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December 11, 2025
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Air Platforms
Procurement & Contracts

NATO Orders NH90 Helicopters for Netherlands

NATO’s Helicopter Management Agency has finalized an agreement with NHIndustries to supply the Netherlands with three NH90 NATO Frigate Helicopters, along with options for two additional platforms. This acquisition...

December 11, 2025
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Land Platforms
Procurement & Contracts

Rolls-Royce Gets Major Engine Order for Leopard 2

Rolls-Royce has secured a major order from KNDS to supply over 300 mtu MB 873 Ka-501 engines to power Leopard 2 battle tanks serving in several European armies. Beginning...

Croatia Orders 18 New Caesar MkII Guns

Zagreb has signed a comprehensive defense modernization contract with France covering the purchase of 18 Caesar MkII artillery systems, expected to cost roughly €328 million and enter service around...

December 11, 2025
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Unmanned Systems
Mergers & JV

Anduril, GKN Join Forces on British Project NYX

Anduril’s UK division has teamed with GKN Aerospace to support Project NYX, an ambitious British Army program focused on fielding highly autonomous, digitally enabled land platforms. Under the agreement,...

Latvia Boosts Air Defense With Giraffe Radars

Latvia has enhanced its national air defense infrastructure with the delivery of Sweden’s Giraffe 1X radars, a modern 3D surveillance system designed to track and classify airborne threats with...

December 10, 2025
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Land Platforms
Procurement & Contracts

Peru Secures Korean K2 Tanks, K808 APCs

Peru and South Korea have moved closer to a significant defense procurement collaboration with the signing of a framework agreement for K2 Black Panther tanks and K808 White Tiger...

December 10, 2025
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Missile & Missile Defence
Mergers & JV

Lockheed Partners With Hadrian for Faster Missiles

Lockheed Martin is expanding the modernization of its missile manufacturing operations through a new partnership with Hadrian, which will introduce advanced automation and manufacturing technologies into its production ecosystem....

Swiss Military Picks SIG P320 Sidearm

Switzerland has finalized its choice of the SIG Sauer P320 as its next-generation military sidearm, completing an extensive multi-year competition involving advanced models from Glock and Heckler & Koch....

December 9, 2025
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Unmanned Systems
New Product Launches

India Debuts Homegrown Multi-Utility UGV

India has introduced the rugged SapperScout Ver 2.0, a domestically developed unmanned ground vehicle built to take over hazardous frontline tasks. The 380-kilogram platform employs advanced sensors, ultrasonic detectors,...

BAE Systems Wins US Navy Sub Antenna Contract

BAE Systems has secured a $36-million order from Lockheed Martin to produce multifunction modular mast units for the US Navy’s Virginia-class submarines. The mast, a hardened RF antenna encased...