Airbus links German and Swedish air defence systems in NATO exercise

Saab has presented Sweden’s first GlobalEye airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft, according to the company. The milestone moves the Swedish Armed Forces closer to a long-range surveillance capability

UK Defence Innovation (UKDI) has opened a £2.45 million competition to find new ways of generating, storing and distributing electrical power for deployed forces, according to UKDI. The British Army

The U.S. Army has picked Northrop Grumman to develop a new variant of the Integrated Battle Command System (IBCS) built for greater survivability and mobility, according to Northrop Grumman. The

Airbus Defence and Space has connected German and Swedish air defence systems to a single command post for the first time, during NATO exercise SPARTAN ARROW 26 in Crete, the

L3Harris Technologies has begun delivering its VAMPIRE counter-unmanned systems to the US Army, giving soldiers a new layer of protection against hostile drones, according to L3Harris. The first units arrived

The UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) has adopted SAPIENT as its standard for counter-uncrewed aerial systems (counter-UAS) technology, and NATO is now taking it up too. According to UK MoD,

Honeywell Aerospace has completed a coordinated intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) mission with two aircraft running Shield AI’s Hivemind software, according to a Shield AI announcement. The aircraft shared target

France’s defence procurement agency has exercised an option for more MX-10 DAMOCLES loitering munitions, according to a KNDS and DELAIR announcement published in Versailles on 13 October 2026. The Direction

Raytheon, an RTX business, has secured a $729 million contract to deliver key components of the LIDS counter-drone system to the US Army, Qatar and Jordan, according to RTX. The

BAE Systems has revealed two new technologies designed to defeat saturation drone attacks: the Multi-Domain Artillery Cannon System (MDACS) and a High Power Microwave (HPM) system. Together, they form a

The Wide Wet Gap Crossing (WWGC) Programme has passed its Preliminary Design Review, allowing detailed design work to start on a new bridging and ferrying capability for Germany and the

Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, has introduced the Nomad 100 fast pack, a containerised uncrewed aircraft kit built to deploy autonomous air capability from remote and infrastructure-poor locations, according to

Airbus and Kratos Defense & Security Solutions have completed the first European flight of the U740 Valkyrie. The milestone keeps both companies on track to deliver a combat-ready uncrewed Collaborative

Anduril has unveiled Steelfin, a family of surface-to-air interceptor missiles built for mass production, according to Anduril. The company says the missiles can counter threats ranging from low-cost drones to

The US Navy has executed a $150 million modification to its Other Transaction agreement with Shield AI to advance X-BAT, an AI-piloted vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) fighter, according to