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November 20, 2025
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Communication and Electronics

New SAIC–HavocAI Deal Connects Autonomous Fleets to Navy

SAIC and HavocAI are merging their technologies to improve the US Navy’s situational awareness by connecting autonomous maritime fleets to SAIC’s real-time communications architecture. The effort aims to build...

November 20, 2025
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Training and Simulation

Boeing, Saab, BAE Launch New UK Advanced Jet Training Plan

Boeing, Saab, and BAE Systems have joined forces to support the UK’s new Advanced Jet Trainer program, designed to prepare Royal Air Force pilots for modern and future combat...

November 19, 2025
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Training and Simulation

R66 Pitched for US Army Training Program

M1 and Robinson have partnered to field the R66 helicopter for the US Army’s next-generation training initiative, replacing UH-72 Lakotas and older training aircraft. The plan integrates the R66...

November 18, 2025
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Land Platforms

Canada Eyes Beowulf for Arctic Mobility

BAE Systems Hägglunds and GDLS-Canada have joined forces to compete in Canada’s DAME program, offering the BvS10 Beowulf to replace the BV206 fleet. The dual-body, amphibious vehicle can carry...

November 17, 2025
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Naval Platforms

Naval Shipbuilding JV Launched by Italy, Albania

Fincantieri and Albanian defense firm KAYO have agreed to establish a joint shipbuilding venture aimed at strengthening Albania’s naval capacity and infrastructure. The announcement came during a bilateral summit...

November 17, 2025
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Naval Platforms

Thai Navy Upgrades Backed by Thales-Navantia Team

Thales and Navantia have agreed to provide new IFF systems for the Royal Thai Navy, enhancing three vessels as part of a broader modernization plan. Thales will deliver TSA3520...

November 15, 2025
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Unmanned Systems

Moscow Claims Capture of Two S. Ukraine Villages

Russia announced that its forces had taken control of the villages of Rivnopillia and Mala Tokmachka in the Zaporizhzhia region, marking further advances in southern Ukraine. While the eastern...

November 14, 2025
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Unmanned Systems

Anduril, EDGE Team for Future Autonomous Systems

The UAE’s EDGE Group and US-based Anduril have formed the EDGE-Anduril Production Alliance to jointly develop and manufacture advanced autonomous aerial platforms. Its first project, the Omen AAV, offers...

November 13, 2025
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Unmanned Systems

India to Receive Helma-P Laser via Axiscades

India’s Axiscades Technologies and the French defense business Cilas have inked a memorandum of agreement to bring the Helma P high energy laser counter drone system to India. The...

November 10, 2025
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Communication and Electronics

Nokia, LMT Launch 5G Tactical Comms for Baltics

Nokia and Latvia’s mobile operator Latvijas Mobilais Telefons (LMT) have entered a strategic partnership to develop a 5G-based tactical communications system tailored for defense applications across the Baltic region....