SAS 2026: MARTAC announces upcoming USV delivery to the Philippines, new projects 23/04/2026 | Wilder Alejandro Sanchez (reporting from Maryland, US) At the Sea Air Space expo at the National Harbor, outside of Washington, DC, FW MAG spoke with Seamus Flatley, Chief Growth Officer at the… [read more]

DSA 2026: Royal Malaysian Air Force to Receive First Thales GM400 ALPHA Radar in 2026 23/04/2026 | Atul Chandra (Reporting from Kuala Lumpur) The Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) is set to receive its first Thales GROUND MASTER 400 Alpha (GM400α) long-range air surveillance radar in the second… [read more]

Roll out for the first HUNTER hull for Latvia 22/04/2026 | Gabriele Molinelli The first ASCOD HUNTER hull has rolled out of the General Dynamics European Land Systems (GDELS) factory in Trubia and arrived at the production site… [read more]

DSA 2026: Upgraded Malaysian K200 IFV unveiled at DSA 21/04/2026 | Atul Chandra (Reporting from Kuala Lumpur) The Malaysian firm Cendana Auto, in partnership with Hanwha Aerospace has unveiled a locally modernised variant of the K200 tracked Infantry Fighting Vehicle (IFV), designated… [read more]

Odysight.ai–GACI alliance targets French defence readiness 20/04/2026 | Editorial Team Odysight.ai’s new commercial collaboration agreement with France’s GACI Technologies marks a push to embed AI-powered predictive maintenance across the French aerospace and defence ecosystem, from… [read more]

Israel to accelerate ARROW production, including through US suppliers 16/04/2026 | Gabriele Molinelli The Ministerial Committee for Procurement has approved the Israel Ministry of Defense (IMOD) plan for a “major additional acceleration” of the production of ARROW interceptor… [read more]

Elbit to deliver PULS rocket artillery to Greece 15/04/2026 | Gabriele Molinelli On April 6, Greece finalized a contract with Israel’s Elbit for the supply of Precise & Universal Launching System (PULS) rocket launchers, related ammunition and… [read more]

ULTRA will supply the US Navy with the new AN/SSQ-125B sonobuoys 13/04/2026 | Gabriele Molinelli Ultra Maritime has been awarded a Sole Source Firm Fixed Priced contract for the AN/SSQ-125B Low Rate Initial Production (LRIP) for the US Navy. The… [read more]

The Kongsberg and Salt team has been selected to design the “Standardized Vessel” for Norway and UK 08/04/2026 | Gabriele Molinelli The Norwegian Defence Materiel Administration (FMA) has awarded a contract to the consortium Salt Ship Design AS and Kongsberg Defence and Aerospace AS for the… [read more]

More underwater gliders and profiling floats for the Royal Navy from Teledyne 07/04/2026 | Gabriele Molinelli The Royal Navy has celebrated at the end of March the activation of a new contract, worth more than £6.6 million, with Teledyne to replenish… [read more]

L3Harris for the launch and recovery of drones from SSN torpedo tubes 03/04/2026 | Gabriele Molinelli On March 25, L3Harris Technologies announced that it received an Other Transaction Authority contract from the Department of War’s Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) to deliver… [read more]

Japan deploys first operational hypersonic glide weapon 01/04/2026 | Mike Rajkumar Japan has enhanced its stand-off strike capabilities with the deployment of the nation’s first operational hypersonic glide weapon by the Japan Ground Self-Defence Force (JGSDF).… [read more]

Elbit America awarded contract to develop the Soldier Borne Mission Command system 19/03/2026 | Gabriele Molinelli On March 10, Elbit America announced the award of a $120.5 million Other Transaction Authority (OTA) contract from the US Army that will see the… [read more]

Kraken to supply 20 USV K3 to the Royal Navy under project BEEHIVE 18/03/2026 | Gabriele Molinelli Project BEEHIVE, opened on the market with a first notice published in early November 2025, is about supplying the Royal Navy with a flotilla of… [read more]

South Korea moves ahead on KOREA-type AEGIS destroyer, F-35A Upgrade 13/03/2026 | Mike Rajkumar South Korea is moving ahead with three key programmes discussed during the 173rd Defense Acquisition Program Committee meeting held in late February. The programmes include… [read more]

Japan: JMSDF commissions fifth TAIGEI-class submarine 13/03/2026 | Mike Rajkumar The Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force (JMSDF) commissioned its fifth TAIGEI-class submarine, CHOGEI, into service on 10 March at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries' Kobe Shipyard. CHOGEI (Long… [read more]

Exail announces the delivery of the first full MCM toolbox for the Belgian-Dutch joint program 11/03/2026 | Gabriele Molinelli Exail has announced the delivery in Zeebrugge of its first mine countermeasures (MCM) toolbox. The delivery was completed by Belgium Naval & Robotics, the consortium… [read more]

METIS and TALON: the Royal Navy looking for modular, embarkable C-UXS solutions 10/03/2026 | Gabriele Molinelli The Royal Navy has launched 2 projects looking at kinetic and non-kinetic, modular, embarkable solutions to be deployed against massed surface and air drone attacks.… [read more]

SSN-AUKUS: Australia announces infrastructure work at Osborne and a first Long Lead order of key items from the UK 06/03/2026 | Gabriele Molinelli On the back of the visit by Australian Defence Minister Pat Conroy to the UK for the latest Australia-United Kingdom Defence Industry Dialogue (AUKDID), the… [read more]

USAF and Northrop Grumman agree plans for a major expansion in B-21 production capacity 05/03/2026 | Gabriele Molinelli The USAF and Northrop Grumman communicated on February 23 the reaching of an agreement for the use of $4.5 billion in funding authorized and appropriated… [read more]