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  • Tridon Mk2 seeks an Indian production route

    Tridon Mk2 seeks an Indian production route

    BAE Systems is exploring Indian production for its Tridon Mk2. Any programme would combine vehicle integration, programmable 40mm ammunition, sensors, fire control, and long-term support within India’s expanding counter-drone industrial base.

  • Sureshastra order stretches India’s loitering-munition reach

    Sureshastra order stretches India’s loitering-munition reach

    India has ordered a longer-range Sureshastra loitering munition for production. The programme extends domestic precision-strike manufacturing towards 300km-class operations, with propulsion, navigation resilience, and repeatable assembly shaping its route to scale.

  • Dire WOLF puts autonomous logistics onto a military chassis

    Dire WOLF puts autonomous logistics onto a military chassis

    BLADE has entered Project Sustainment with its Dire WOLF vehicle. The six-wheeled diesel-electric platform will be assessed for autonomous supply movement through contested and physically demanding environments.

  • Sureshastra order stretches India’s loitering-munition reach

    P550 moves from adaptable drone to Army production programme

    AeroVironment has secured $117.3m for eighty-two P550 unmanned aircraft systems. The initial full-rate procurement will test modular payload production, battery support, software control, and open-system configuration at fleet scale.

  • Lithuania’s patrol-ship proposal grows into a modular combatant

    Lithuania’s patrol-ship proposal grows into a modular combatant

    Naval Group has sharpened its modular patrol-vessel offer for Lithuania. The proposed MP-OPV combines heavier armament, containerised mission capacity, unmanned systems, and an industrial partnership involving Lithuanian shipbuilding and research organisations.

  • Lanternfish connects sonar to the counter-UUV production chain

    Lanternfish connects sonar to the counter-UUV production chain

    Anduril and Ultra Maritime have connected distributed undersea surveillance systems. Their Lanternfish demonstration linked deployable sonar, processing software, and US Navy command networks against advanced uncrewed underwater vehicles.

  • Britain counts the engineers behind its defence expansion

    Britain counts the engineers behind its defence expansion

    Babcock and Oxford are mapping Britain’s future defence-engineering workforce requirements. The study covers artificial intelligence, autonomy, cybersecurity, advanced manufacturing, digital engineering, and the established technical disciplines needed to deliver equipment.

  • Italy builds a regional workshop around the C-130J

    Italy builds a regional workshop around the C-130J

    Italy will host expanded regional maintenance capacity for C-130J operators. Leonardo and Lockheed Martin plan to support fleets across Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa through certified engineering, repair, training, and sustainment services.

  • Cameri gives Poland a European F-35 production route

    Cameri gives Poland a European F-35 production route

    Poland’s first Cameri-assembled F-35A has completed its maiden flight successfully. Half of the country’s initial 32-aircraft order is planned for Italian assembly, linking procurement with Europe’s production and sustainment network.

  • Dutch sonar contract packages ASW for modular deployment

    Dutch sonar contract packages ASW for modular deployment

    The Netherlands has selected containerised sonar for deployable anti-submarine warfare. OPTICS11 will package fibre-optic sensing, array handling, processing, and supporting equipment for crewed and uncrewed vessels.