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July 31, 2025
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Air Platforms

Textron & Leonardo promote M-346N jet

Textron and Leonardo have teamed up to propose the M-346N jet for the U.S. Navy’s Undergraduate Jet Training System. The aircraft is derived from Leonardo’s M-346 trainer, with enhancements...

July 31, 2025
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Missile & Missile Defence

CA tech firm teams up with Lockheed on missile defense

Core Systems, based in California, has partnered with Lockheed Martin in its proposal for the Golden Dome missile defense program. Core will contribute ruggedized rack infrastructure to support the...

July 30, 2025
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Naval Platforms

The REMUS 620 drone has been approved by the US Navy for use in torpedo tubes.

A collaborative effort involving Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII), the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, and the US Navy has successfully validated the compatibility of the REMUS 620 unmanned underwater vehicle...

July 28, 2025
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Communication and Electronics

Outside the United States, L3Harris and the ELT Group are collaborating to establish a test facility for several sensors.

L3Harris and Italy’s ELT Group have partnered to launch Italy’s first multi-sensor intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance test center, the inaugural facility of its kind outside the United States. Managed...

July 24, 2025
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Cybersecurity

Singapore’s military and Indonesia strengthen their cybersecurity cooperation.

Indonesia is in talks with Singapore to deepen military cooperation in cybersecurity. Inspired by Singapore’s cyber command—which operates alongside traditional military branches—Indonesia aims to strengthen its cyber capabilities within...

$315 million is the amount of a contract between Booz Allen and L3Harris to develop a prototype of the USAF TOC-L Command Center.

The new TOC-L prototype forms part of the Distributed Battle Management Node within the US Air Force’s Advanced Battle Management System (ABMS). It plays a key role in the...

July 23, 2025
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Training and Simulation

With the Philippines, Australia enhances its military training efforts.

Australian troops from the 5th/7th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, recently conducted territorial defense and reconnaissance exercises with the Philippine Army’s 4th and 10th Infantry Divisions at Camp Kibaritan in...

July 20, 2025
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Navy Platforms

U.S. Marines demonstrate rapid HIMARS deployment via MV-22B aircraft at Talisman Sabre 2025.

During the Talisman Sabre 2025 exercise in Australia, U.S. Marines from Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 363 (VMM-363), under Marine Rotational Force–Darwin 25.3, conducted an aerial logistics mission using an...

July 19, 2025
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Unmanned Systems

New Zealand Navy deploys Bluebottle unmanned vessels in Fiji for joint maritime patrols.

The Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) has deployed two Bluebottle Uncrewed Surface Vessels (USVs), named Tahi and Rua, to Fiji as part of Operation Calypso, a regional maritime security...

July 19, 2025
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Navy Platforms

Indian Navy commissions INS Nistar to enhance subsea warfare and deep-sea rescue operations.

India’s Ministry of Defence officially commissioned INS Nistar, the Indian Navy’s first indigenously designed and built Diving Support Vessel (DSV), into service at the Eastern Naval Command in Visakhapatnam....