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Salesforce agrees to buy Rune for military logistics software
Salesforce will acquire Rune Technologies to expand Missionforce, its business serving US military and government customers.
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Bombardier and BAE explore future combat-air cooperation
Bombardier and BAE Systems signed a memorandum to assess industrial and technology cooperation for future combat-air programmes.
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Romania selects Thales radars for civil and military airspace
Romania selected Thales to supply radars for civil and military airspace surveillance and for aircraft approach and landing operations.
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Alibaba wins injunction in Pentagon contracting dispute
A US judge granted Alibaba a preliminary injunction against rules that could deny Pentagon contracts to companies connected to firms lobbying for the group.
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Documents trace disguised Iranian jet fuel to Myanmar
Reuters traced Iranian jet fuel delivered to Myanmar through contracts and import documents that described the cargo as South African diesel.
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Ukraine says US ballistic warnings fully restored
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said US warnings of imminent Russian ballistic strikes were fully restored and Starshield mobility service had recovered after recent restrictions.
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Ukraine says Starlink and Starshield speeds are restored
Ukraine says Starlink and its military version, Starshield, are again operating at required speeds after restrictions disrupted military communications.
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France and UAE revive work on Rafale’s next upgrade
France and the United Arab Emirates have revived plans to jointly fund and develop the Rafale F5 upgrade after talks stalled earlier in 2026.
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Lockheed and the Pentagon outline a 10-year F-35 production framework
A proposed 10-year framework covers at least 850 F-35 aircraft and a minimum $7 billion of Lockheed-funded production and support investment.
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Sweden orders Raytheon UK GPS anti-jamming systems
Sweden will integrate Landshield and Landshield Plus units across military platforms to protect positioning and timing signals.
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US Navy adds $99 million for DDG 1002 sea trials
Ingalls Shipbuilding received a contract modification to conduct sea trials for the Zumwalt-class Lyndon B. Johnson.
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Rheinmetall and MSC win auction for Romania’s Mangalia shipyard
The partners announced a roughly €138 million winning bid, with completion still expected in the coming weeks.
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NHN announces full operation of South Korea’s military collaboration platform
NHN says Defense Ieum now serves 300,000 users across the ministry and armed forces.
Ministry of Defence / PIB · Commissioning ceremony, October 16, 2026.
India adds INS Samarthak as a multipurpose naval platform
New reporting examines the L&T-built vessel’s testing, support and uncrewed-system roles after its October 16 commissioning.
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Saab completes first-phase trials of a large uncrewed underwater vehicle
The demonstrator was developed with Sweden’s defence procurement agency and armed forces in less than a year after contract award.
Ukraine Ministry of Defence · Source image; photograph date unspecified, not a delivery record. CC BY 4.0.
Ukraine orders 4,700 fragment-protection suits
The ministry says its first centralised purchase of the suits exceeds UAH 186 million.
U.S. Navy photo · October 13, 2026. The appearance of U.S. Department of War (DoW) visual information does not imply or constitute DoW endorsement.
F-35C completes its first landing on a Ford-class carrier
Test aircraft landed on and launched from the future USS John F. Kennedy on October 13.
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NATO Innovation Fund expands its search for technology in Poland
The existing €1 billion fund is establishing a Warsaw presence to identify dual-use investments.
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Airbus completes Valkyrie’s first European test flight
Airbus flew a US-built Kratos Valkyrie in Europe for the first time, testing regulatory clearance ahead of planned mission-system and Eurofighter integration.
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EU adopts €115m AGILE programme for rapid defence innovation
The Council of the European Union adopted a €115 million funding programme called AGILE to accelerate defence innovation.
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US threatened Ukraine arms channel over refinery strikes, FT reports
The Financial Times reported that Washington threatened to restrict an allied arms-purchasing mechanism and intelligence sharing to press Ukraine to halt strikes on Russian refineries.
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Edgewing opens Turin engineering hub for GCAP
Edgewing has inaugurated a Turin engineering hub where Italian, Japanese and British teams will develop systems and subsystems for the GCAP future combat aircraft program.
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Close-orbiting Russian satellites sharpen concern over commercial constellations.
Germany's space commander warned that coordinated proximity operations around an ICEYE satellite illustrate risks to constellations used by Western militaries.
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Portugal weighs the F-35 alongside three European fighter options.
Lisbon has not opened a formal tender to replace 28 upgraded F-16M fighters but says the US proposal is receiving serious consideration.
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Australia receives a second HIMARS tranche two years early.
The delivery expands the Army's 10th Fires Brigade as the government plans a force of up to 90 launchers and a domestic guided-weapons supply chain.
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Anduril and the US Navy back a $6.6 billion submarine-parts expansion.
A planned $3.7 billion Maryland shipyard and a $2.9 billion Navy contract are intended to expand production of Virginia-class submarine components.
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U.S. Army tests counter-drone systems at the Mexican border.
The Falcon Peak exercise evaluated detection and response technologies as authorities reported hundreds of recent drone incursions near the border.
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Germany announces €1 billion in military aid as firms sign major Ukraine defence agreements.
The package accompanied 14 German-Ukrainian agreements worth about €6.6 billion across air defence, radar and uncrewed systems.
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Airbus and Lockheed Martin compete for a UK military satellite contract worth up to £2 billion.
The SkyNet 6 procurement covers two geostationary satellites intended to provide secure communications into the 2040s and beyond.
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The Pentagon studies expanding its autonomous surveillance-boat fleet by up to 50 vessels.
Defense officials are evaluating wider use of small solar-powered uncrewed boats after a 10-vessel border-security pilot.
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Nokia and ICEYE plan sovereign low-orbit communications systems for security missions.
The partners will combine satellites, ground equipment and terminals into secure broadband systems controlled by government customers.
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The Pentagon creates an Autonomous Warfare Command for AI and robotic systems.
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced a new command dedicated to building and distributing autonomous and robotic capabilities across the armed forces.
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Boeing wins the U.S. Navy's $20 billion F/A-XX development contract.
The Pentagon selected Boeing to develop the U.S. Navy's next-generation carrier fighter, a program currently designated F/A-XX and intended to replace the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet.
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EU members approve five cross-border projects for shared defense capabilities.
The proposed European Defence Projects of Common Interest cover drone and counter-drone systems, the eastern flank, maritime and seabed security, early warning, and space capabilities.
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The US Navy and Thales clear a TACAN repair backlog.
Production lead times have returned to normal after shortages of high-power amplifiers disrupted deliveries and maintenance of ship- and shore-based navigation equipment.
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Boeing receives a $636.1 million US Army helicopter-support modification.
The modification lifts the value of Boeing's Apache performance-based logistics agreement above $1.1 billion and extends support through 2029.
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Uzbekistan receives Central Asia’s first C-390 military transport.
Embraer delivered the first of two C-390 Millennium transports ordered by Uzbekistan, making the country the type’s first Central Asian operator.
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US appeals court upholds the Pentagon’s Anthropic blacklist.
A federal appeals court upheld the Pentagon’s designation of Anthropic as a national-security supply-chain risk, Reuters reported.
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EU agency says Europe must accelerate defence readiness for 2030.
Europe’s current national plans do not appear sufficient to meet the EU’s 2030 defence-readiness goal, according to the first annual report by the European Defence Agency seen by Reuters.
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Taiwan strengthens maritime patrol capacity around the Pratas Islands.
Taiwan says a new patrol boat, an upgraded wharf and regular larger-vessel deployments have increased enforcement capacity around the remote Pratas Islands.
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Dassault flight-tests two AI algorithms as candidates for future Rafale upgrades.
One algorithm came from Dassault and the other from a collaboration with Thales; the companies disclosed no operational details about the tests.
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Britain agrees to limited defensive air-refuelling support for Saudi Arabia.
Prime Minister Andy Burnham said one Voyager tanker would provide time-limited defensive air-to-air refuelling after a Saudi request.
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Canada and France task agencies with joint space-launch and ground-system work.
The countries’ space agencies and defense ministries will work together on launch systems and ground reception facilities.
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Greenland and Denmark say a U.S. security deal will preserve sovereignty.
Officials described an agreement in principle for a larger U.S. military presence while insisting Greenland’s sovereignty and self-determination remain intact.
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Poland joins Ukraine-led anti-ballistic missile coalition.
Prime Minister Donald Tusk said Poland had joined a multinational effort to develop a lower-cost alternative to Patriot interceptors.
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Thales calls for international rules to govern AI development.
CEO Patrice Caine argued that technical safeguards need government oversight and an international framework.
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China warns that U.S. orbital weapons could accelerate an arms race.
Beijing called for restraint after Washington’s unusually direct acknowledgment of on-orbit space-control weapons.
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Germany and the US sign a defence-industry cooperation letter.
The two governments plan closer industrial coordination as they work through the details of future capacity and procurement.
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Textron and Merlin unveil an autonomous SkyCourier cargo concept.
The SkyCourier UX proposal explores a crewless aircraft for military resupply.
Massachusetts' 104th Fighter Wing formally begins its F-35A era.
The Barnes-based Air National Guard unit marked the official arrival of the fighter that will replace its F-15 mission.
More European PESCO defence projects are moving toward delivery.
The 2026 progress report tracks 74 cooperative projects and points to a growing shift from concept work into procurement and fielding.
The UK sets a 2028 target to lift defence spending with smaller suppliers.
The defence-industry minister said the government aims to raise SME spending by 50 percent and add £2.5 billion by summer 2028.
UK sets out a £7.8 billion space strategy through 2030.
The plan combines satellite connectivity, orbital security and industrial development under a cross-government strategy.
Tata and the Javelin joint venture outline Indian co-production.
A memorandum sets out exploration of final assembly and component production.
Airbus explores virtual environments in Timber Express.
The company’s summer exercise coverage links real aircraft with simulated threats.