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Japan buys more than twelve underwater drones of the HII REMUS 300 model.

Tokyo-based Hitachi has requested that Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) provide more than a dozen REMUS 300 small uncrewed undersea vehicles (SUUVs). The multi-year agreement takes place against the backdrop...

The first signals intelligence spy vessel is launched by Poland.

The Polish Navy has commissioned the first of two signal intelligence (SIGINT) ships that Swedish defense company Saab is constructing. The ORP Jerzy Różyck, named after the Polish mathematician...

India’s first autonomous hard-kill drone interceptor, the ‘vajR,’ was unveiled by Sharang Shakti.

In a major advance for India’s indigenous defense capabilities, Gurugram-based deep-tech startup Sharang Shakti has unveiled vajR, a fully autonomous hard-kill drone interceptor system intended to destroy enemy UAVs...

Poland spends $662 million to increase its output of 155mm ammunition.

A Wednesday announcement states that the government-backed Polish Capital Investment Fund (FIK) would provide over 2.4 billion zloty ($662.9 million) to four companies from the Polish Armaments Group (PGZ)...

July 3, 2025
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Terma will assist with the upgrading of the Argentine F-16s.

Terma has solidified its participation in the modernization and operational preparedness of 24 former Royal Danish Air Force F-16 aircraft by signing a support agreement with the Argentine Air...

July 3, 2025
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India perfects the development of the K-5 nuclear ballistic missile in order to increase the range of its submarine attacks.

The K-5 submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM), a nuclear-capable system with an operational range of 5,000 to 6,000 kilometers, has been developed by India’s Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO)....

The Hellenic Navy’s FDI frigates are equipped with cybersecure navigation systems by Exail.

Exail has been chosen by Naval Group to supply navigation systems for the Hellenic Navy’s Defense and Intervention Frigates (FDI). The Marins Inertial Navigation System (INS), Netans Data Distribution...

July 3, 2025
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PLA Navy’s 1st “Made in China” aircraft carrier, the “Shandong,” which is equipped with J-15 fighters, moors in Hong Kong.

Days after Hong Kong celebrated its 28th anniversary under Chinese rule, China’s first domestically manufactured aircraft carrier arrived in the city on Thursday. The Shandong, which is over 300...

July 3, 2025
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Daimler Truck and Arquus are collaborating to promote military vehicles to France.

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — A new strategic alliance between the French military-vehicle manufacturer Arquus and the German Daimler Truck, with the goal of supplying the French military with new...

July 2, 2025
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The Diehl and Sener team collaborate on remote carriers, UGVs, and hypersonics.

Diehl Defence, a German company, and Spanish engineering company Sener have agreed to increase their cooperation in a number of developing defense technologies, such hypersonic missiles, remote carriers, and...