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GE Aerospace and Lockheed Martin have completed a series of engine tests demonstrating the viability of a liquid-fuelled, rotating-detonation ramjet for use in hypersonic missiles, Lockheed Martin announced on 14 January 2026. The development is the first initiative between the companies under a broader joint technology development arrangement. The fuel-efficient, rotating-detonation ramjet promises to fly […]

Northrop Grumman has been contracted to manufacture and deliver to the US Navy a new advanced lightweight torpedo with a custom-designed warhead to increase its lethality, the company announced on 12 January 2026. The contract, worth USD 233 million (EUR 201 million), covers the proof of manufacturing and qualification phases, as well as delivery of […]

The NATO Helicopter Management Agency (NAHEMA) has awarded Thales a contract to develop advanced functions and capabilities for the TopOwl digital display (DD) helmet for helicopter pilots following an order for 31 NH90 helicopters by the Spanish Ministry of Defence, Thales announced on 14 January 2026. The contract, secured in collaboration with NHIndustries (NHI) and […]

Germany’s Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support and the NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) have announced the procurement of eight MQ-9B SeaGuardian unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) from General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc (GA-ASI), the company announced on 12 January 2026. The programme includes four Certifiable Ground Control Stations, with the […]

The Mission Technologies division of Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) has been awarded a contract by the US Missile Defense Agency (MDA) in relation to its Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) programme, HII announced on 13 January 2026. The indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract, which has a ceiling value of USD 151 billion (EUR 130 billion), […]

Second Front Systems (2F), a US specialist in accelerating the adoption of commercial technology for defence, announced on 13 January 2026 that it has partnered with UK-based drone operations and data intelligence company StirlingX. The tie-up is aimed at enabling the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD), the UK security community and critical national infrastructure (CNI) […]

X-Bow Systems, a leading non-traditional producer of advanced manufactured solid rocket motors (SRMs), announced on 12 January 2026 that it has successfully completed the preliminary design review (PDR) for its Mk 72 booster and Mk 104 dual-thrust SRM development contracts for the US Navy’s Standard Missile programme. The milestone, X-Box Systems noted, represents a crucial […]

Russia launched another attack on Ukraine using an Oreshnik intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) on the night of 8/9 January 2026, confirming the attack in a statement published on the Russian Ministry of Defence’s (MoD’s) Telegram social media channel. The Russian MoD stated that on 9 January it had launched “a massive strike using long-range, land- […]

Lockheed Martin has chalked up a record-breaking year for the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter programme, delivering 191 F-35s throughout the year to surpass its previous annual delivery record of 142, the company announced on 7 January 2026. The milestone follows Lockheed Martin announcing on 3 March 2025 that the global fleet of F-35s […]

Northrop Grumman has been competitively awarded the US Marine Corps’ (USMC’s) Marine Air-Ground Task Force Uncrewed Expeditionary Tactical Aircraft (MUX TACAIR) collaborative combat aircraft (CCA) programme, the company announced on 8 January 2026. The programme will combine Northrop Grumman’s uncrewed and autonomous system capabilities with Kratos’ Valkyrie uncrewed aerial vehicle (UAV) to produce a CCA that […]

The US Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) has achieved a milestone in advancing F-35 Lightning II aircraft integration with the US Navy’s Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) during a recent tactical demonstration in its Joint Simulation Environment (JSE), US Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) announced on 5 January 2026. The event demonstrated how advanced […]

Airbus Defence and Space and Indra Group have been selected by the Spanish Ministry of Defence to carry out a conceptual definition study for a future signals intelligence (SIGINT) aircraft for the Spanish Air and Space Force, Airbus announced on 30 December 2025. This 18-month study will cover the analysis and definition of the most […]

In his first major act of 2026 US President Donald Trump followed through on his threat to intervene in Venezuela by green-lighting Operation ‘Absolute Resolve’, which on 3 January led to the successful capture and rendition back to the United States of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Adela Flores, both of whom […]

The French General Directorate of Armaments (Direction Générale de l’Armement – DGA) contracted Saab on 30 December 2025 to supply two GlobalEye airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft, Saab announced the same day. The value of the order, which includes ground equipment, training and support, is approximately SEK 12.3 billion (EUR 1.14 billion), with […]

The Spanish Ministry of Defence’s Directorate General for Armament and Material (DGAM) has placed orders for a total of 100 helicopters from both Airbus Helicopters and NHIndustries: the joint venture in which Airbus combines with Leonardo and GKN Fokker to produce the NH90 helicopter. The contracts, announced by Airbus on 18 December 2025, represent the […]

The US Marine Corps (USMC) has performed a successful low-altitude test firing of the L3Harris Technologies Red Wolf launched-effects vehicle over the Atlantic Test Range off the US East Coast, L3Harris announced on 19 December 2025. The test, which was conducted in September 2025, involved a Red Wolf vehicle mounted to the pylon of an […]

Embraer has delivered the first five A-29N Super Tucanos to the Portuguese Air Force (Força Aérea Portuguesa – FAP). The aircraft were officially handed over on 17 December 2025 during a ceremony held at the facilities in Alverca of Portuguese aerospace company Indústria Aeronáutica de Portugal (OGMA), in which Embraer has a majority stake. The […]

Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works and drone specialist XTEND have collaborated to integrate the XTEND Operating System (XOS) into Skunk Works’ MDCX autonomy platform, allowing simultaneous command and control (C2) of multiple classes of unmanned aerial system (UAS) and creating improved situational awareness for lower-level mission execution in joint all-domain C2 (JADC2) scenarios, Lockheed Martin announced on 18 December […]

Leonardo has been contracted by the Italian Directorate of Aeronautical Armaments and Airworthiness to supply 12 M-346 multirole aircraft for the Austrian Air Force (Luftstreitkräfte), the company announced on 17 December 2025. The contract includes aircraft supplied in the light fighter configuration under the new M-346 F Block 20 standard, equipped with cockpits featuring a […]

Collins Elbit Vision Systems (CEVS), the joint venture between Elbit Systems of America and Collins Aerospace, has successfully completed the critical design review (CDR) for the Zero-G Helmet Mounted Display System+ (HMDS+), Collins’ parent company RTX announced on 12 December 2025. The Zero-G HMDS+ has been tailored specifically to meet US Navy (USN) requirements under […]

In a ceremony on 16 December 2025 at Lockheed Martin’s F-35 production facility in Fort Worth, Texas, government and military leaders from the United States and Finland celebrated the rollout of the first F-35A Lightning II fighter for the Finnish Air Force. This first aircraft will be delivered to the Finnish Air Force in early 2026 and will be ferried […]