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.
Kongsberg has signed a NOK 10 billion contract for NASAMS air defence systems for Belgium and a separate Dutch contract worth about NOK 1.5 billion.
L3Harris Technologies has received an undefinitized contract from Lockheed Martin valued at more than $6 billion, excluding escalations, to expand propulsion production for the THAAD missile defense system.
Raytheon has placed new orders with Lyntris for components used in the U.S. Army’s Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor, or LTAMDS.
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