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How Strong Is Italy’s Military in 2026? Navy, F-35s, GCAP and Defense Industry

How Strong Is Italy’s Military in 2026? Navy, F-35s, GCAP and Defense Industry

Italy has the tenth most powerful military in the world in 2026, according to Global Firepower, and one of the most capable navies in Europe....

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TEKEVER Sells Uncrewed Aircraft to US Special Operations Command Without Naming the Model

TEKEVER Sells Uncrewed Aircraft to US Special Operations Command Without Naming the Model

US Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) has bought uncrewed aerial systems from Portuguese manufacturer TEKEVER for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) missions, the company announced. TEKEVER...

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Helsing Unveils Contra Air Defence System and Two Low-Cost Interceptors

Helsing Unveils Contra Air Defence System and Two Low-Cost Interceptors

Helsing has unveiled Contra, an AI-controlled air defence system built to engage hundreds or thousands of drones and missiles at once, together with two container-launched...

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Raytheon Says $800 Million Investment Will Double SPY-6 Radar Output by 2028

Raytheon Says $800 Million Investment Will Double SPY-6 Radar Output by 2028

Raytheon says it has invested more than $800 million in its automated radar facility in Andover, Massachusetts, and that the spending supports doubling AN/SPY-6 output...

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GA-ASI Brings Boeing-Owned Spirit Defense Into FQ-42 Fuselage Production

GA-ASI Brings Boeing-Owned Spirit Defense Into FQ-42 Fuselage Production

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) has named Spirit Defense, a Boeing company, as a fuselage design-build partner for the FQ-42 Vengeance Collaborative Combat Aircraft. GA-ASI...

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EDGE Group Completes Takeover of Italian Engine Maker CMD and Targets Drone Engine Volume

EDGE Group Completes Takeover of Italian Engine Maker CMD and Targets Drone Engine Volume

UAE defence group EDGE has completed its acquisition of a controlling stake in CMD, the Italian piston-engine maker based in Atella, turning a May agreement...

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Sweden Buys Baltic Surveillance as a Service From Saildrone

Sweden Buys Baltic Surveillance as a Service From Saildrone

Sweden has contracted Saildrone to run four Voyager uncrewed surface vehicles in the Baltic Sea for 360 days each, a year-long maritime domain awareness mission...

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PZL Mielec to Build F-35 Wiring Harnesses in Poland From 2027

PZL Mielec to Build F-35 Wiring Harnesses in Poland From 2027

PZL Mielec, Lockheed Martin's Polish subsidiary, will manufacture aviation electrical wiring harnesses for the F-35 at its plant in Mielec, with the first delivery planned...