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Spain’s Indra Group announced on 30 October 2025 that it has officially launched IndraMind: the first Spanish technological initiative that develops sovereign artificial intelligence (AI) in a cyber-resilient environment for the comprehensive protection of citizens, territories and critical physical and digital infrastructures and assets. The move is intended as a decisive step towards strategic superiority […]

Germany’s Bundeswehr is equipping its medical service with SitaWare Battlefield Health, the software’s manufacturer, Systematic, announced on 31 October 2025. The SitaWare Battlefield Health software suite enables casualty tracking, patient documentation and the creation of an operational picture. With the Bundeswehr acquiring an enterprise licence for SitaWare Battlefield Health, the software will provide it with […]

The UK government has signed a new defence agreement with Qatar. The agreement was signed on 29 October 2025 by UK Defence Secretary John Healey during a meeting with the Amir of Qatar, His Highness Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, during a visit to Doha. The new enhanced Defence Assurance Arrangement deepens the UK’s defence […]

A US soldier – as opposed to a trained aviator – has planned and executed real-world missions in military exercises with Lockheed Martin Sikorsky’s Optionally Piloted (OPV) Black Hawk helicopter, Lockheed Martin announced on 30 October 2025. The missions were actually conducted in August 2025 during the US Army reserve component readiness exercise ‘Northern Strike […]

The German and British procurement agencies have signed a contract, valued over EUR 450 million, with Europe’s Organization for Joint Armament Cooperation (OCCAR) through which they jointly acquire the latest generation of M3 amphibious bridging and ferry capabilities from General Dynamics European Land Systems (GDELS) – Bridge Systems in Kaiserslautern, GDELS announced on 30 October. […]

American Rheinmetall has been awarded a contract valued at USD 31 million (EUR 26.6 million) to support a Rapid Damage Assessment and Repair Demonstration for the US Army and Ukrainian armed forces, Rheinmetall announced on 30 October 2025. Under this 18-month contract, awarded by the National Center for Manufacturing Sciences (NCMS), American Rheinmetall will develop […]

US solid rocket motor (SRM) manufacturer X-Bow Systems announced on 29 October 2025 that it is to become the first customer to adopt the Astris AI Factory: a secure, end-to-end artificial intelligence (AI) platform developed by Lockheed Martin’s Astris AI business. The move is designed to accelerate X-Bow’s ability to meet urgent national security production […]

During October 2025’s Association of the US Army (AUSA) annual meeting in Washington DC, ESD industry leadership interviewer Curtis Hand had the benefit of a private meeting and demonstration briefing with Kopin’s self-described ‘Turn Around CEO’, Michael Murray. Westborough, Massachusetts-based Kopin is a leading provider of micro-displays and headset solutions for consumer, enterprise, medical and […]

Russia’s leaders reported the successful testing of two of the country’s strategic, nuclear-powered ‘wonder weapons’ in late October 2025. In Moscow on 29 October Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that the previous day had seen a successful testing of the nuclear-powered 2M39 Poseidon unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV)/torpedo, which is capable of delivering both conventional and […]

South Korea’s Hanwha announced on 29 October 2025 that it is exploring strategic co-operation with US-based artificial intelligence (AI) and autonomy specialist HavocAI to accelerate its expansion into the global unmanned maritime systems market, including in the United States. On 28 October HavocAI CEO Paul Lwin and members of his research team visited Hanwha Ocean’s […]

Lockheed Martin announced on 29 October 2025 that it has made a USD 50 million investment in Saildrone, which it described as a global leader in maritime autonomous systems. The strategic collaboration is intended to deliver commercially available unmanned surface vehicles (USVs) equipped with lethal, combat-proven defence technology. The companies will collaborate with a goal […]

A pair of Scorpion Light 81 mm mobile mortar systems from Tampa-based Global Military Products have been demonstrating their worth during one of the US Army’s Transformation in Contact (TiC) 2.0 events in Hawaii. Held at Schofield Barracks on Oahu from 20 to 25 October 2025 the TiC 2.0 event provided soldiers from the US […]

Rheinmetall and the German arm of MBDA have transferred a laser demonstrator for the German Navy to the Laser Competence Centre at the Technical Centre for Weapons and Ammunition (WTD 91) in Meppen for further testing, Rheinmetall announced on 27 October 2025. The move, which follows the successful completion of a one-year trial phase of the […]

The US Army has awarded Saab a contract to provide Giraffe 1X radars in support of providing counter-unmanned aerial system (C-UAS) capabilities to its security co-operation partners, Saab announced on 28 October 2025. The order, which is valued at around USD 46 million (EUR 39.4 million), was booked in the third quarter of 2025, with […]

Rheinmetall and Bulgarian company VMZ (Vazovski Mashinostroitelni Zavodi) are establishing a joint venture for the development and manufacture of artillery shells and energetic materials, with an agreement to that effect signed on 28 October 2025. The total investment in the joint venture amounts to approximately EUR 1 billion, which Rheinmetall asserted as “one of the […]

The Armament Agency of the Polish Ministry of National Defence (MND) has contracted WB Group to supply additional FlyEye unmanned aerial systems (UASs). A fourth executive agreement for the delivery of multiple FlyEye UAS sets was signed on 24 October by WB Group President Piotr Wojciechowski and Colonel Piotr Paluch, deputy head of the Armament […]

Israel’s BIRD Aerosystems has completed the delivery, integration and commissioning of its Advanced Airborne Missile Protection Systems (AMPS) for an unnamed African air force, the company announced on 28 October 2025. The project involved installing and flight testing AMPS on a fleet of Mi-17 and Mi-24 helicopters, ensuring full operational readiness and enhanced protection against […]

The UK has signed a deal with Türkiye worth up to GBP 8 billion (EUR 9.6 billion) to supply Ankara with 20 Eurofighter Typhoons. The multi-billion pound deal – the first new order for UK-built Typhoon fighters since 2017 – was signed as UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer was hosted by Turkish President Recep […]

Cummings Aerospace has recently completed a flight test demonstrating the extended-range capability of its Hellhound S3 unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)/loitering munition. The S3, a variant within Cummings’ Hellhound family of UAVs developed as an end-to-end weapon system, is a vertical-launch, fixed-wing ‘kamikaze drone’ that can be modified to meet the demands of the mission, allowing […]

Airbus Defence and Space and the Portuguese Cluster for Aeronautics, Space and Defence Industries (AED Cluster Portugal) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to identify co-operation opportunities ahead of the country’s upcoming fighter fleet replacement, Airbus announced on 27 October 2025. The MoU positions the Eurofighter Typhoon as a “truly European solution” to replace […]

The US Army has ordered nine more CH-47F Block II Chinooks from Boeing via two contract awards, the company announced on 21 October 2025. The Lot 4 and 5 awards, valued at USD 461 million (EUR 396 million), bring the number of CH-47F Block II aircraft under contract for the regular US Army to 18. […]