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December 8, 2025
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Communication and Electronics

Puma LE Gets Upgraded Sensors for GPS-Denied Ops

AeroVironment’s Puma Long Endurance (LE) drone has received a major navigation upgrade enabling autonomous flight even under GPS jamming conditions. The company has integrated its Visual Navigation System (VNS),...

December 8, 2025
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Naval Platforms

Turkey Builds and Debuts First Homegrown Sub

Turkey has begun construction of MILDEN, its first fully indigenous submarine, at Gölcük Shipyard. The effort follows the launch of the TF-2000 destroyer project and forms part of Ankara’s...

December 5, 2025
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Unmanned Systems

Uvision Buys SpearUAV to Grow Loitering Arms

The US Naval Air Systems Command has awarded KBR a $117-million contract to support global operators of F/A-18 and EA-18G aircraft. The work covers sustainment, engineering, logistics, and administrative...

December 4, 2025
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Communication and Electronics

L3Harris Wins USMC Deal for SATCOM Upgrades

L3Harris has received a new order to upgrade the US Marine Corps’ satellite communications terminals, improving data throughput and enabling access to multiple satellite orbits in support of Joint...

December 3, 2025
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Training and Simulation

AV Updates Halo With New Intel Tools, VR Training

AeroVironment’s Halo platform is set to receive major upgrades, including an advanced VR-based training suite and a new AI-powered intelligence engine capable of aggregating global data. Through the MENTOR...

December 2, 2025
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Naval Platforms

Spain Approves $3.71B F100 Frigate Upgrade

Spain has greenlit a €3.2-billion, decade-long upgrade of its five F100 frigates, intended to extend their operational relevance through 2045. Navantia will lead the overhaul, which targets obsolescence removal,...

December 1, 2025
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Unmanned Systems

Sweden Develops New Turbojet Modular Drone

GKN Aerospace has launched an 18-month effort to design a clean-sheet uncrewed aerial vehicle for the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration. The platform will feature a modular, adaptive architecture capable...

December 1, 2025
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Weapons and Munition

France Joins Loitering Arms Race With MUTANT XL

MBDA and Delair have introduced MUTANT XL, a precision loitering-strike system combining missile technology with UAV maneuverability. Built on a man-in-the-loop design, MUTANT XL offers remote control throughout flight,...

November 30, 2025
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Communication and Electronics

U.S. Army Tests New Counter-Drone Systems in Germany

U.S. Army air defenders met at Germany’s Truppenübungsplatz Putlos for an intensive field evaluation of next-generation counter-UAS systems. The two-week event, organized by the 52nd ADA Brigade and 10th...

November 29, 2025
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Communication and Electronics

U.S. Radar in Tobago Shifts Regional Surveillance

Trinidad and Tobago has acknowledged that U.S. Marines are active in Tobago installing a new radar capability at ANR Robinson International Airport, reversing earlier government statements denying U.S. military...