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Japan is weighing deeper electronic warfare cooperation with Northrop Grumman. The discussions cover electromagnetic-spectrum detection, disruption, simulation, and training systems as Tokyo strengthens its ability to counter software-defined, wideband, distributed, and multispectral threats.
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Rheinmetall has secured a €1.04bn Bundeswehr order. The contract covers modernisation and 237 additional IdZ-ES platoon systems, expanding digital soldier equipment across more than 12,000 German troops.
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Australia will build a second long-range fires regiment at Edinburgh. The $2.3bn investment selects HIMARS and PrSM while expanding domestic missile manufacturing and supply-chain work around GMLRS, PrSM, and locally produced components.
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A new Raven 5 air-defence configuration has emerged. The UK-developed system uses ASRAAM missiles on a 360-degree Moog flexible mission platform, doubling launcher loadout from two to four missiles.
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Rolls-Royce has opened a Bristol additive manufacturing cell. The MoD-backed facility will produce critical next-generation engine components and support GCAP, future combat power, and propulsion development.
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Indonesia has used a C-705 missile against a land target. The firing from KRI Sampari expands the employment profile of a naval strike weapon already fielded across the country’s fast attack craft fleet.
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Australia will invest AU$750m in new Bushmaster production. Thales Australia will build 268 vehicles at Bendigo, extending a protected mobility production line tied to sovereign manufacturing and export demand.
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Sigma Advanced Systems has secured a seven-year Rolls-Royce agreement. The £300m deal will see the India–UK manufacturer supply high-precision, safety-critical components and assemblies for aerospace programmes.
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India has unveiled tracked and wheeled armoured vehicle prototypes. The Vikram VT-21 platforms combine a crewless 30mm turret, anti-tank missile capability, amphibious mobility, and 65% indigenous content, with Tata Advanced Systems and Bharat Forge supporting manufacture.
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The US Army has tested Project Golden Shield, a counter-UAS network linking sensors, effectors, command systems, and tactical vehicles. The exercise shows armoured-force protection moving towards modular systems that can be integrated, produced, upgraded, and sustained across manoeuvre formations.