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Excalibur Wins $300M SEA Contract

Excalibur Army has secured a $300-million contract from a Southeast Asian customer for more than 100 Patriot armored vehicles in multiple mission configurations. Built on the Tatra 4×4 chassis,...

Germany Orders IRIS-T From Diehl

Germany’s federal procurement office has contracted Diehl Defence to supply additional IRIS-T missiles for both air-to-air and ground-based air defense roles. The acquisition builds upon a 2023 framework agreement...

Vietnam Signs $250M Rafael Deal

Vietnam’s Ministry of Defense has reportedly finalized a $250-million agreement with Israel’s Rafael Advanced Defense Systems to locally manufacture the Spike Firefly loitering munition. Production will occur at a...

Pentagon Buys Bumblebee V2 C-UAS

The Pentagon’s Joint Interagency Task Force 401 has awarded Perennial Autonomy a $5.2-million contract to supply kinetic counter-drone systems as part of accelerating US military defenses against small unmanned...

February 9, 2026
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Unmanned Systems
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Red Cat Debuts Armed Multi-Role USV

US defense company Red Cat Holdings is expanding its footprint in maritime autonomy with the introduction of the V7, a 7.8-meter expeditionary unmanned surface vessel engineered for long-range kinetic...

February 9, 2026
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Air Platforms
Procurement & Contracts

OCCAR Funds Indra Airborne EW Program

OCCAR has signed a co-funding contract for the next phase of the 69-million-euro REACT II airborne electronic warfare program led by Indra. Participating nations including Spain, Italy, Germany, Sweden,...

Germany, Sweden Order Kongsberg RWS

Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace has secured a 140-million-euro contract with Patria to deliver several hundred Protector RS4 remote weapon stations for Germany’s and Sweden’s CAVS 6×6 vehicle fleets. Germany...

Turkey, Egypt Seal $350M Defense Agreement

Turkey and Egypt have concluded a $350-million defense cooperation agreement that combines arms exports with joint industrial production initiatives. The deal, signed between Turkey’s MKE and Egypt’s Ministry of...

February 9, 2026
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Unmanned Systems
Procurement & Contracts

BLAZE Interceptor Drones Delivered to Baltics

Estonia, Latvia, and Belgium have begun taking delivery of Origin Robotics’ BLAZE autonomous interceptor drones, becoming the first European militaries to field a domestically developed fully autonomous aerial interception...

February 9, 2026
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Land Platforms
Procurement & Contracts

KNDS, TYTAN Boost Germany Counter-Drone Fleet

German defense manufacturer KNDS and counter-UAS specialist TYTAN Technologies have formalized an expanded partnership focused on mobile counter-drone systems for land forces. The memorandum of understanding builds on earlier...