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October 17, 2025
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Land Platforms

GM ISV Gets L3Harris VAMPIRE Counter-Drone System

Leonardo DRS and European defense manufacturer KNDS have joined forces to pitch the Caesar 155 mm truck-mounted howitzer for the US Army’s mobile artillery needs. This partnership marries DRS’s...

October 17, 2025
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Communication and Electronics

AI, Data Integration Deal Inked by Bigbear.ai and Tsecond

AM General is breathing new life into its legendary Humvee series with a complete re-engineering initiative targeted at next-generation combat operations. The company’s latest HMMWV variant embodies modernization across...

October 16, 2025
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Communication and Electronics

Dedrone, TYTAN Team Up on NATO Counter-Drone Effort

US air-defense specialist Dedrone and Germany’s TYTAN Technologies have launched a strategic alliance to deliver integrated counter-UAS capabilities for NATO allies. The collaboration merges Dedrone’s AI-powered Tracker.AI detection platform...

October 16, 2025
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Weapons and Munition

Leonardo DRS, KNDS Offer Caesar Howitzer to US Army

Leonardo DRS and European defense firm KNDS have partnered to propose the Caesar self-propelled howitzer for the U.S. Army’s Mobile Fires Platform initiative. The collaboration aims to introduce a...

October 15, 2025
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Land Platforms

GDLS, Parry Labs Team to Integrate US Combat Systems

General Dynamics Land Systems (GDLS) and Parry Labs have announced a strategic partnership aimed at rapidly advancing digital integration across the U.S. Army’s ground combat ecosystem. Combining GDLS’s decades...

October 15, 2025
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Training and Simulation

Boeing, Leonardo Partner for Army Flight School Bid

Boeing and Leonardo have teamed up to propose a contractor-operated Flight School Next solution intended to modernize the U.S. Army’s helicopter pilot training ecosystem. Under the joint bid, Boeing...

October 15, 2025
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Unmanned Systems

General Atomics, Hanwha to Develop STOL Gray Eagle

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) and South Korea’s Hanwha Aerospace have inked a partnership to co-develop and produce the Gray Eagle Short Takeoff and Landing (GE STOL) unmanned aerial...

October 14, 2025
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Combat Service and Support Equipment

Rheinmetall, PGZ Form Armored Vehicle JV

Rheinmetall of Germany and Poland’s defense group PGZ have agreed to form a joint venture called the European Support Vehicles Center to design and manufacture new military support platforms...

October 13, 2025
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Unmanned Systems

Netherlands, Ukraine to Co-Produce Deep-Strike Drones

The Netherlands has committed €110 million to support co-production of long-range strike drones with Ukrainian industry under the Build with Ukraine initiative — a program that invites Ukrainian defense...

October 13, 2025
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Communication and Electronics

Anduril, GD Partner on Networked Battlefield Radar

Anduril Industries and General Dynamics Land Systems have entered a partnership to embed Anduril’s Spark radar suite directly into armored vehicles and other ground platforms, marking a shift toward...