OHB secures first major IRIS² contract worth nearly €1 billion to build 18 MEO platforms for Europe’s secure communications network
German space company OHB has secured a contract worth nearly €1 billion from SES to develop and manufacture 18 medium Earth orbit satellite platforms for the European Union’s IRIS² secure connectivity programme.
Raytheon and Lockheed Martin select Tata for planned Javelin co-production in India, linking U.S. plants to Indo-Pacific missile supply
Raytheon and Lockheed Martin’s Javelin Joint Venture has selected Tata Advanced Systems as its prime Indian partner for potential co-production of the Javelin All Up Round.
Fire Point CEO says Denmark plant will be Ukraine’s first rocket production site on NATO territory, with capacity to fuel more than 4,000 missiles annually
Ukrainian defence technology company Fire Point is building its first production facility outside Ukraine, establishing a solid rocket propellant plant in Denmark.
BAE Systems says its technology aboard NASA’s newly launched Roman Space Telescope will support sky surveys up to 1,000 times faster
NASA launched the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope from Kennedy Space Center in Florida, deploying its latest flagship astrophysics observatory.
Ukraine begins combat trials of robotic turrets armed with twin Kalashnikov assault rifles to reduce infantry exposure on the front line
Ukrainian frontline units have begun combat testing new strike unmanned ground vehicles equipped with robotic weapon stations.
General Dynamics delivers XM30 Wolf prototype for U.S. Army field trials at Fort Hood under $45 billion Bradley replacement program
General Dynamics Land Systems has delivered at least one XM30 Wolf infantry fighting vehicle prototype to the U.S. Army for testing at Fort Hood, Texas, according to an Aug. 28 social media statement.
Danish F-35 Lightning II fighters conduct live precision strike training with 500-pound and 2,000-pound guided bombs at Oksbøl range
The week-long activity tested precision-strike procedures under realistic operational conditions.
L3Harris says mission-networking demonstration connected dispersed U.S. Army formations for threat sensing, data sharing and response
L3Harris Technologies said it demonstrated an integrated mission network that connected threat detection, joint-force communications and coordinated battlefield response during the U.S. Army’s Lightning Surge exercises.
Spain clears €5.4 billion Airbus A330 MRTT framework with Poland, paving the way for orders covering at least seven tanker aircraft under the EU’s SAFE instrument
Spain’s government has approved a seven-year framework agreement with Poland for the joint procurement of at least seven Airbus A330 Multi Role Tanker Transport aircraft.
Ukraine’s defence ministry says AI cuts battlefield imagery analysis time by up to 90% while humans retain strike authority
Ukraine’s defence ministry said artificial intelligence has cut by up to 90% the time military analysts need to detect signs of enemy activity in imagery.
L3Harris says Sky Raider II International combines armed ISR, electronic warfare and precision strike for flexible combat missions
L3Harris Technologies is marketing Sky Raider II International as a lower-cost way to meet growing demand for persistent intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance and armed overwatch.
Trump signs executive order to create the first U.S. Space Academy and train the next generation of military and civilian space professionals
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Friday launching the process to establish the first U.S. Space Academy.