News
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BAE Systems has started production of its NavGuide GPS receiver. Initial deliveries are under way for the field-installable M-Code unit, which replaces DAGR while keeping compatibility with existing mounts, cables, accessories, and platform installations.
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US Special Operations Command is shifting MQ-9 investment toward air-launched effects, swarm pods, and human-machine interfaces, turning the Reaper into a control node for distributed unmanned systems.
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Bell’s armed MV-75A Cheyenne II concept points to a possible strike-oriented tiltrotor variant for future expeditionary operations, with weapons integration adding new manufacturing and certification complexity.
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A call for additional Type 31 frigates has renewed attention on Rosyth, east coast naval infrastructure, and the production capacity needed to sustain a larger UK surface fleet.
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Airbus will lead Spain’s Integrated Combat Training System, converting Hürjet aircraft into the Spanish SAETA II and coordinating a national industrial team across aircraft, simulators, sustainment, and mission systems.
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The Pentagon is studying whether Japanese and South Korean shipyards and designs could help accelerate US frigate and destroyer production as domestic capacity remains under pressure.
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Terra Drone has made a second strategic investment in Ukraine’s interceptor drone sector, adding fixed-wing capability from WinnyLab to its layered counter-drone portfolio.
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Singapore has cut steel for the third and fourth Victory-class Multi-Role Combat Vessels, moving its unmanned-systems mothership programme deeper into serial production at ST Engineering’s Benoi yard.
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Germany is holding off Palantir defence software contracts for now. The decision highlights procurement tension between battlefield AI tools, national military databases, contractor access, and sovereign control of sensitive defence data.
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Poland has started building its third and final Miecznik frigate. Steel cutting for Huragan moves the Polish Navy programme into parallel construction across all three Arrowhead 140-based ships at PGZ Stocznia Wojenna in Gdynia.