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Israel Awards $190M Contract for Advanced Artillery Training Center

Israel’s Ministry of Defence has awarded Elbit Systems a contract worth approximately 600 million new Israeli shekels, or more than $190 million, to establish and operate an advanced training...

November 4, 2026
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Unmanned Systems
R&D

Latvian Forces Use Interceptor Against Incoming Drone

Latvia’s armed forces launched a Blaze interceptor to monitor an unidentified drone that entered Latvian airspace from Belarus on November 1, eventually activating the interceptor’s self-destruct system after the...

November 4, 2026
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Air Platforms
R&D

Textron Becomes Sole Bidder After SNC Exits Navy Jet Contest

Sierra Nevada Corporation has exited the US Navy’s next-generation jet trainer competition, narrowing the Undergraduate Jet Training System programme to Textron Aviation as the only remaining major bidder. SNC...

November 4, 2026
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Naval Platforms
New Product Launches

Saab Introduces CB90 CX Combat Boat With Autonomous Capability

Saab has unveiled the CB90 Capability X, an optionally crewed combat boat developed to provide enhanced maritime surveillance, anti-ship strike and short-range air-defence capabilities. Based on the established CB90...

November 4, 2026
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Missile & Missile Defence
R&D

Thales Successfully Tests New-Generation Missile Launch System

Thales UK has demonstrated its new remotely operated missile-launching capability by conducting the first live firing of a Lightweight Multirole Missile from its remote launcher. Designed to operate across...

November 4, 2026
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Land Platforms
Procurement & Contracts

Schakal Fleet to Grow by 69 Vehicles Under German-Dutch Deal

Germany and the Netherlands have expanded their joint Schakal infantry fighting vehicle programme with an order for 69 additional 8×8 vehicles, bringing the combined procurement total to 291 units....

Israel Secures $190M Deal to Establish New Artillery Training Center

Israel has signed a 15-year agreement worth approximately 600 million shekels ($190 million) with Elbit Systems to establish and operate an advanced training and simulation centre for the IDF...

November 3, 2026
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Naval Platforms
Procurement & Contracts

US Navy Selects GE Aerospace Engines for Two Flight III Destroyers

GE Aerospace has received orders for eight LM2500 marine gas turbines to power two upcoming US Navy Arleigh Burke-class Flight III destroyers, USS Ray Mabus (DDG 147) and USS...

November 3, 2026
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Weapons and Munition
R&D

UAE’s EDGE Successfully Tests Its First Homegrown 155mm Projectile

EDGE has completed the first dynamic firing test of its UAE-developed 155mm Extended Range Full Bore (ERFB) artillery projectile, advancing the country’s indigenous ammunition development programme. Designed and manufactured...

November 3, 2026
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Communication and Electronics
R&D

MQ-9B Completes Early Warning Radar Tests With Saab and GA-ASI

GA-ASI and Saab have successfully demonstrated the MQ-9B drone’s ability to track multiple targets using Saab’s LoyalEye airborne early warning radar during flight trials conducted at GA-ASI’s Desert Horizon...