Australia has advanced three major air surveillance programmes in parallel. Triton and Peregrine have reached IOC, while domestic P-8A upgrade work is moving into South Australia.
Arcanus plans multi-domain defence manufacturing expansion at Ontario’s Oro Station. The proposed three-phase campus covers UAV production, land systems, counter-UAS integration, and later maritime autonomy.
CAE USA has secured continued C-130H aircrew training through 2035. The $300 million recompete covers instruction, simulator sustainment, logistics, cybersecurity, maintenance, and continuing upgrades.
General Atomics has delivered another FQ-42 Vengeance aircraft to Creech. The Collaborative Combat Aircraft will join continued test and evaluation as production activity expands.
L3Harris and Navy partners will expand Tomahawk component production capacity. The multi-year China Lake agreement uses public-private manufacturing to address pressure deeper within the missile supply chain.
BAE Systems completed critical design review for Epoch 2 satellites. The $1.2 billion Space Force programme covers ten missile-warning spacecraft and the ground system that will command and operate them.
Hanwha plans a $2.2 billion munitions manufacturing campus in Arkansas. The Pine Bluff Arsenal project will focus on 155mm propellant charges and base bleed units, with nearly 400 jobs projected.
Ocean Power deployed three WAM-V classes across five REPMUS missions. The vessels covered surveying, mine countermeasures, harbour security, surveillance, and above-water warfare while integrating with US command-and-control.
Rheinmetall is testing networked unmanned systems during REPMUS26 in Portugal. The exercise combines a containerised command post, Battlesuite middleware, and multi-vendor maritime sensors.
Denmark has ordered additional radars for military counter-drone surveillance duties. The Weibel systems add detection, classification, tracking, maintenance, and continuing software support to the developing national capability.