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Satellite Images Uncover Radical Chinese Submarine

Satellite imagery has revealed a previously unknown large Chinese submarine at Shanghai’s Jiangnan Shipyard, drawing attention because it appears...

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Directed Energy Weapon Downs 80 Drones in Major Trial

Thales UK, working with Teledyne e2v, has announced successful April trials of its RapidDestroyer radio frequency directed energy weapon at Pershore, Gloucestershire...

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Saronic Launches First Autonomous Marauder MUSV

Saronic announced the launch of its first Marauder Medium Unmanned Surface Vessel (MUSV), an autonomous ship designed for defense and commercial missions far from shore...

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Jackal Cleared for Takeoff

Northrop Grumman has successfully completed a key flight test for Jackal, its next-gen PSM, validating the readiness of its airframe, turbojet propulsion, navigation, and autopilot systems...

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Freedom Eagle-1 Program Scales Up

AeroVironment announced a $20.2 million government-backed expansion of its Huntsville, Alabama, facility to scale production of its Next-Generation Counter-Unmanned Aircraft System Missile...

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Hermeus Hits Mach 1.2 in Breakthrough Quarterhorse Test Flight

Hermeus announced that its Quarterhorse Mk 2.1 aircraft successfully completed its first supersonic flight, reaching Mach 1.21 during its third test flight...

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Crash, Fix, Relaunch: YFQ-42A Returns to the Sky

General Atomics has resumed flight testing of its YFQ-42A CCA after a temporary pause caused by an April mishap shortly after takeoff. The issue was traced to an autopilot software error.

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Mass Drone Swarms From a Single Container

DZYNE Technologies has unveiled Blitz, a next-generation expendable system designed for high-volume deployment and rapid adaptability in modern military operations...

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World’s First MQ-9B AEW Test Changes Air Defense

Saab and General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. successfully completed the first flight test of the LoyalEye airborne early warning (AEW) sensor on an unmanned MQ-9B aircraft...

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US Air Force Tests “Self-Healing Battlefield Communications System

RTX subsidiary BBN Technologies has demonstrated a new self-healing communications system designed to keep military aircraft and ground forces connected...

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Mach Expands Into Rockets and Hypersonics

Defense startup Mach Industries has acquired rocket and hypersonic developer Exquadrum in a $50 million...

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SMASH Fire Control Systems Enhance Battlefield Counter-Drone Capabilities

The SMASH 3000 is an AI-powered rifle-mounted fire control system that transforms standard assault rifles into precision targeting tools...

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Thales and Schiebel Compete in Final Stage of Land ACP Framework

Thales and its partner Schiebel have advanced to the final four contenders for Project NYX under the Land Autonomous Collaborative Platform (ACP) framework...

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Barracuda-500M Could Reshape US Long-Range Precision Fires Strategy

Anduril announced a framework agreement with the US DOW to mass-produce its new surface-launched Barracuda-500M cruise missile system, with plans to deliver...

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Pentagon Expands MQ-9 Role From Drone Hunter to Cruise Missile Carrier

General Atomics announced that a US Air Force MQ-9 Reaper successfully used low-cost APKWS laser-guided rockets to shoot down aerial targets...

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Turning Battlefield Radios Into Counter-Drone Defense Systems

L3Harris is developing a new capability that turns its widely used handheld radios into portable electronic warfare systems to protect soldiers from drones...

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US Plans Potential Purchase of 10,000+ Containerized Missiles

The Pentagon is preparing to launch the Low-Cost Containerized Munitions program, a new initiative aimed at potentially acquiring more than 10,000 low-cost...

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Anduril Industries Advances Missile Defense in the Western Pacific

Anduril has been awarded a US Army contract to develop a Battle Manager prototype for missile defense operations in the Western Pacific using its...

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Hivemind Powers Taiwan’s Next-Generation Unmanned Platforms

Shield AI and Thunder Tiger Corp. have partnered to integrate Shield AI’s Hivemind autonomy software into Thunder Tiger’s unmanned systems...

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QuadStar Gains Momentum as AI-Driven Stinger Successor

QuadStar™ missile has completed a major NGSRI Seeker Characterization Flight Test, advancing efforts to develop a replacement for the US Army’s Stinger missile...

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