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BOREALIS reached initial operating capability six months ahead of schedule. The UK system strengthens sovereign space-domain awareness through secure software, operational data fusion, and command-and-control tools.
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Thales and QinetiQ are advancing UK soft-kill vehicle protection systems. The NGSK work will test electro-optic countermeasures for armoured vehicles and future modular active protection architectures.
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Elbit is accelerating counter-drone hardware for explosive aerial threat systems. The work reflects a wider production shift toward layered sensing, electronic attack, directed energy, and affordable defeat mechanisms.
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India’s Su-30MKI jammer upgrade is now moving toward flight evaluation. The programme strengthens domestic airborne electronic warfare production across DRDO, BEL, DARE, and private suppliers.
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Hanwha Ocean has turned Canada’s submarine competition into pier-side theatre. ROKS Dosan Ahn Changho gives the KSS-III bid a live platform for endurance, production maturity, and sustainment credibility.
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South Korea has set a nuclear-submarine target for the mid-2030s. The Jang Bogo N plan puts naval reactors, submarine construction, systems integration, and long-term sustainment into a single domestic industrial programme.
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Teledyne FLIR recognition highlights infrared sensor supply-chain pressure inside defence. Northrop Grumman’s supplier award underlines the production role of high-volume thermal imaging modules across weapons, aircraft, missile defence, and space systems.
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US Army interceptor work targets air-defence cost pressures directly now. The service is seeking sub-$1 million rounds compatible with Patriot launchers and IBCS to counter mass air and missile threats.
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MQ-9B airborne early warning flight advances unmanned surveillance options globally. GA-ASI and Saab have flown AEW pods on an MQ-9B, opening a development path for persistent airborne sensing.
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HII has highlighted REMUS and ROMULUS autonomy at Farnborough event. The showcase links unmanned underwater vehicles, autonomous surface vessels, control software, and UK sustainment capacity around allied naval autonomy.