Hundreds of British military vehicles and personnel are on their way to Romania for NATO's Exercise Steadfast Dart, marking the first-ever deployment of the Allied Reaction Force (ARF). This exercise tests the rapid deployment capabilities of NATO forces, particularly in the event of an invasion in Eastern Europe
Anduril Industries has
Lockheed Martin has approved the use of synthetic aviation turbine fuels (SATF) in the F-35 Lightning II, aiming to enhance the aircraft's operational readiness and reduce reliance on the extended supply chain. The new fuel approval supports the Department of Defenses goals for energy diversification, increasing energy resilience, and improving operational flexibility
Ukraine carried out one of the largest drone and missile attacks on Russian territory since 2022, targeting fuel and gas facilities besides an arms production site across seven regions of Russia, some as far as 1200 km from the front. Some 200 attack drones, American-supplied ATACMS missiles, and British-made Storm Shadow missiles were used, report said
Schiebel's CAMCOPTER S-300 has been selected to support Europe's seabed and anti-submarine warfare capabilities under the SEACURE (Seabed and Anti-Submarine Warfare Capability Through Unmanned Feature for Europe) project. This initiative, funded by the European Defence Fund, focuses on protecting maritime infrastructure and advancing unmanned technologies to counter underwater threats
South Korea's Transport Ministry has revealed that the flight data recorder (FDR) and cockpit voice recorder (CVR) of Jeju Air Flight 2216 stopped recording four minutes before the Boeing 737-800 crashed at Muan International Airport on December 29. The crash resulted in 179 fatalities out of 181 passengers and crew, making it the deadliest aviation disaster in South Korean history
Anduril Industries has acquired the Radar and Command and Control divisions of Numerica Corporation, a move that bolsters its air and missile defense solutions. The acquisition integrates Numerica's radar technology and command software into Anduril's Lattice platform, enhancing its mission systems with tracking algorithms, signal processing, and radar systems
Northrop Grumman is developing a new target vehicle to support the Missile Defense Agencys (MDA) Integrated Master Test Plan (IMTP) and the testing of the Next Generation Interceptor (NGI). While Northrop Grumman is not directly involved in the development of the NGI, the company has been cleared to build a mock target designed to replicate sophisticated missile threats that the NGI is intended to counter
In December, Ukrainian Defense Forces struck more than 54,000 Russian targets using drones, nearly half of which were hit with kamikaze drones. This was
Polands Ministry of National Defense has reportedly decided to abandon plans to acquire domestic wheeled Kryl self-propelled howitzers (SPHs) after evaluating the challenges of modern warfare, particularly the ongoing conflict in Ukraine. According to