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  • SBOM rules move software provenance onto production lines

    SBOM rules move software provenance onto production lines

    Allied cyber agencies have tightened minimum SBOM data requirements significantly. The updated baseline adds stronger expectations around hashes, licences, generation tools, context, versions, and machine readable records.

  • Robot boats turn drone launch into a shipyard problem

    Robot boats turn drone launch into a shipyard problem

    The Pentagon wants robot boats capable of deploying armed drones. SWAP-USV prioritises mature vessels able to launch, control, recover, transport, and support modular aerial payloads.

  • Patriot’s .62bn framework moves pressure into factories

    Patriot’s $58.62bn framework moves pressure into factories

    Lockheed Martin’s Patriot framework extends interceptor production through fiscal 2032. The potential $58.62 billion programme supports a planned tripling of PAC-3 MSE capacity by 2030.

  • US submarine award locks in a decade of yard pressure

    US submarine award locks in a decade of yard pressure

    Washington has committed $76.6 billion across two submarine production lines. The package covers nine Virginia boats, five Columbia submarines, material procurement, and supporting shipyard capacity.

  • Waddington becomes NATO’s MQ-9B classroom

    Waddington becomes NATO’s MQ-9B classroom

    Inzpire will deliver multinational MQ-9B training through RAF Waddington instructors. The programme must align live and synthetic instruction with changing software, sensors, weapons, and national configurations.

  • NATO pooling could steady the A400M line

    NATO pooling could steady the A400M line

    Seven NATO allies are developing a pooled A400M airlift fleet. Shared procurement would create common requirements for production, logistics, maintenance, training, configuration, and operational control.

  • NH90 Standard 2 enters special operations service

    NH90 Standard 2 enters special operations service

    France has received its first special operations NH90 Standard 2. The configuration adds upgraded electro optics, crew interfaces, defensive positions, digital mapping, and provision for distributed aperture sensing.

  • Bayern refit tackles three decades of obsolescence

    Bayern refit tackles three decades of obsolescence

    Rheinmetall will modernise frigate Bayern around a replacement combat system. Radar, propulsion, engineering, and anti submarine upgrades will extend the German vessel’s service life beyond 2035.

  • US submarine award locks in a decade of yard pressure

    Britain locks in Dreadnought’s next production phase

    Britain has committed £8.4 billion to Dreadnought’s next production phase. The package advances four submarines while linking further spending with productivity, supplier performance, infrastructure, and workforce expansion.

  • Taiwan moves Iron Cavalry towards serial production

    Taiwan moves Iron Cavalry towards serial production

    Taiwan plans to manufacture 246 reconnaissance vehicles from 2028 onwards. Iron Cavalry combines local vehicle integration, elevated surveillance sensors, a remote weapon station, and supporting electronics.