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U.S. Air Force expands its arsenal of small combat drones

21 July 2026 at 06:44
GUARDIAN-1 сounter-drone interceptorThe U.S. Air Force has handed a Georgia drone maker a contract worth up to $90 million to build small, expendable aircraft designed to deny enemies the ability to fly. Tandem Defense, based in Richmond Hill, Georgia, won a new contract, meaning the U.S. Air Force can order any quantity of equipment up to the […]

Lockheed develops a cheaper Patriot missile interceptor

20 July 2026 at 07:06
Lockheed Martin unveiled a new, cheaper version of its Patriot air defense interceptor at the Farnborough International Airshow, announcing that the PAC-3 Adapted Capability Effector, known as PAC-3 ACE, will cost less than half as much per unit as the missile it’s designed to complement, the PAC-3 MSE, which runs roughly $4 million per round […]

U.S. Army orders more M917A3 heavy trucks

18 July 2026 at 04:23
Mack Defense announced that the U.S. Army placed an order for 115 additional Heavy Dump Trucks, known as HDTs, under the M917A3 program supporting the National Guard, a purchase that brings the combined value of this and a related truck order from last month past $84 million. An HDT is exactly what it sounds like, […]

TΓΌrkiye pours $24 billion into its homegrown missile shield

9 July 2026 at 06:31
TΓΌrkiye President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announced an additional $24 billion in funding for TΓΌrkiye’s Steel Dome air and missile defense project during the opening session of the NATO Summit in Ankara, according to Turkish defense outlet Ulusavunma. β€œWe have taken measures to raise the ratio of our defense spending to 3.5 percent by 2030,” Erdoğan […]

Five NATO nations plan a Patriot missile repair hub inside Europe

7 July 2026 at 08:41
The United States, Germany, the Netherlands, Poland, and Sweden signed a joint government-to-government agreement at the NATO Summit Defense Industry Forum in Ankara, TΓΌrkiye, on July 7 to explore building a dedicated PAC-3 missile maintenance facility somewhere in Europe, a move Lockheed Martin says would give NATO its first in-region repair and sustainment hub for […]
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