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.
The award was announced at the NATO Summit Defence Industry Forum in Ankara.
"We are gonna give you a licence to make Patriots," Trump told Zelensky. "I think they can produce them very quickly once we explain it."
Belgium plans to acquire the NASAMS air defence system to protect its population and critical infrastructure from aerial threats.
IBCS is in full-rate production and operational in Poland.
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