October, 2025 - Weeklydefencenews

October 16, 2025
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Unmanned Systems
R&D

DIU Backs Auterion’s Artemis Long-Range Drone

US-based Auterion has completed the Artemis long-range precision drone, marking a milestone in the DIU’s effort to boost agile and resilient unmanned strike capabilities. Externally reminiscent of Iran’s Shahed-series...

October 15, 2025
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Land Platforms
New Product Launches

Tempest ‘Shoot-and-Scoot’ Platform Debuted by V2X

V2X, headquartered in Virginia, has unveiled Tempest, an advanced mobile fires platform developed to provide the U.S. Army with agile, survivable, and rapidly deployable strike capability. Designed for precision...

October 15, 2025
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Air Platforms
Procurement & Contracts

First F-35As Delivered to Belgium Air Force

The Belgian Air Force has officially taken delivery of its first three F-35A Lightning II multirole fighters from Lockheed Martin, beginning a new era of air combat capability for...

Germany Orders Mobile Armored Field Hospitals from Rheinmetall

Rheinmetall has signed a €300-million ($348.6-million) agreement with the German Federal Armed Forces to deliver a new generation of mobile armored field hospitals, enhancing the nation’s capacity for forward-deployed...

October 15, 2025
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Unmanned Systems
Mergers & JV

GA and Hanwha Team Up on Gray Eagle STOL Drone

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) and Hanwha Aerospace are deepening bilateral defense-industrial cooperation through a joint venture to develop and manufacture the Gray Eagle Short Takeoff and Landing (GE...

October 15, 2025
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Training and Simulation
Mergers & JV

Boeing & Leonardo Join Forces for Flight School Bid

Boeing and Leonardo have announced a joint bid for the U.S. Army’s Flight School Next program, proposing a contractor-owned and -operated training solution built around Leonardo’s AW119T light single-engine...

October 15, 2025
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Communication and Electronics
R&D

US to Upgrade Homeland Missile Radars Against Threats

The Missile Defense Agency is rolling out a software-focused upgrade to improve the midcourse discrimination capability of its Upgraded Early Warning Radars (UEWR), part of the Advanced Object Classification...

October 15, 2025
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Land Platforms
Mergers & JV

Parry Labs, GDLS Speed Digital Integration for US Forces

General Dynamics Land Systems (GDLS) and Parry Labs have formed a strategic alliance to bring robust software delivery and digital engineering practices into U.S. ground combat platforms, a move...

October 14, 2025
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Air Platforms
Procurement & Contracts

EJ200 Engine Maintenance Secured by Serco

The UK Ministry of Defence has awarded Serco a £7.8 million ($10 million) contract for a five-year maintenance and logistics program covering the Royal Air Force’s Eurofighter Typhoon engines....

October 14, 2025
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Communication and Electronics
R&D

SharpSight Radar Enters Production Phase

Raytheon has entered the production phase of its new SharpSight radar system, engineered for real-time, high-altitude surveillance across land and maritime domains. The platform integrates synthetic aperture and multi-role...