May, 2026 - currentdefencenews.com

Babcock Expands With AtkinsRéalis

British defense contractor has signed a five-year partnership agreement with Canadian engineering company to expand engineering support for UK defense and submarine programs. The arrangement is designed to strengthen...

Quantum, Rohde Add SIGINT to UAVs

has partnered with to integrate advanced signal intelligence payloads onto tactical unmanned aerial vehicles. The agreement aims to bring sophisticated electronic intelligence capabilities, traditionally limited to large aircraft such...

Canada Funds $1.15B Hercules Upgrade

Canada has signed contract amendments worth $1.15 billion with to continue maintenance and modernization support for the Royal Canadian Air Force’s CC-130J Hercules fleet. The agreements include a $462.5-million...

Arkeus Raises $18M for AI Sensors

Australian defense technology company has raised 25 million Australian dollars ($18 million) in Series A funding to scale its AI-enabled battlefield sensing technology for allied defense markets. The company...

Pentagon Funds F-35 EW Upgrade

has been awarded a $991.12-million contract by the US Department of Defense to supply 432 electronic warfare modification kits for F-35 Lightning II fighter aircraft. The upgrades are expected...

Draganfly Buys Skip Dynamix Assets

Canadian drone company has signed a deal worth up to $7.5 million to acquire assets from Skip Dynamix’s unmanned aerial systems business. The acquisition will combine Draganfly’s artificial intelligence,...

QinetiQ to Test Army RCH155 System

has received an 18-million-pound ($24-million) contract from the UK’s National Armaments Director Group to test and evaluate the British Army’s new RCH155 artillery system. The testing campaign will examine...

Serbia Unveils Armed IKA-20-M Drone

has introduced a new armed version of its IKA-20-M multicopter drone platform featuring a 7.62mm machine gun capable of firing 250 rounds during a single mission. Named the IKA-MACHINE-GUN,...

US Expands Counter-Drone With $500M

has secured a US military contract worth up to $500 million to support counter-drone operations under Joint Interagency Task Force 401. The agreement focuses on deploying scalable and lower-cost...

Airbus to Supply A330 Tankers to Italy

Italy has awarded a contract worth 1.39 billion euros ($1.6 billion) for six A330 MRTT aerial refueling aircraft and around 10 years of logistics support. The procurement will replace...