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Britain’s P-8A force is moving closer to sovereign torpedo integration. Planned Sting Ray Mod 1 flight trials will test the physical integration path from UK lightweight torpedo production to RAF maritime patrol operations.
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Australia’s future Mogami frigates will receive a new terminal-defence layer. Raytheon’s SeaRAM contract links US missile-defence production, Japanese shipbuilding, and Australian naval recapitalisation under the Sea3000 general-purpose frigate programme.
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Viettel has widened Vietnam’s uncrewed systems portfolio at SAHA 2026. The new reconnaissance UAVs and loitering munition point to a maturing domestic production base for surveillance, targeting, electronic resilience, and tactical precision strike.
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India’s scramjet programme has moved deeper into long-duration propulsion testing. DRDO’s latest combustor run strengthens the engineering base for hypersonic cruise missile development, with active cooling, fuel chemistry, thermal coatings, and advanced manufacturing now moving closer to flight-relevant maturity.
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Northrop Grumman’s B-21 Raider Combined Test Force has completed a planned 180-day test cycle in 73 days, highlighting the role of digital engineering, integrated test planning, and production discipline in the US Air Force’s next-generation bomber programme.
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Kratos has selected Odon, Indiana, as the site for Project Helios, a hypersonic aerothermal testing facility intended to expand US material evaluation capacity and bridge laboratory development with fielded high-speed systems.
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Saab has launched the HEAT 758 anti-tank round for the Carl-Gustaf weapon system, adding a tandem-warhead munition designed to defeat explosive reactive armour and already moving into production for an undisclosed customer.
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STM has introduced Kuzgun, a long-range loitering munition designed for autonomous deep-strike missions, reflecting the rapid industrialisation of low-cost one-way attack drones and the growing demand for scalable strike systems below cruise-missile cost.
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Türkiye has unveiled technical details of the Yıldırımhan long-range missile, including liquid-fuel propulsion and a 6,000km range specification, placing propulsion chemistry, strategic deterrence, and domestic missile production at the centre of Ankara’s defence-industrial ambitions.
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US Marines and Philippine Navy personnel have tested the Firestorm Tempest drone during Balikatan 2026, adding a modular unmanned aircraft and distributed production model to the Indo-Pacific’s expanding littoral warfare toolkit.