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Lockheed Martin has unveiled Lamprey, a multi-mission undersea vehicle design. The internally funded MMAUV uses an open-architecture payload bay and a host-attachment concept to support assured access and sea denial missions.
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Ondas’s 4M Defense has won a $30m demining contract award. The multi-year Israel programme covers about 741 acres along the Israel–Syria border, with an initial execution period of up to three years.
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ST Engineering will modify Airbus A330 MRTT+ cabin layouts worldwide. A new MoU with Airbus Defence and Space covers engineering design, certification, and aircraft modification services for an A330 MRTT+ cabin programme.
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BAE Systems will export CMWS missile warning kits to allies. U.S. Army foreign military sales contracts worth $137m cover deliveries to allied nations, expanding a system already fitted to more than 40 aircraft types.
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France has ordered Aliaca Vertical drones for naval surveillance tasks. The DGA order makes the French Navy the first operator of Airbus’ VTOL Aliaca configuration, with deliveries due to begin in May 2026 after qualification.
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Elbit has won over $100m for new IDF digitisation contracts. The work covers advanced digital warfare and border defence systems, integrating C4I networks, sensors, and effectors across tactical formations.
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Boeing will modernise the C-17A cockpit to extend fleet life. A U.S. Air Force contract funds a modular, open-systems avionics refresh aimed at resolving obsolescence and supporting new capabilities through 2075.
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Honeywell and LIG Nex1 have signed a new MoU framework. The agreement sets out a non-exclusive path to collaborate on UAV technologies spanning UCAVs and collaborative combat aircraft, with additional scope for selected space, electromagnetic defence, and cybersecurity applications.
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Airbus is assessing a higher-capacity A350 derivative programme next decade. With widebody backlogs rising and A350 production still ramping, any move to add a larger A350 variant would lock in long-term investment across final assembly, structures, and engine support.
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NATO’s Joint Warfare Centre is rewriting how the Alliance exercises. A new five-year campaign plan shifts training away from headquarters process drills toward theatre-wide, operationally grounded scenarios, using modelling, simulation, and AI-enabled tools to pressure-test real plans through 2030.