The US Army’s FY2027 request reinforces its land-modernisation push with fresh funding for XM30 production and the wider Next Generation Command and Control architecture.
L3Harris has secured a second customer for its AERIS X airborne early warning aircraft, broadening demand for a Global 6500-based approach to AEW&C.
A planned €300 million ammunition plant in Estonia will add new European production capacity for 155mm shells, mortar ammunition, and 122mm rockets from 2028.
Tiberius Aerospace has completed a live firing of its Sceptre 155mm ramjet round, combining howitzer launch, ramjet ignition, and powered flight in a major propulsion milestone.
The UK has opened a new call to AI companies to help strengthen national cyber defence, while adding funding and supply-chain expectations to its resilience agenda.
KAI has advanced Surion transmission localisation with assembly and installation work on a domestically developed main gearbox, pushing a core rotorcraft system further into flight-test territory.
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.
A new £50 million growth deal aims to draw more Northern Ireland SMEs into defence, backing secure R&D, skills development, and a broader regional supply chain.
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.