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EDGE Group is in the final stages of securing an agreement with the Angolan Interior Ministry under which EDGE’s Beacon Red business will deploy a comprehensive border security programme for the country. EDGE stated in a 22 October 2025 press release that a Letter of Intent (LoI) was signed by Omar Al Zaabi, the president […]

The Swedish Air Force (SwAF) accepted into operational service its first Saab Gripen E fighter on 20 October 2025 during an event at the base of its Skaraborg Wing (F7), located at Såtenäs in southwest Sweden. The event was attended by Swedish Defence Minister Pål Jonson, who stated on his X social media account on […]

General Dynamics European Land Systems (GDELS) announced on 20 October 2025 that it has been commissioned by Germany’s Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support (BAAINBw) to deliver the next-generation reconnaissance vehicle for the German Army Reconnaissance Corps, to be introduced as the Luchs 2. The acquisition has a contract value of […]

Vehicle integrator and armour manufacturer NP Aerospace announced the launch of its upgraded armoured Toyota Land Cruiser LC300 vehicle on 21 October 2025, the announcement coinciding with the Civilian Armoured Vehicle (CAV) Forum taking place in Geneva from 21-23 October. The intellectual property rights for the vehicle, along with certain other assets of Jankel Armouring […]

ST Engineering launched the Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN)’s first Victory-class Multi-Role Combat Vessel (MRCV), Victory, at its Benoi Yard on 21 October 2025 in a ceremony officiated by Singapore’s defence minister, Chan Chun Sing. Victory is the first of six MRCVs to be built by ST Engineering under a contract awarded by the Singaporean […]

Aselsan announced on 21 October 2025 that its Murad 110-A active electronically scanned-array (AESA) fire control radar has completed its first flight on a Bayraktar Kızılelma carrier-capable unmanned combat air vehicle (UCAV). The Murad 110-A AESA radar provides agile electronic beam steering, multi-target detection and tracking, and beyond-visual-range missile guidance in air-to-air and air-to-ground modes […]

Mine countermeasures (MCM) operators at the ‘REPMUS’ maritime uncrewed systems exercise, held in Portugal in September 2025, tested an improved data fusion construct that collated and integrated massed data from multiple sensing sources into a single, comprehensive common operating picture (COP) presented to the exercise’s naval mine warfare (NMW) battlestaff. Data was ingested, standardised and […]

L3Harris Technologies and Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to jointly pursue the Israeli Light-Attack Aircraft programme with L3Harris’ Sky Warden aircraft. The MoU, announced by L3Harris on 15 October 2025, establishes an integrated team that will combine the Sky Warden – a low-cost, high-endurance intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) aircraft derived […]

ARTEC, the 64:36 joint venture between Rheinmetall and KNDS that produces the Boxer 8×8 multi-role armoured vehicle, has received an order via Europe’s Organisation for Joint Armament Cooperation (Organisation Conjointe de Coopération en matière d’ARmement – OCCAR) to produce a total of 222 Schakal (Jackal) infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs) for Germany and the Netherlands, Rheinmetall announced on 20 […]

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc (GA-ASI) announced on 17 October 2025 that it has been contracted by the US Navy (USN) to develop conceptual designs for a collaborative combat aircraft (CCA) to operate within the navy’s future carrier air wings. The USN’s CCA requirements emphasise modular platforms capable of being rapidly reconfigured and upgraded to […]

Saab has received an order from the NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) for the life-time extension of the Spanish Army’s Arthur radar systems, the company announced on 20 October 2025. The order, which is valued at around SEK 540 million (EUR 49.4 million), “will, with modern technology, ensure the critical capabilities of Spain’s artillery […]

Germany has ordered another 20 Eurofighters for the Luftwaffe, Airbus announced on 15 October 2025. The order followed the Budget Committee of the German Bundestag approving the acquisition on 8 October. That an order for Tranche 5 Eurofighters would be placed by the end of 2025 was initially announced in June 2024 by the then […]

BAE Systems continues to make progress with its M109-52 self-propelled howitzer (SPH), which involves integrating the proven Rheinmetall L52 155 mm gun onto the M109A7 SPH, with a view to addressing the US Army’s Self-Propelled Howitzer Modernization (SPH-M) programme. Speaking to ESD at the 2025 Association of the US Army (AUSA) show in Washington, DC, […]

The Turkish Ministry of National Defense (MND) has confirmed that its long-expected plan to acquire 12 ex-Royal Air Force (RAF) C-130J-10 Hercules transport aircraft is going ahead as planned. During a weekly press briefing in Ankara on 16 October 2025, MND spokesman Rear Admiral Zeki Akturk stated that the aircraft “will be gradually incorporated into […]

Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) subsidiary BlueBird Aero Systems and its US partner AEVEX Aerospace debuted the OmniRaider vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) at the 2025 Association of the US Army show, held in Washington, DC, from 13 to 15 October. As a US version of BlueBird’s ThunderB-VTOL hybrid fixed-wing UAV, the […]

Brazil’s Embraer Defense & Security and India’s Mahindra Group have signed a landmark strategic cooperation agreement (SCA) to advance Embraer’s C-390 Millennium airlifter as a solution for the Indian Air Force’s (IAF’s) Medium Transport Aircraft (MTA) programme. The agreement was signed on 17 October alongside the inauguration of an Embraer office in Aerocity, New Delhi. […]

Military logistics and sustainment have always played a crucial role in operations at all levels–strategic, operational, and tactical. Following major geopolitical changes, as well as shifts in technology and doctrine, military logistics have evolved over the past decades, with one of the main directions being a shift toward robotics and autonomy. The experience of the […]

Lockheed Martin’s Sikorsky business unveiled the S-70UAS U-Hawk unmanned helicopter at the 2025 Association of the US Army (AUSA) show, held in Washington, DC, from 13 to 15 October. Described as a versatile autonomous unmanned aircraft system (UAS) that has 25% more cargo space than a typical Black Hawk helicopter, the S-70UAS U-Hawk shown at […]

Lockheed Martin continues to make progress with ramping up its missile production in light of increased demand due to hostilities in Ukraine and the Middle East and US allies’ need to boost their weapon inventories. Speaking on 13 October at the 2025 Association of the US Army (AUSA) Exposition in Washington, DC, Paula Hartley, vice […]

Today around 41% of US weapons and defence infrastructure is reliant on Chinese semiconductors, while 91% of Navy weapons incorporate critical minerals whose supply is reliant on Chinese industry. As America pivots to the Pacific, it faces the stark reality that its military superiority increasingly depends on China – the very country it is preparing […]

L3Harris displayed a new and improved version of its Diamondback reconnaissance and security unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) at the 2025 Association of the US Army (AUSA) show, held in Washington, DC, from 13 to 15 October. The vehicle was originally shown for the first time at AUSA in 2024, but is now very much a […]