A long-endurance surveillance drone built by Maryland-based Platform Aerospace was spotted taking off from a Jordanian air base used by U.S. forces on September 13, 2026, according to flight-tracking data shared by an open-source intelligence account. The MenchOsint described it as the first known sighting of the aircraft, known as Vanilla, operating from Jordan. The […]

South Korea’s Hanwha Aerospace signed a contract with Croatia’s Ministry of Defence on September 10, 2026, to supply 18 K239 Chunmoo multiple rocket launcher systems, the company’s first defense deal with Croatia. The contract is worth 411.8 million euros (roughly $478 million). The signing ceremony took place at the Office of the Prime Minister in […]

Poseidon Aerospace, a startup building unmanned cargo aircraft, has raised $60 million in a Series A funding round for defense and commercial logistics work, the company announced. TQ Ventures led the round, with participation from JAWS, G Squared, Hanwha Asset Management USA, Starship Ventures, Drover Ventures, Draper Associates and other investors. The company said the […]

JP Aerospace, a volunteer-run organization that has spent decades pursuing an unconventional path to orbit using airships instead of rockets, has released still images from an upcoming concept video showing a vehicle it calls Hazel being launched from a high-altitude airship called SuperTandem. The images, shared by JP Aerospace president John Powell, show an animated […]

Croatia’s government is set to approve the purchase of 18 South Korean K239 Chunmoo multiple rocket launchers for €435.2 million ($506 million), excluding tax, at a cabinet session Friday, Croatian newspaper Jutarnji List reported. The deal would be Croatia’s largest weapons purchase since its 1990s war for independence, apart from its earlier order of Rafale […]

South Korea’s Navy has selected GE Aerospace to supply gas turbine engines for its next-generation KDDX destroyer program, with GE Marine set to deliver 12 LM2500+G4 engines to power six ships, the company said. Each destroyer will carry two LM2500+G4 engines, integrated into a full electric propulsion configuration. GE Aerospace said the setup is intended […]

"From the time in which you field the new weapon, eight weeks later, the Russians and their adversaries are deploying countermeasures," said Chad Steelberg.

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Ukrainian drone maker Buntar Aerospace raised $10.4 million in funding from Axon Enterprise and Munkene AS, placing the round among the six largest disclosed funding rounds in Ukraine this year, according to venture capital firm Defence Builder, citing data from Vestbee. The full list, in order of size: language-learning platform Preply at $150 million, UFORCE […]