US Department of War Awards $86 Million to Advance Laser Weapon Defences Against Drones and Missiles

Image: US Air Force via Wikimedia Commons The US Air Force is defining requirements for a new generation of uncrewed intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance and strike aircraft. The service wants systems

Image: Senior Airman Adrien Tran via DVIDS Five nations tested high-end warfighting capability across the West Pacific during Exercise Valiant Shield 26. The United States led the drill, with Australia,

Image: nLIGHT Defence The US Department of War has awarded two Joint Laser Weapon System (JLWS) agreements worth $86 million, with a total programme ceiling of $847 million, as per

Image: Air Force Staff Sgt. Michael Richmond via DVIDS Joint Interagency Task Force 401 has published a new handbook aimed at building shared understanding of the drone threat across government,

Image: NATO NATO has launched a new strategy to strengthen its relationship with defence industry, as per a recent press statement. Allied Leaders endorsed the Strategy for Industry-NATO Cooperation at

Image: Northrop Grumman Northrop Grumman’s MQ-4C Triton is poised to become NATO’s newest maritime surveillance asset, following a Letter of Intent signed by four member nations at the NATO Summit

Image: Anduril Industries Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa S.A. (PGZ) and Anduril Industries have signed a cooperative agreement to produce Surface-Launched Barracuda-500M (SLB-500M) cruise missiles in Bydgoszcz, Poland, as per a recent

Image: UK MoD Crown Copyright Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer is set to convene around a dozen European partners at the NATO Summit in Ankara today, launching a UK-led initiative

Image: Saab NATO has selected Saab’s GlobalEye airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft as the preferred successor to its ageing surveillance fleet, with the Alliance preparing to enter formal

Image: Lockheed Martin Lockheed Martin and Rheinmetall have taken another step toward establishing the first production facility for Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) missiles outside the United States, signing a

Image: UK MoD Crown Copyright 2026 F-35 fighter jets from HMS Prince of Wales have flown NATO air policing missions from a European aircraft carrier for the first time. The

Image: The Royal Navy The UK has completed the first joint maritime and land trials of the British-built Nyan One-Way Effector (OWE) uncrewed air system, marking a significant step in

Image: E-2D Hawkeye from USS George Washington (CVN 73) takes off during a live-fire sinking exercise in the Philippine Sea as part of Valiant Shield 2026. (Photo Credit: U.S. Navy)

Image: MELCO UK Defence Innovation (UKDI) has launched Space to Innovate: Delta Drop, the fourth instalment of its competition series seeking novel technologies to strengthen the UK’s defence space capabilities.

Image: DOK-ING Rheinmetall has completed its acquisition of a 51 per cent majority stake in Croatian unmanned vehicle specialist DOK-ING, as per a recent press statement. The new entity will