2025 - Weeklydefencenews

July 10, 2025
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Air Platforms
Mergers & JV

According to a report, France is looking for an 80% stake in the FCAS fighter jet project.

France has communicated to Germany its desire to claim an 80% stake in the Future Combat Air System (FCAS), a next-generation fighter jet program also including Spain, Reuters reported....

Lockheed Provides Japan’s First SPY-7 Radar Antennas

The Japanese Ministry of Defense has received the first batch of four AN/SPY-7(V)1 radar antennas from Lockheed Martin, which will be used in Tokyo’s first Aegis System Equipped Vessel...

The Next-Generation EW Shield for Tactical Communications is Introduced by a California Company

Spectrum Dominance 2.0, a firmware update that enhances the StreamCaster radios manufactured by Silvus Technologies of California, allowing them to function in hostile conditions, has been released. The upgrade...

July 9, 2025
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Training and Simulation
R&D

With new haptics technology, the US Army adds ‘touch’ to virtual training.

By integrating haptics technology into its Synthetic Training Environment Live Training Systems (STE LTS), the US Army hopes to close the gap between virtual training and actual combat. Wearable...

New Fleet of 34 Amphibious Armored Vehicles Boosts Spanish Army’s Force Projection

To replace its outdated AAV-7 platforms and enhance the protected projection capabilities of the Marine Corps, the Spanish Navy will purchase 34 new Amphibious Combat Vehicles (VACIM). The Spanish...

German Armed Forces receive 6×6 Medium Protected Medical Vehicles from GDELS.

On July 4, at the ILÜ San 2025 medical practice in Feldkirchen, Lower Bavaria, General Dynamics European Land Systems (GDELS) officially handed over the Medium Protected Medical Vehicle (known...

Thousands of Leonardo decoys for F-35 and F-18 jets are being considered by the US Navy.

Leonardo is set to be granted a contract by the US Navy to provide thousands of airborne countermeasures for the service’s F-35 Lightning II and F-18 Hornet/Super Hornet/Growler combat...

The US Navy will receive more LCAC 100 hovercraft from Textron.

Textron Systems has been contracted by the US Navy to construct additional Landing Craft Air Cushion 100-class (LCAC 100) ships. The $353.9 million modification contract includes the manufacture and...

Talay is the first low-altitude drone in the world for coastal strike operations, according to Türkiye’s SolidAERO.

By releasing exclusive test video of its TALAY maritime kamikaze UAV utilizing the wing-in-ground effect to skim the sea at sub-meter altitudes, Turkish defense company SolidAERO made headlines. Solid...

To bolster NATO’s ability to respond, Denmark will purchase at least ten more US-made F-35A stealth fighter jets.

In an interview with TV2, the Danish Minister of Defense stated that Denmark intends to purchase at least ten more F-35A fighter planes from the United States before October....