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  • Renault and Thales put Toutatis on a production path

    Renault and Thales put Toutatis on a production path

    Renault and Thales are industrialising France’s Toutatis loitering munition programme. Production could reach 1,000 units per month from 2027, bringing automotive manufacturing methods into a defence market shaped by drones, stockpile pressure, and high-intensity conflict.

  • Rolls-Royce Xelerate pushes hybrid armour forward

    Rolls-Royce Xelerate pushes hybrid armour forward

    Rolls-Royce is taking hybrid propulsion into heavy armour design planning. The mtu PowerPack Xelerate combines a 10V 199 engine with ZF’s electrified gearbox, giving future tracked vehicles higher electrical power, drive-by-wire readiness, and a route toward unmanned operation.

  • RAF Typhoon taxiway trial tests agile basing support

    RAF Typhoon taxiway trial tests agile basing support

    RAF Typhoon operations have tested contingency basing options at Akrotiri. A taxiway take-off and landing serial strengthens Agile Combat Employment planning, placing aircraft supportability, airfield inspection, ground equipment, and rapid maintenance at the centre of fast-jet resilience.

  • Marshall HUMVEE role strengthens UK support offer

    Marshall HUMVEE role strengthens UK support offer

    Marshall will support HUMVEE users under an AM General agreement. The arrangement gives the UK Light Mobility Vehicle bid a stronger domestic sustainment layer, covering diagnostics, parts, maintenance support, and through-life service capacity.

  • DRONEDEF turns counter-UAS into a layered production system

    DRONEDEF turns counter-UAS into a layered production system

    ASELSAN has now brought DRONEDEF into the counter-UAS market segment. The system combines radar, jamming, laser, high-power electromagnetic effects, interceptor drones, and airburst weapons, reflecting the shift from isolated counter-drone products to integrated production architectures.

  • Navantia’s Saudi corvette launch extends Avante production

    Navantia’s Saudi corvette launch extends Avante production

    Navantia has launched another Saudi corvette at Spain’s San Fernando. HMS ALMADINAH extends Avante 2200 production into a second batch, combining Spanish shipbuilding, Saudi completion work, combat-system integration, training, and long-term support.

  • Israel’s SMASH Hopper order sharpens remote fire-control production

    Israel’s SMASH Hopper order sharpens remote fire-control production

    Israel is expanding compact remote fire-control production for deployed forces. The SMASH Hopper order covers systems, spares, and services, strengthening a growing class of lightweight precision-fire equipment for vehicles, fixed positions, and unmanned platforms.

  • Skynopy link gives Look Up’s ATLAS² collision system a command route

    Skynopy link gives Look Up’s ATLAS² collision system a command route

    Skynopy will connect European collision detection to satellite manoeuvre command. Look Up’s ATLAS² programme links radar surveillance with automated response.

  • Northrop satellite award hardens US tactical SATCOM

    Northrop satellite award hardens US tactical SATCOM

    Northrop’s protected SATCOM award hardens tactical communications against jamming threats. The prototype combines payload, waveform, ground, and test work.

  • US CCA awards move autonomous combat aircraft into production territory

    US CCA awards move autonomous combat aircraft into production territory

    US autonomous combat aircraft are moving into production planning territory. CCA contracts separate airframes from mission-autonomy software development.