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November 4, 2025
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Weapons and Munition
New Product Launches

India Displays New Directed-Energy Weapon

In a striking demonstration of next-generation capability, the Indian Army has employed a hand-held directed-energy weapon (DEW) to destroy drones during a recent live exercise. The event marked one...

November 4, 2025
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Naval Platforms
Procurement & Contracts

US Coast Guard Gets 61st Sentinel Cutter

The U.S. Coast Guard has taken delivery of its 61st Sentinel-class Fast Response Cutter (FRC) from Bollinger Shipyards, underscoring steady progress in modernizing the nation’s near-shore patrol fleet. Christened...

November 4, 2025
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Naval Platforms
New Product Launches

Austal, Greenroom Reveal Rapid AI Ship Integrator

Austal Limited has joined forces with Greenroom AI to co-develop an intelligent ship operations system that fuses artificial intelligence, machine learning, and advanced maritime control logic. Designed to power...

Zen Wins $32.5M Deal for India’s Drone Defense

Zen Technologies, a leading Indian defense manufacturer, has broadened its anti-drone and training product range to meet India’s evolving security needs. The company introduced next-generation C-UAS platforms featuring AI-based...

November 4, 2025
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Unmanned Systems
Procurement & Contracts

Berlin Plans 12,000 Strike Drones for Baltic Brigade

Germany has formally cleared the acquisition of one-way attack drones for its forward-deployed brigade in Lithuania, strengthening NATO’s deterrence posture near Russia. The procurement marks the first time such...

November 3, 2025
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Naval Platforms
Mergers & JV

Hyundai, SIMA to Co-Develop Submarines for Peru

HD Hyundai Heavy Industries and Peru’s SIMA shipyard have entered a strategic cooperation agreement to co-develop and build new submarines for the Peruvian Navy. Both parties expect to sign...

Rheinmetall to Maintain Ukraine’s Bradley IFVs

The U.S. National Center for Manufacturing Sciences has awarded American Rheinmetall a $31 million, 18-month contract to build a forward-deployed repair system for battle-damaged Bradley infantry fighting vehicles. The...

Norway Expands NASAMS Air Defense With Kongsberg

Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace has received a 1-billion-krona (about $99 million) order from Norway’s Defence Materiel Agency to strengthen the NASAMS ground-based air-defense architecture. The new contract provides modernized...

November 3, 2025
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Unmanned Systems
Mergers & JV

AV, OpenJAUS Enhance Uncrewed System Network

AeroVironment (AV) has entered a strategic partnership with OpenJAUS to strengthen interoperability across diverse unmanned and autonomous platforms. The initiative integrates the OpenJAUS toolkit into AV’s AV_Halo Command software,...

November 3, 2025
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Unmanned Systems
Procurement & Contracts

Israel Exports Drone Detectors for VIP Security

Israel-based defense startup Insignito has been awarded a defense contract to provide 180 of its “Dumbo” acoustic UAS detection systems for VIP site protection. The rollout begins in early...