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India has commissioned three domestically built naval platforms in Kolkata. The milestone spans frigate construction, hydrographic survey capability, shallow-water ASW, and a broad Indian supplier base.
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India is pushing naval autonomy into carrier aviation planning work. A carrier-capable UCAV would stretch stealth manufacturing, deck integration, datalinks, propulsion, and sustainment at sea.
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Ghost Bat enters Pacific exercise testing with allied combat aircraft. Boeing’s MQ-28 now faces a harder test of autonomy, payload integration, sustainment, and production discipline.
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US cyber deadlines are turning encryption into a contractor issue. The move toward post-quantum cryptography will force defence suppliers to map algorithms, certificates, embedded systems, software, communications links, manufacturing networks, and long-life platform support.
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Northrop Grumman will produce programmable ammunition for US Abrams tanks. The five-year M1147 contract supports a US Army shift toward a multi-purpose 120mm round, concentrating production demands around fuze electronics, energetic materials, qualification, quality assurance, and ammunition supply-chain reliability.
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Poland has selected V-BAT systems for Polish naval surveillance missions. The ship-compatible VTOL UAS gives the Polish Navy a compact ISR option for Baltic operations, where deck footprint, endurance, electronic warfare resilience, supportability, and rapid maintenance shape operational value.
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Estonia has received its first IRIS-T SLM fire unit now. The delivery adds a medium-range air-defence layer to NATO’s north-eastern flank while increasing pressure on European launcher, radar, missile, command-post, training, maintenance, and stockpile production capacity.
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Rheinmetall and Lockheed Martin have armed Fuchs with JAGM missiles. The missile-carrier concept brings dense precision fires onto a 6×6 vehicle, creating an integration challenge across launcher safety, reloadability, digital architecture, missile supply, field maintenance, and vehicle survivability.
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MBDA’s CROSSBOW has completed firing trials after rapid development work. The ground-launched weapon is being shaped around range, payload, modularity, and production speed as Europe looks for deep-fires systems that can be manufactured in useful quantities.
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Poland is advancing plans to buy Airbus tanker aircraft soon. A potential A330 MRTT acquisition would add strategic refuelling and transport capacity on NATO’s eastern flank, while creating long-term demand across conversion, mission equipment, sustainment, training, spares, and depot support.