2025 - Weeklydefencenews

June 25, 2025
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Air Platforms
Procurement & Contracts

By March 2026, the Indian Air Force will have six Tejas aircraft, according to the head of HAL.

Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) will supply six Tejas multirole combat aircraft to the Indian Air Force in March next year, addressing previous shipment issues. The delays were attributed to...

Troops can use Canada’s new battlefield technology to identify laser-guided strikes.

Canadian defense firm KWESST has a contract to provide prototypes of its Battlefield Laser Detection System (BLDS) to a North American armored vehicle program. This system alerts troops to...

June 25, 2025
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Unmanned Systems
New Product Launches

The First Trial of an MQ-28A Ghost Bat Outside of a Training Location Has Concluded in Australia

The Royal Australian Air Force has finished Exercise Carlsbad at Base Tindal, Northern Territory, testing the MQ-28A Ghost Bat in a new environment outside South Australia. The exercise focused...

India Purchases $16 Million of Native Mini Drones From ideaForge

The Indian Army has made an emergency order for mini unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) worth 1. 37 billion rupees (about $16 million) from ideaForge, an Indian company. They will...

The Saab-Boeing ground-launched bomb system will get its rocket motors from Anduril.

Anduril was selected by Saab to produce solid rocket motors for the Ground-Launched Small Diameter Bomb, developed with Boeing. These motors will replace the old systems and offer better...

June 25, 2025
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Air Platforms
New Product Launches

Under NATO, the UK will reintroduce aircraft with nuclear weapon capability.

Britain will reintroduce fighter jets capable of carrying atomic weapons to support NATO’s nuclear mission, expanding the country’s deterrence arsenal, which is currently limited to submarine-launched missiles,” Prime Minister...

June 24, 2025
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Missile & Missile Defence

MELCO Awards Raytheon $250M Contract for ESSM Block 2 Licensed Manufacturing.

Raytheon, a division of RTX, has secured a $250 million contract with Japan’s Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (MELCO) for the licensed production of the ESSM Block 2 missile. This Direct...

June 23, 2025
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Unmanned Systems

Black Hornet 4 Nano-Drone by Teledyne FLIR Added to Defense Innovation Unit’s Blue UAS List.

Teledyne FLIR Defense, a division of Teledyne Technologies, has announced that its Black Hornet® 4 Personal Reconnaissance System has passed cybersecurity and NDAA verification, earning its place on the...

June 23, 2025
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Missile & Missile Defence

New Developments on the Barak MX System.

The BARAK MX is a multi-layered air defense system capable of countering various airborne threats, including fighter jets, ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, rockets, and anti-ship missiles. It is already...

June 23, 2025
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Soldier Systems

Theon Wins New Orders Worth Around EUR 50 Million, Steering Revenue Forecast to Upper Range of EUR 430 Million.

Theon International Plc (THEON) has confirmed receiving approximately €50 million in new orders. These consist of a diverse range of products and stem from several smaller contracts and direct...