Weekly Defense News: Global Military Modernization Readiness

October 16, 2025
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Missile & Missile Defence

Boeing Lands $2.7B Patriot Missile Seeker Contracts

Boeing has landed two major Pentagon contracts totaling $2.7 billion to manufacture advanced guidance seekers for the Patriot PAC-3 missile system, a vital component of U.S. and allied air...

October 16, 2025
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Unmanned Systems

US Army Orders X10D Recon Drones From Skydio

Skydio has received a $7.9 million US Army contract to expand deliveries of its X10D tactical reconnaissance drone fleet under the SRR Tranche 2 initiative. The award builds upon...

October 16, 2025
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Communication and Electronics

NATO Gets Counter-Drone Boost From Dedrone, TYTAN

Dedrone by Axon and Germany’s TYTAN Technologies are joining forces to supply NATO members with a layered, AI-enabled counter-drone architecture. Their collaboration unites Dedrone’s globally fielded Tracker.AI detection software...

October 16, 2025
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Unmanned Systems

DIU Backs Auterion’s Artemis Long-Range Drone

US-based Auterion has completed the Artemis long-range precision drone, marking a milestone in the DIU’s effort to boost agile and resilient unmanned strike capabilities. Externally reminiscent of Iran’s Shahed-series...

October 15, 2025
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Land Platforms

Tempest ‘Shoot-and-Scoot’ Platform Debuted by V2X

V2X, headquartered in Virginia, has unveiled Tempest, an advanced mobile fires platform developed to provide the U.S. Army with agile, survivable, and rapidly deployable strike capability. Designed for precision...

October 15, 2025
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Air Platforms

First F-35As Delivered to Belgium Air Force

The Belgian Air Force has officially taken delivery of its first three F-35A Lightning II multirole fighters from Lockheed Martin, beginning a new era of air combat capability for...

October 15, 2025
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Combat Service and Support Equipment

Germany Orders Mobile Armored Field Hospitals from Rheinmetall

Rheinmetall has signed a €300-million ($348.6-million) agreement with the German Federal Armed Forces to deliver a new generation of mobile armored field hospitals, enhancing the nation’s capacity for forward-deployed...

October 15, 2025
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Unmanned Systems

GA and Hanwha Team Up on Gray Eagle STOL Drone

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) and Hanwha Aerospace are deepening bilateral defense-industrial cooperation through a joint venture to develop and manufacture the Gray Eagle Short Takeoff and Landing (GE...

October 15, 2025
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Training and Simulation

Boeing & Leonardo Join Forces for Flight School Bid

Boeing and Leonardo have announced a joint bid for the U.S. Army’s Flight School Next program, proposing a contractor-owned and -operated training solution built around Leonardo’s AW119T light single-engine...

October 15, 2025
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Communication and Electronics

US to Upgrade Homeland Missile Radars Against Threats

The Missile Defense Agency is rolling out a software-focused upgrade to improve the midcourse discrimination capability of its Upgraded Early Warning Radars (UEWR), part of the Advanced Object Classification...