News
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India is bringing Tejas engine overhaul support closer to home, with a new F404 depot arrangement set to improve repair turnaround, deepen sustainment capability, and strengthen the industrial backbone behind fleet availability.
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Australia has fired its first domestically produced GMLRS round, turning sovereign missile production from industrial promise into live capability and giving the Army’s HIMARS programme a clearer local sustainment path.
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Red Wolf integration broadens the Skyraider II family’s strike envelope. The pairing points to a lighter, more distributed offensive model built around austere aircraft and launched effects.
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Poland’s FA-50PL has moved closer to beyond-visual-range combat capability now. The shift would give the aircraft a more credible NATO air-defence role and raise the technical stakes of integration work.
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France is expanding FDI missile capacity as programme accelerates further. A deeper vertical-launch fit would give the class more air-defence depth as serial production gathers speed.
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Britain’s Indonesia rescue deal pushes specialist subsea manufacturing further upward. The package supports submarine rescue exports, new work for UK suppliers, and a deeper industrial role in safety-critical naval support systems.
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Singapore’s third Invincible-class submarine has reached home waters successfully now. Its return brings another custom-built boat into the Republic of Singapore Navy’s local work-up cycle, while the wider Type 218SG programme keeps expanding.
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France’s updated defence programming law adds major weight to munitions, drones, and counter-drone systems, pushing the industrial base further toward sustained output, strategic stockholding, and faster production rhythms across missiles, rocket systems, and tactical unmanned platforms.
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The US Navy’s FY2027 request includes funding for an FF(X) frigate and advance procurement for BBG(X), signalling a new surface-combatant push tied to long-lead buying, yard readiness, and renewed pressure on the US surface-ship industrial base.
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BAE Systems has fired APKWS from a Typhoon in a UK trial, advancing a lower-cost interceptor option for counter-UAS missions and pushing weapon integration, launcher qualification, and certification work further up the agenda for the UK combat-air industrial base.