The Los Angeles-based company says the design can cut costs by up to 90% compared with conventional solid-rocket-motor and turbojet interceptors.
The test examined how a fighter pilot can issue tactical instructions to an uncrewed aircraft whose onboard software executes them.
Production is scheduled to begin in autumn 2026 at a rate of up to 36 tanks a year.
The European Defence Agency project aims to develop the technology needed for one tanker to coordinate refuelling with several unmanned aircraft at once.
Saab has presented the first of three GlobalEye airborne early warning and control aircraft ordered for the Swedish Air Force.
The plant will support Poland’s SAN programme and could begin serial production in the first half of 2028.
Hadrian has signed a seven-year agreement to bring automated manufacturing into Lockheed Martin’s Missiles and Fire Control facility in Grand Prairie, Texas.
The guided-missile destroyer joins U.S. naval forces stationed in Europe for maritime security operations and training with NATO allies.
Russia is intensifying sabotage and other hybrid operations against Britain and its allies while trying to stay below NATO’s collective defence threshold, MI5 Director General Sir Ken McCallum said.
Production will begin after qualification at Avio USA’s facility under construction in Hurt, Virginia.
Aircraft from 17 countries are taking part in the training, which uses no live nuclear weapons.
The awards include the first international sales of its Coyote effectors and Ku-band Radio Frequency Sensor, known as KuRFS.
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