The U.S. State Department has approved a possible $140 million sale of four UH-60L Black Hawk helicopters to Argentina, a deal that would give the Argentine Army its first Black Hawks. The approval, notified to Congress on September 10, 2026, follows through on a purchase Argentine officials confirmed earlier this year. The package includes the […]

A U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III landed at Camp Davis South, part of Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune in North Carolina, marking the first time the heavy-lift aircraft has touched down there in more than 20 years. The roughly 140-ton jet, longer than half a football field, landed alongside Canadian C-130 transports to support […]

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has finished dismantling the SM-1 nuclear power plant at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, the Army’s first nuclear reactor and the first facility in the country to send nuclear-generated electricity into the commercial power grid. The Corps’ Baltimore District completed the last field work this year, closing out a project that […]

The U.S. Army is testing two rival versions of a new digital command network by putting them in the hands of soldiers in two active-duty divisions at once, and the service’s testing command says it can now judge how each performs within one to two weeks of a field exercise ending, down from the months […]

The U.S. Coast Guard held a ceremony at Air Station Sacramento, California, marking delivery of the station’s first HC-130J Super Hercules, the aircraft that will eventually replace its smaller C-27J Spartan patrol planes. Vice Adm. Joseph Buzzella, commander of U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area, presided over the event. “This is a monumental step forward for […]

The Office of the Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Air Force for Space Acquisition and Integration has awarded a $161 million Strategic Breakthrough contract to Antares, a California nuclear startup, to advance a reactor design meant to power spacecraft. The company describes it as the largest Department of War award to date focused specifically on […]

ELVO, Greece’s main military vehicle manufacturer, has shown off the first Mercedes G-Class “jeeps” modernized under a new refit program built to extend the life of the Greek Army’s aging vehicle fleet rather than replace it outright. The vehicles being upgraded are roughly 30 years old. ELVO is fitting a new engine and automatic transmission, […]

The U.S. Army has selected Fort Benning, Georgia, as one of five military bases that will host nuclear microreactors under a new Pentagon energy resilience initiative called the Janus Program, Army officials announced August 26, 2026. Fort Benning will pair with California-based Radiant Industries to install three of the company’s one-megawatt Kaleidos microreactors, adding a […]

Northrop Grumman said on September 10, 2026, that it remains in talks with Poland about supplying the E-2D Advanced Hawkeye, a radar and command aircraft the U.S. Navy already flies from its carriers. According to the company, those discussions cover possible adoption, training and industrial cooperation, but Northrop Grumman stopped short of describing any signed […]

Northrop Grumman announced a series of new industrial agreements with partners in Poland and Estonia on September 10, 2026, unveiled at MSPO, Poland’s largest defense trade show, in Kielce. The announcements span air-defense software, chain guns already mounted on Polish armored vehicles, and exploratory talks over a radar aircraft, tying several existing programs together under […]

A one-way attack drone built by Northrop Grumman flew a test flight in California, guided by a navigation system that never touches GPS. Instead, it reads faint variations in Earth’s own magnetic field, picked up by quantum sensors built by SandboxAQ, a Silicon Valley company spun out of Google. The test took place at Fort […]

BlackSky Technology said it has been named the exclusive provider of very-high-resolution optical satellites for what organizers call the world’s first AI-enabled satellite constellation, a $1 billion initiative unveiled September 9, 2026, at the first International Space Summit in Paris. The initial constellation will include 50 satellites carrying radar, optical and other sensors, built to […]

American Rheinmetall has won a $7.28 million contract to deliver 12 Mission Master SP autonomous ground vehicles and five amphibious kits to the U.S. Marine Corps, the company announced. The Defense Logistics Agency is managing the procurement, with ADS Inc. serving as prime contractor supporting the Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory. The vehicles will be used […]

British radar maker Blighter is pushing for more sales in Central and Eastern Europe, showcasing its border and low-altitude air surveillance radars this week at the MSPO defense exhibition in Kielce, Poland. The company builds ground-based radars that use electronic scanning array antennas rather than the mechanically rotating dishes found on older radar systems, letting […]

AEVEX Corp. has won $20.5 million in new U.S. government contracts to build and develop one-way attack drones, the company announced September 9. AEVEX did not name the government agency behind the awards or specify which of its drone models are covered. The work includes delivering the aircraft themselves along with engineering, development and integration […]

An F-35B fighter squadron from South Carolina has taken over rotational duty in Japan, replacing a Hornet squadron under a U.S. Marine Corps program that keeps U.S.-based units cycling through the Pacific. Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 533, known as the Hawks, arrived at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni on September 5 under the Unit Deployment […]

U.S. Marines with the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit ran two separate forward operating sites at once during a training exercise near Camp Pendleton, California, testing whether the unit can track ships at sea, direct combat operations, and keep aircraft armed and fueled from multiple locations simultaneously rather than a single base. One site, called a […]

The U.S. Navy demonstrated a system last month that can refuel an unmanned surface vessel at sea without any crew on board, a step toward keeping robotic boats on station indefinitely instead of returning to port when they run low on fuel. The Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division ran the demonstration off the coast […]

A Ukrainian armed ground robot survived five FPV drone strikes and completed its combat mission before a sixth strike finally disabled it, according to DevDroid, the Ukrainian company that builds the system. Soldiers from the fire support company of Ukraine’s 74th Separate Reconnaissance Battalion remotely operated the Droid TW-12.7 during an operation to clear an […]

Australian researchers have built a 3D-printed titanium structure that floats in water and keeps floating even after significant damage, according to a study led by RMIT University. The material is a lattice made of hollow, interconnected titanium struts filled with polyurethane foam. Researchers said it withstands seawater exposure and is stronger than the stainless steel […]