In Germany, Romanian Economy Minister Radu Miruță signed the contractual framework for a €535 million strategic investment to build a gunpowder factory in Victoria, Brașov county, together with Rheinmetall.
On Wednesday, 27 August, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte visited Rheinmetall’s artillery plant in Unterlüß, Germany, the company’s largest production facility and a cornerstone of Europe’s defence industry.
U.S. defence contractor Lockheed Martin is in talks with Rheinmetall to produce missiles including ATACMS and Hellfire in Germany, according to business magazine WirtschaftsWoche.
For the first time in the history of Super Garuda Shield, U.S. Soldiers from the 11th Airborne Division (ABD) fired FIM-92 Stinger missiles in Indonesia during a live-fire exercise on 26 August 2025.
EDGE has completed major development milestones for its MIRSAD-X electro-optic system during a field test at XRANGE, the group’s multi-domain training, testing, and evaluation facility.
Gunpowder and NATO-calibre 155 mm artillery rounds will be produced in Bulgaria under two joint-venture agreements with Germany’s Rheinmetall.
Firehawk Aerospace has conducted the inaugural flight of its additively manufactured GMLRS-class Firehawk Analog (GFA), a 3D-printed hybrid rocket engine system.
The U.S. Army has down selected Lockheed Martin’s Spike Non-Line-of-Sight (NLOS) system for the Mobile-Long Range Precision Strike Missile (M-LRPSM) Directed Requirement, awarding the company the first phase of the contract.
Bohemia Interactive Simulations has been awarded a five-year enterprise licence contract to deliver the Digital Virtual Trainer for the Canadian Department of National Defence.
Lockheed Martin has announced the successful test of its prototype Joint Reduced Range Rocket (JR3) system, a reusable pod and affordable training round designed to replace the Low-Cost Reduced Range Practice Rocket for the U.S. Army and international partners.
American Rheinmetall has unveiled a new digital-first approach to combat vehicle development, using a Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA) and virtual prototyping to accelerate design and production.
Finnish company Sako has launched the Sako ARG – Arctic Rifle Generation, a next-generation full-auto rifle system developed in collaboration with the Finnish and Swedish Defence Forces.
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