2026 - Weeklydefencenews

January 2, 2026
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Air Platforms
Procurement & Contracts

Boeing Wins Major Apache Sustainment Contract

Under a new multi-year agreement valued at $2.73 billion, Boeing will continue sustaining the US Army’s Apache helicopter fleet, providing maintenance, upgrades, and technical support through the end of...

January 2, 2026
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Land Platforms
Mergers & JV

India to Produce Electric UGVs With Plasan

Pune-based Belrise Industries and Israel’s Plasan have formalized cooperation to localize production of advanced electric unmanned ground vehicle technologies in India. The collaboration centers on Plasan’s ATEMM electric mission...

January 2, 2026
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Naval Platforms
Procurement & Contracts

HII Delivers 78th Arleigh Burke Destroyer

HII Ingalls Shipbuilding has delivered the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Ted Stevens (DDG-128) to the US Navy, marking another milestone in the Navy’s surface combatant modernization effort. As a...

Marines Expand FPV Drone Force With New Training

The Marine Corps is restructuring its drone training architecture to rapidly scale combat-ready operators as small unmanned systems become integral to modern warfare. Under a new framework, standardized courses...

January 1, 2026
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Weapons and Munition
R&D

Indigenous Kalyani Naval Guns Enter Testing

Kalyani Strategic Systems, a wholly owned subsidiary of Bharat Forge, is advancing toward proof testing of two indigenous naval artillery platforms—a 30mm close-in naval gun and a 76mm medium-calibre...