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Norway is receiving the first Leopard 2A8NOR tanks from Germany. The 54-vehicle programme combines German production, Norwegian industrial participation through RITEK, and upgraded electronic systems developed with Kongsberg for the latest Leopard 2A8 baseline.
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Airbus has maintained confidence in Eurodrone despite French uncertainty. The company has also removed long-running A400M production-risk language, pointing to a steadier industrial outlook for two major European defence aerospace programmes.
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Ajax acceptance will restart after a new safety investigation concluded. The UK will resume acceptance from General Dynamics under strict controls, with phased trials, separated vehicles, and planned improvements to air filtration, heating, and electrical power generation.
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CISA and the NCSC have warned about Firestarter malware. The backdoor targets Cisco ASA, Firepower, and Secure Firewall infrastructure, creating persistence concerns for government, defence, and critical national infrastructure networks.
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Japan is weighing deeper electronic warfare cooperation with Northrop Grumman. The discussions cover electromagnetic-spectrum detection, disruption, simulation, and training systems as Tokyo strengthens its ability to counter software-defined, wideband, distributed, and multispectral threats.
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Rheinmetall has secured a €1.04bn Bundeswehr order. The contract covers modernisation and 237 additional IdZ-ES platoon systems, expanding digital soldier equipment across more than 12,000 German troops.
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Australia will build a second long-range fires regiment at Edinburgh. The $2.3bn investment selects HIMARS and PrSM while expanding domestic missile manufacturing and supply-chain work around GMLRS, PrSM, and locally produced components.
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A new Raven 5 air-defence configuration has emerged. The UK-developed system uses ASRAAM missiles on a 360-degree Moog flexible mission platform, doubling launcher loadout from two to four missiles.
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Rolls-Royce has opened a Bristol additive manufacturing cell. The MoD-backed facility will produce critical next-generation engine components and support GCAP, future combat power, and propulsion development.
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Indonesia has used a C-705 missile against a land target. The firing from KRI Sampari expands the employment profile of a naval strike weapon already fielded across the country’s fast attack craft fleet.