform design, secure ground infrastructure, and cyber protection.
Agreements signed at DSA 2026 have extended Türkiye–Malaysia defence cooperation into secure communications, software-defined systems, and AI-led capability development.
The U.S. Navy has completed two JDAM LR demonstration flights. The milestone pushes a lower-cost powered standoff weapon closer to qualification and shipboard integration.
SPEAR 3 remains central to Britain’s future air-launched strike inventory. Programme progress is closely tied to integration, qualification, and production planning.
Denmark has selected the SAMP/T NG system for long-range air defence. The move adds demand across European missile, radar, and integration programmes.