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  • GM Defense receives major ISV Utility modification

    GM Defense has received a major ISV Utility modification award. The $697.7 million contract change supports engineering changes as Army demand for the light vehicle family expands.


  • Image Scan wins first major ClanTect contract

    Image Scan has secured ClanTect’s first major post-acquisition contract win. Six human-presence detection systems will support state border-security operations in Eurasia.


  • OpenWorks expands US counter-drone manufacturing footprint

    OpenWorks is expanding its American counter-drone manufacturing and support footprint. A Virginia headquarters is operating, with a Detroit production facility planned for later in 2026.


  • Bittium and Safran target French tactical communications

    Bittium and Safran will explore French tactical communications programmes together. Their two-year agreement spans air defence, counter-drone systems, unmanned platforms, mission networks, and soldier radios.


  • Rheinmetall clears infantry simulator factory acceptance

    Rheinmetall has cleared factory acceptance for Germany’s new infantry simulator. Five AGSW systems are due by mid-2027 as training begins alongside Heavy Infantry Weapon Carrier deliveries.


  • Netherlands tightens control over defence super fibres

    Dutch Defence is tightening procurement control over critical super fibres. European origin requirements could reach existing contracts as the Netherlands seeks to protect strategically important production capacity.


  • Dassault flight-tests sovereign AI aboard Rafale

    Dassault has flight-tested two sovereign AI algorithms aboard Rafale aircraft. Both are mature enough for potential future upgrades as France develops supervised AI for collaborative air combat.


  • GM Defense receives major ISV Utility modification

    Britain and America have fired a torpedo from uncrewed Excalibur. The AUKUS trial moves the Royal Navy’s experimental XLUUV into heavyweight weapon release testing.


  • Australia joins NATO distributed synthetic training partnership

    Australia has joined NATO’s multinational distributed synthetic training capability project. The arrangement opens access to connected simulation environments spanning land, maritime, air, space, and cyber.


  • DTC radios selected for Polish unmanned aircraft

    Australian radio technology will equip Polish unmanned aircraft communications systems. DTC’s agreement with FlyFocus brings Adelaide-designed resilient connectivity into a European UAV programme.