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
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
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
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
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