The Space Development Agency has awarded L3Harris Technologies and Sierra Space agreements worth a combined approximately $1.75 billion to build 36 additional Accelerated Missile Defense Tranche 3 space vehicles.
Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Ukraine and the United Kingdom have announced the start of work to establish a purely defensive Anti-Ballistic Missile Coalition.
The UK Ministry of Defence has awarded £3.16 million to three suppliers to develop low-cost interceptors designed to shoot down drones and other airborne threats.
Lockheed Martin Australia has marked 20 years of sustaining the AN-TPS 77-based Tactical Air Defence Radar System in partnership with the Royal Australian Air Force.
U.S. Army soldiers assigned to Delta Battery, 1st Battalion, 62nd Air Defense Artillery Regiment, conducted Patriot site establishment training on July 9, 2026.
nLIGHT has been selected for a Joint Laser Weapon System Other Transaction Authority agreement supporting the U.S. Department of War’s next-generation cruise missile defense architecture.
Turkish defence company ASELSAN has signed a contract worth about €1.47 billion with Türkiye’s Presidency of Defence Industries, known as SSB, to expand serial production of air defence systems.
The MBDA-led HYDIS project has completed its Final Concept Review, marking another milestone in the development of a future European counter-hypersonic and anti-ballistic interceptor.
Ukraine said agreements reached at the 36th NATO Summit in Ankara will strengthen its air defence, expand joint defence production and mobilise additional financing for defence projects.
U.S. Marines from III Marine Expeditionary Force successfully fired the new Medium-Range Intercept Capability system on June 30, 2026, during Exercise Valiant Shield 2026.
Australia and the United States have conducted a successful live firing of a prototype medium-range ground-based air defense system, the Australian Government said.
Ukraine’s air defences maintained a consistently high interception rate of nearly 90% against aerial threats during large-scale attacks in June 2026, the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine said.
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