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June 17, 2026
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Land Platforms
R&D

France Nears THUNDART Strike System Deal

MBDA and Safran Electronics & Defense have entered final negotiations with France’s defense procurement agency to deliver THUNDART, a sovereign long-range strike system capable of engaging targets up to...

June 17, 2026
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Air Platforms
Procurement & Contracts

Denmark Makes Giraffe 1X a Permanent Asset

Denmark has converted its temporary use of Saab’s Giraffe 1X radar systems into a permanent procurement after the sensors successfully supported air surveillance and drone detection during major security...

June 16, 2026
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Unmanned Systems
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Lockheed Builds Drone Without Factory Line

Lockheed Martin Skunk Works and Divergent have successfully transformed a digital drone design into a full-scale flying prototype in less than a year, demonstrating a new approach to rapid...

June 16, 2026
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Unmanned Systems
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Teledyne Unveils 450g ISR Drone

Teledyne FLIR Defense has introduced the Black Recon micro-drone, a lightweight reconnaissance platform designed to provide persistent situational awareness beyond visual line of sight. Weighing less than 450 grams,...

June 16, 2026
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Air Platforms
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US Clears $236M KC-130J Support Deal

The US State Department has approved a potential $235.9-million foreign military sale to Kuwait covering long-term sustainment support for its KC-130J transport aircraft fleet. The package includes maintenance services,...

June 16, 2026
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Air Platforms
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USSOCOM Seeks AI Drone Vision Trainer

US Special Operations Command (USSOCOM), in collaboration with SOFWERX, has initiated a competitive program to acquire a synthetic data generation capability aimed at training computer vision models for autonomous...

June 15, 2026
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Naval Platforms
R&D

France Nears THUNDART Strike System Deal

Denmark Makes Giraffe 1X a Permanent Asset

Lockheed Builds Drone Without Factory Line

Teledyne Unveils 450g ISR Drone

US Clears $236M KC-130J Support Deal

USSOCOM Seeks AI Drone Vision Trainer

Project-76 sparks new submarine design race

Negev machine guns get new MEPRO optics

SENTINEL weapon deal boosts Portugal Navy

Germany orders JIM Compact binoculars