RAF Typhoon operations have tested contingency basing options at Akrotiri. A taxiway take-off and landing serial strengthens Agile Combat Employment planning, placing aircraft supportability, airfield inspection, ground equipment, and rapid maintenance at the centre of fast-jet resilience.
Marshall will support HUMVEE users under an AM General agreement. The arrangement gives the UK Light Mobility Vehicle bid a stronger domestic sustainment layer, covering diagnostics, parts, maintenance support, and through-life service capacity.
ASELSAN has now brought DRONEDEF into the counter-UAS market segment. The system combines radar, jamming, laser, high-power electromagnetic effects, interceptor drones, and airburst weapons, reflecting the shift from isolated counter-drone products to integrated production architectures.
Navantia has launched another Saudi corvette at Spain’s San Fernando. HMS ALMADINAH extends Avante 2200 production into a second batch, combining Spanish shipbuilding, Saudi completion work, combat-system integration, training, and long-term support.
Israel is expanding compact remote fire-control production for deployed forces. The SMASH Hopper order covers systems, spares, and services, strengthening a growing class of lightweight precision-fire equipment for vehicles, fixed positions, and unmanned platforms.
Skynopy will connect European collision detection to satellite manoeuvre command. Look Up’s ATLAS² programme links radar surveillance with automated response.
Northrop’s protected SATCOM award hardens tactical communications against jamming threats. The prototype combines payload, waveform, ground, and test work.
US autonomous combat aircraft are moving into production planning territory. CCA contracts separate airframes from mission-autonomy software development.
SEA’s AUKUS funding puts acoustic modelling behind undersea autonomy control. The work supports communications planning for autonomous maritime systems.
Hostile-state cyber activity is putting suppliers inside national defence risk. The NCSC warning strengthens pressure on production resilience and recovery.