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December 16, 2025
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Northrop Tests Towed Mine Sonar on USV

Northrop Grumman has successfully demonstrated its AN/AQS-24 mine-hunting sonar operating from an unmanned surface vessel, advancing the US Navy’s goal of shifting hazardous mine countermeasure missions away from sailors....

December 16, 2025
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M-tron Wins $20M RF Supply Deal for Air Defense

M-tron Industries has landed a $20-million, two-year production contract to supply high-performance RF components for a major US air-defense program. Manufacturing will take place at the company’s Orlando facility...

December 16, 2025
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Lockheed to Build SPY-7 Radars for Canada

Lockheed Martin has received a $104.6-million US DoD contract to produce SPY-7 solid-state AESA radars for Canada under a foreign military sale. Designed for naval air and missile defense,...

December 16, 2025
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Thales Unveils New Sonar for Undersea Warfare

Thales has unveiled Sonar 76Nano, a compact, AI-enabled sonar system designed for unmanned vehicles, seabed sensors, and smaller crewed platforms. Developed in just 10 months, it compresses the acoustic...

December 15, 2025
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Northrop Launches AiON Counter-Drone System

Northrop Grumman has introduced AiON, a next-generation counter-UAS system designed to detect, assess, and defeat drone threats using artificial intelligence. Built with a modular architecture, AiON allows operators to...

December 12, 2025
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UK MLRS Gets Rheinmetall Trailblazer Upgrade

The British Army’s M270 A2 MLRS fleet will receive Rheinmetall UK’s Trailblazer vision system under a mid-single-digit-million-euro contract. Trailblazer provides drivers and commanders with enhanced situational awareness through integrated...

December 10, 2025
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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 9, 2025
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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...

December 8, 2025
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Puma LE Drone Gains New Sensors for Jammed Zones

AeroVironment has equipped the Puma LE small unmanned aircraft with a Visual Navigation System that enables reliable operations in GPS-denied environments. Using real-time image analysis, terrain matching, and onboard...

December 4, 2025
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Hensoldt Gets Renewed COBRA Radar Deal From EU

OCCAR has concluded a new support contract with Hensoldt to sustain the COBRA counter-battery radar system for France and Germany from 2026 through 2028. The agreement is being finalized...