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November 27, 2025
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Land Platforms
Procurement & Contracts

BAE Gets $390M Order for Bradley A4 Fighting Vehicles

BAE Systems has been awarded a $390-million contract to manufacture more Bradley A4 infantry fighting vehicles for the US Army, further advancing the service’s modernization plans. These new A4...

November 27, 2025
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Air Platforms
Procurement & Contracts

Boeing Secures $7B+ Pentagon Orders for Key Aircraft

The US Department of Defense has contracted Boeing to deliver more than $7 billion worth of military aircraft, including AH-64E Apache helicopters for the US Army and additional KC-46A...

Romania Acquires French Mistral Air Defense Systems

Romania has finalized a 625-million-euro ($724 million) agreement to purchase Mistral very short-range air defense systems from France, securing one of the country’s most significant recent air-defense acquisitions. Under...

November 27, 2025
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Unmanned Systems
Procurement & Contracts

Ondas Expands Robotics Line With $80M Roboteam Buy

Ondas Holdings is set to acquire Israeli robotics firm Roboteam in an $80-million deal that will broaden the company’s autonomous systems division and unify aerial, ground, and counter-drone technologies...

November 27, 2025
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Weapons and Munition
Mergers & JV

India Begins Local Production of HAMMER PGMs

India is advancing its push for defense indigenization with a new joint venture between Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) and France’s Safran Electronics & Defense (SED) to produce the HAMMER...

US Navy Gives BAE $22M for Ship Missile Canisters

BAE Systems has secured a $22 million US Navy contract to produce additional missile canisters for the MK 41 Vertical Launching System and continue manufacturing MK 29 GMLS canisters....

Sweden Buys $220M Air Defense Components From Saab

Sweden has placed a 2.1-billion-krona order with Saab for new sensors and a brigade-level command-and-control system to reinforce its mobile ground-based air defense. The package includes Giraffe 1X radars,...

November 26, 2025
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Naval Platforms
New Product Launches

Saab Unveils First 5th-Gen Battle Submarine

Saab is promoting its Beingke-class A26 submarine, which it describes as the world’s first fifth-generation undersea platform. The A26 is engineered for deep-diving missions and can deploy UUVs, swimmer-delivery...

November 26, 2025
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Naval Platforms
Mergers & JV

Naval Group Uses Dutch Skills for Orka Sub Production

Naval Group has strengthened its Dutch industry network for the Royal Netherlands Navy’s future Orka-class submarines by signing new contracts with Nevesbu and Van Halteren Technologies. Both companies join...

November 26, 2025
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Training and Simulation
Mergers & JV

Saab, CAE Form Training Pact for GlobalEye Aircraft

Saab and CAE have formalized a partnership to deliver advanced training solutions for the GlobalEye AEW&C aircraft, marking a major expansion of their global simulation cooperation. The agreement, signed...