Rafael and Raytheon’s joint venture has delivered the first Iron Dome Tamir interceptor built and assembled entirely in the United States to the Israel Missile Defense Organization (IMDO).
Sweden plans to send a Patriot air defence unit to Poland from December to guard the NATO logistics hub through which military and civilian support flows to Ukraine, the Swedish Ministry of Defence said.
Boeing has received a seven-year contract worth approximately $14.7 billion from Lockheed Martin to expand production of seekers for Patriot PAC-3 Missile Segment Enhancement interceptors.
Hensoldt and Ukraine’s Ministry of Defence have signed a memorandum of understanding covering further large-scale radar deliveries and the development of air defence surveillance capabilities.
NATO has broadened its Air Policing mission into a comprehensive Air Defence posture during 2026, combining it with Eastern Sentry and rotational deployments of air defence systems.
The U.S. Navy commissioned USS Ted Stevens (DDG 128) in Whittier, Alaska, bringing its second Flight III Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer into active service.
Norway has successfully fired an Evolved Seasparrow Missile Block 2 from HNoMS Otto Sverdrup for the first time.
Diehl Defence has secured a development contract to adapt IRIS-T SLM for the German Navy’s F125 frigates.
A U.S. B-1B Lancer joined NATO air defence training in Lithuania and Latvia on 29 September, marking the first American bomber participation under the Alliance’s new air defence framework.
The U.S. Navy has awarded RTX’s Raytheon a five-year contract valued at up to $24.4 billion to accelerate SM-6 missile production.
The U.S. Navy will commission USS Ted Stevens on October 3, adding another Flight III destroyer equipped with Raytheon’s SPY-6(V)1 radar to its active fleet.
The U.S. Navy will relocate the guided-missile destroyer USS John Basilone (DDG-122) from Mayport, Florida, to Naval Station Rota, Spain, this fall.
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