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Pentagon Dangles $40 Million for Combat-Ready Counter-Drone Boats
The Defense Innovation Unit wants production-ready unmanned surface vessels that can detect, track, and shoot down drones and helicopters beyond three nautical miles — and it wants them fielded within 120 days of selection.Continue Reading
Australia Opens Medium-Range Air Defense Contest Under Project Land 6504
Canberra has launched a formal industry solicitation for a ground-based air and missile defense system to counter ballistic and subsonic threats, pitting U.S., European, Israeli, South Korean, and Turkish vendors against a compressed delivery schedule.Continue Reading
US Army Seeks New Manufacturers to Break Its Single-Source Cannon Tube Risk
The Army wants additional industrial partners to produce 155mm howitzer barrels, moving to reduce its reliance on Watervliet Arsenal as the sole manufacturer of a component critical to the Abrams, Paladin, and M777 systems.Continue Reading
Argentina Weighs Dueling Submarine Offers From Germany and France
Buenos Aires is evaluating fully-financed bids from TKMS and Naval Group for three new diesel-electric submarines, a contract that could exceed $1.3 billion and reopen Argentina’s underwater fleet for the first time since the loss of the ARA San Juan.Continue Reading
Boeing Just Handed Its Drone and Autonomy Assets to a Rival Air-Taxi Startup
Archer Aviation is acquiring Boeing’s Wisk Aero, Insitu, and SkyGrid subsidiaries in an all-stock deal that makes Boeing Archer’s largest outside shareholder — and turns a five-year-old eVTOL company into a genuine defense and autonomy contender overnight.Continue Reading
