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On Oct. 1, 2026, Lockheed Martin announced the arrival of Finland's first two permanently based F-35A aircraft. While eight others remain in Arkansas for pilot and maintenance training, Finland has now received 10 of its planned 64 F-35As. The F-35A is a ...

On Oct. 1, 2026, the U. K. Ministry of Defense extended a US$250. 76 million (GBP 190 million) support contract with Airbus for the Royal Air Force’s (RAF) A400M Atlas fleet. The agreement aims to increase daily aircraft availability from 10 to 13 by the end ...

HII announced on Sept. 29, 2026, that Newport News Shipbuilding reached preliminary acceptance of the JOHN F. KENNEDY (CVN 79), the final milestone before the U. S. Navy officially accepts it. After completing its acceptance trials in August, the ...

On Sept. 28, 2026, Shield AI and Kraken Technology Group demonstrated two autonomous K3 SCOUT unmanned surface vessels (USVs) working together during an Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance mission in Portsmouth, U. K. The vessels used their onboard ...

On Sept. 23, 2026, Lockheed Martin announced that Mexico had acquired a second C-130J-30 Super Hercules aircraft. The purchase follows Mexico’s first C-130J-30 acquisition in January 2026 and will expand the country’s airlift capacity. The additional aircraft ...

On Sept. 22, 2026, Leidos announced it received a U. S. Army contract worth up to US$127 million to continue operating the Airborne Reconnaissance and Targeting Exploitation Multi-Mission Intelligence System (ARTEMIS) through 2027, with two additional option ...

On Sept. 17, 2026, Lockheed Martin announced that it received the first PAC-3 MSE interceptor components produced by GM Defense. The delivery occurred less than a month after the two companies formalized their contract. This rapid turnaround addresses a ...

On Sept. 14, 2026, L3Harris Technologies announced a US$60 million U. S. Air Force contract for the production of its DSU-43/B Cockpit Selectable Height of Burst Sensors (C-HOBS). The radar-assisted C-HOBS system allows aircrews to adjust detonation altitudes ...

On Sept. 21, 2026, Rheinmetall announced that it successfully tested the interconnectivity of its unmanned systems for maritime infrastructure security during NATO’s Robotic Experimentation and Prototyping with Maritime Unmanned Systems (REPMUS26) exercise. ...

On Sept. 9, 2026, Anduril announced that the U. S. Army selected it and Boeing to advance to the next phase of the Integrated Fires Protection Capability (IFPC) Increment 2 Second Interceptor competition. The proposed system combines Boeing' s seeker ...

Northrop Grumman and SandboxAQ completed a successful joint demonstration of quantum-sensing navigation on the Lumberjack uncrewed aircraft system (UAS), announced on Sept. 9, 2026. The test showed that the Group 3 UAS can resist jamming in GPS-denied ...

On Sept. 10, 2026, Safran announced that it and MBDA received approval from the French Defense Procurement Agency to produce France' s new long-range land strike capability under the THUNDART program. To execute the program, Safran and MBDA plan to ...