SRC has developed the Gryphon R1810 radar for Northrop Grumman’s Raid Hunter, a gun-based air defense system designed to counter drone swarms and other aerial threats.
Lockheed Martin has outlined plans for two PAC-3 interceptors with different priorities: reducing the cost of air defense and engaging more demanding threats.
Sweden has conducted its first Patriot live firing in Crete as it prepares to send an air-defense unit to protect NATO’s logistics hub in Poland from December.
Romanian F-16 fighters shot down two Russian drones over the country’s territorial waters on 17 October after they entered Romanian airspace.
Ukraine has exhausted its Patriot interceptor stocks, CNN reported on Thursday, citing a source familiar with the situation.
Northrop Grumman chief executive Kathy Warden said air defenses need a broader mix of affordable weapons to counter inexpensive drones and increasingly sophisticated aerial threats.
Raytheon has been selected to digitize U.S. Space Force radar sites that provide early warning of missile launches and track objects and activity in space.
Hanwha Systems said its Cheongwang air defence system and a 30 kW-class vehicle-mounted laser destroyed all three target drones during a South Korean Army demonstration on 14 October.
The German Air Force has completed operational certification of its IRIS-T SLM air defence system following a live firing in Crete.
Airbus Defence and Space connected Germany’s IRIS-T SLM and Sweden’s Patriot air defence systems to a shared command post during NATO exercise SPARTAN ARROW 26 in Crete.
Leonardo DRS has begun initial production of its cxMHR radar, announcing the system’s launch at AUSA 2026 in Washington, D.C.
Raytheon is expanding its Coyote interceptor family along two tracks: faster kinetic engagements and recoverable, non-kinetic defense against drone swarms.
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