Russia Unveils Arctic Truck that Climbs Walls and Crosses Rivers
Uralvagonzavod unveiled the DT‑3PM, a light articulated tracked all‑terrain vehicle, at the Gas.Oil.Technologies expo in Ufa. The prototype can haul up to 3.5 tonnes, transport 17 passengers, reach 50 km/h on land and 5 km/h in water, and operate from –50 °C to +45 °C. Its dual‑use design lets operators mount weapons or civilian equipment, targeting both Arctic military logistics and remote oil‑gas projects. The vehicle builds on Vityaz’s legacy of rugged Arctic carriers, offering enhanced agility for Russia’s expanding High‑North presence.
Lockheed Wins $180M to Keep HIMARS Running for Its Global Customers
Lockheed Martin secured an indefinite‑delivery contract worth up to $180 million to provide logistics, maintenance, and repair services for HIMARS and MLRS systems sold to foreign‑military customers through May 2031. The agreement centralizes spare‑parts supply, technical assistance, and depot‑level support for more...
U.S. Marines Begin Fielding Their Cannon-Armed Amphibious Vehicle
BAE Systems delivered the first ACV‑30 amphibious combat vehicle to the U.S. Marine Corps on May 28, marking the debut of a 30 mm cannon‑armed variant. The ACV‑30 joins more than 150 units already ordered under contracts worth over $380 million, with...
Canada’s Roshel Develops Mobile Mortar System
Roshel and Singapore’s ST Engineering unveiled the Senator Pickup equipped with the Ground Deployed Advanced Mortar System (GDAMS) at CANSEC 2026. The 4×4 pickup can launch 81 mm and 120 mm mortar rounds up to 9 km, deploying and stowing in just 15 seconds with...
AeroVironment Expands to Mass-Produce Its Drone-Killer Missile
The U.S. Army is injecting $20.2 million to add 24,000 sq ft to AeroVironment’s Huntsville, Alabama plant, fast‑tracking mass production of the Freedom Eagle‑1 low‑cost interceptor missile. Freedom Eagle‑1, developed under a prior $95.9 million contract, is designed to destroy Group 2 and 3 drones...
Ukraine’s Investigators Published What They Found in Oreshnik Wreckage
Ukraine’s investigators released detailed analysis of the RS‑26 “Oreshnik” missile debris recovered after it struck an industrial zone near Bila Tserkva on May 23‑24, 2026. The wreckage contained inert warhead simulators and a deployment unit for six main warheads that each split...
Iran’s Radar-Silent Missile System Just Made Its Foreign Debut in Armenia
Armenia displayed Iran‑made Majid AD‑08 short‑range air‑defense systems during its May 28 Republic Day parade, marking the first known foreign export of the radar‑silent missile. The system relies on passive infrared guidance, detecting targets up to 15 km away and engaging them...
Lithuania to Buy 936 Patria Armored Vehicles From Finland
Lithuania’s State Defence Council approved a purchase of 936 Patria 6×6 armored vehicles from Finland, with the first 300 slated for delivery by 2030. The deal incorporates a requirement that part of the production be carried out in Lithuania, creating...
Germany Orders 2,000 Military Trucks in $1.1B Deal
Germany’s Bundeswehr has placed a $1.18 billion order for more than 2,000 Rheinmetall MAN Military Vehicles HX trucks, with deliveries beginning in the first half of 2026 and most units arriving before year‑end. The mix includes roughly 1,000 heavy 8×8 trucks and...
Germany Doubles Down on Night-Fighting Laser Gear for Soldiers
Germany’s Bundeswehr has placed a second major order with Rheinmetall for its LLM‑VarioRay laser‑light modules, covering a six‑figure quantity to be delivered between 2026 and 2032. The contract, valued at several hundred million euros (approximately $330 million), will be recorded in...
Israeli Defense Giant Elbit Wins $350M Mystery Tank Upgrade Deal
Elbit Systems secured a $350 million, four‑year contract to upgrade main battle tanks for an undisclosed international client. The package replaces fire‑control, gun and turret drives, communications and situational‑awareness systems with AI‑enabled electro‑optical sights and electric drives, and includes long‑term logistics...
Rheinmetall Reveals Shadow Wolf Tactical Truck for UK Army
Rheinmetall UK unveiled the Shadow Wolf tactical truck as its entry for the British Army’s Land Mobility Programme, aiming to replace the aging Defender and similar light‑vehicle fleets. The vehicle shares the proven Caracal architecture already entering service with NATO partners,...
U.S. Army Picks BAE Systems to Protect Tanks From Missiles and Drones
On May 27, 2026 the U.S. Army awarded BAE Systems a program‑of‑record contract for its ROOK soft‑kill active protection system. ROOK jams the guidance of anti‑tank missiles and hostile drones, offering an "infinite" magazine depth compared with kinetic interceptors. The...
Lockheed Wins $100M to Fix a Heat Problem Grounding F-35s
Lockheed Martin secured a $100 million contract to produce 1,459 brake‑assembly heat sinks for the F‑35 fleet, covering 1,075 units for the F‑35A and 384 for the F‑35B, with delivery due by March 2030. The funding, sourced from the Air Force, Navy,...
Kuwait Orders $1B NASAMS Air Defense Amid Rising Gulf Tensions
Raytheon won a $1 billion contract on May 26, 2026 to supply NASAMS air‑defense fire units to Kuwait, with production slated for completion by May 2031. The deal is fully funded through U.S. Fiscal 2026 Foreign Military Sales and will be built at Raytheon's Tewksbury,...
France Test-Fires New Long-Range Rocket Launcher
France’s Thales and Soframe have successfully test‑fired the X‑Fire multiple rocket launcher, using the 68 mm X‑Fum training rocket. The system is built on an 8×8 wheeled chassis and can fire both foreign munitions and the future sovereign FLP‑t 150 ballistic round,...
Beretta Develops 8-Barrel Drone-Killing Turret
Italian firearms maker Beretta Defense Technologies will unveil the LIVIT Remote Controlled Weapon Station at Eurosatory 2026 in Paris. The turret integrates eight Benelli Drone Guardian shotgun modules, each firing programmable air‑burst rounds, and features auto‑tracking sensors that lock onto...
U.S. Trio Advances in Pentagon’s Race to Build 300,000 Military Drones
The Pentagon has selected Mountain Horse Solutions, AG3 Labs and Draganfly for the Phase II qualifier of its Drone Dominance Program, a competition to win a share of a $1.1 billion procurement aimed at fielding over 300,000 tactical drones by 2027. The...
Teledyne FLIR Upgrades Its Rogue 1 Lethal Drone
Teledyne FLIR Defense unveiled Rogue 1 Block 2, a loitering munition whose operating range has been doubled to over 12 miles (≈20 km) and now carries an anti‑armor shaped‑charge warhead. The upgrade adds 20 % more endurance, dual‑band radio, GPS‑denied navigation, and an Android‑based ground‑control...
Teledyne FLIR’s New Throwable Robot Shares Controls with Nano-Drone
Teledyne FLIR Defense introduced the FirstLook 125 throwable robot at SOF Week, a 5.7‑lb platform that survives 16‑foot drops and self‑rights instantly. It shares a common controller with the Black Hornet 4 nano‑drone, allowing a single soldier to operate both ground and aerial...
Russia Shows Off Counter-Drone Cannon with Programmable Shells
Russia's state defense group Rostec unveiled the ZAK‑30 Tsikadel, a 30 mm counter‑drone cannon that fires programmable proximity‑fuzed shrapnel shells. The system detects fixed‑wing drones out to 2 km and multicopters to 1 km, engaging targets up to 1.3 km with a 250‑round magazine....
Hawaii Startup Built a 3D-Printed Navy Boat
Voltage Vessels, a Hawaii‑based startup, has unveiled a 6‑meter rigid‑hull inflatable boat (RHIB) printed from its proprietary basalt‑reinforced thermoplastic, Eclipse X9. The material, validated by the University of Maine, delivers a tensile strength of about 108 MPa and superior salt‑water durability. The...
China’s ‘Bohai Sea Monster’ Spotted with Military Upgrade
New photos of China’s experimental wing‑in‑ground‑effect craft, dubbed the Bohai Sea Monster, show four external weapons pylons under the wings, indicating a combat‑oriented design. The prototype, first identified in June 2025, features turboprop engines, a V‑shaped tail and a hull...
India’s 1,000th Homemade T-90 Tank Rolled Off the Line
On May 22, 2026 the Heavy Vehicles Factory in Avadi delivered the 1,000th T‑90IM Bhishma tank to the Indian Army, marking the completion of a two‑decade indigenisation programme. The T‑90IM now contains roughly 80 percent domestic content, including a fully Indian‑made V‑92S2...
Turkish Startup Develops Stealth Spray for Combat Drones
Turkish startup led by researcher Yunus İnce claims its spray‑on radar‑absorbing coating Kürşat 3.0 achieves 43.2 dB attenuation, using basalt and pumice to create a cheap stealth layer for drones. The material can be painted onto any airframe, bypassing the costly panel‑fit...
Ukraine’s Verdict on the Centauro: Great Gun, Worrying Armor
Ukraine’s 78th Air Assault Brigade is field‑testing Italian‑supplied B1 Centauro wheeled tank destroyers. The crew lauds the 105 mm gun’s precision and a maximum engagement range of 11,100 meters, as well as the vehicle’s 105 km/h road speed and superior ergonomics. However, the armor...
South Korean Sub Crosses Pacific for Canada’s Biggest Arms Deal
South Korea’s ROKS Dosan Ahn Changho completed a 14,000‑kilometer trans‑Pacific voyage, arriving in Esquimalt, Canada, as a live showcase for Hanwha Ocean’s KSS‑III submarine. Canada is evaluating bids from Hanwha and Germany’s TKMS for up to 12 new diesel‑electric submarines in a program...
U.S. F-16s Hold the Line in the Gulf After Iran Campaign Ends
U.S. Air Force F‑16s continued combat patrols over CENTCOM after Operation Epic Fury ended on May 5, 2026. Photos from May 14 show the jets carrying a mixed loadout of air‑to‑air missiles, laser‑guided bombs and APKWS II 70 mm rockets designed for low‑cost drone interception....
U.S. Army Tests Low-Cost IonStrike Drone Interceptor
The U.S. Army’s 52nd Air Defense Artillery Brigade is testing DZYNE Technologies’ low‑cost IonStrike kinetic interceptor in Europe this spring to address the mid‑range gap against cheap one‑way attack drones. Demonstrations showed the system integrates with existing radar and command‑and‑control...
FN Herstal Modernizes the Iconic MAG Machine Gun
FN Herstal unveiled the FN MAG Tactical with Long Rail, an upgrade kit that adds an 11‑inch Picatinny rail and ergonomic enhancements to the long‑standing 7.62 mm general‑purpose machine gun. The kit can be fitted in the field by armorers using basic...
X-Bow Delivers 600th Rocket Motor for Disruptor Strike Drone
X‑Bow Systems delivered its 600th rocket‑assisted take‑off (RATO) motor to AEVEX Aerospace under a $12.2 million contract, marking the first high‑volume use of additive‑manufactured solid propellant on a Group 3 drone. The motors power the U.S. Army’s Disruptor strike drone, giving it...
Ukraine’s Drone Intercept School Goes Public with Merops Footage
Ukraine’s 190th Training Center released the first public footage of Merops AS‑3 Surveyor interceptor drone operator training, showing a formalized pipeline for scaling drone‑intercept capabilities. The system, developed by Perennial Autonomy, has already destroyed more than 4,000 Russian drones at an...
Britain’s Next Airborne Radar Plane Begins Final Tests in Scotland
The Royal Air Force received its first Boeing E‑7 Wedgetail, registered WT001, at RAF Lossiemouth, marking the start of the final test and evaluation phase. Built on a 737 Next Generation airframe, the Wedgetail’s multi‑role electronically scanned array radar can...
Japan Calls Next-Gen Fighter Program “Critical”
Japan’s Defence Minister Shinjiro Koizumi met Edgewing CEO Marco Zoff to label the Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP) a critical, next‑generation fighter effort. The tri‑national venture—Japan, the United Kingdom and Italy—targets a sixth‑generation stealth aircraft to enter service by 2035,...
South Korea’s Aegis Ships to Get Long-Range U.S. Interceptors
South Korea approved a $352 million purchase of U.S.-made SM‑6 (RIM‑174) ship‑borne interceptors for its Aegis destroyer fleet, with operational service slated for 2034. The missiles, capable of 460 km range and active‑radar terminal guidance, will equip three destroyers, beginning with the...
Russian Sapphire Giant that Armed Missiles Now Faces Collapse
Monocrystal, a Russian producer that supplied synthetic sapphire for missiles, drones and consumer electronics, announced its intention to file for bankruptcy in May 2026. The company’s financials deteriorated sharply, with short‑term liabilities exceeding assets by $50.6 million and assets falling from $215.5 million...
GE Aerospace Wins T700 Engine Support Deal for UK Apaches
GE Aerospace secured a three‑year Performance‑Based Logistics contract to support T700‑GE‑T701D engines for the British Army’s AH‑64E Apache fleet at Wattisham Flying Station. Engine repair will be performed by StandardAero in Gosport, while a GE field service representative will be...
U.S. Marines Turn UH-1 Helicopter Into a Flying Drone Command Post
U.S. Marines demonstrated a new tactic that turns UH‑1Y Venom helicopters into airborne command posts, relaying control of Neros Archer FPV strike drones from altitude. The relay extends the drone's line‑of‑sight range, allowing it to strike targets beyond what ground operators...
U.S. Army Evaluates Secretive Disruptor Kamikaze Drone
The U.S. Army demonstrated AEVEX Aerospace’s Disruptor Group 3 loitering‑munition drone at Fort Irwin during the multinational Arcane Thunder 26 exercise (April 6‑29, 2026). The three‑meter, carbon‑fiber aircraft can carry a 22.5 kg warhead, fly 600 km in its standard carburetor configuration and up to 1,300‑1,400 km with...
Russian New ICBM Finally Succeeds — After Years of Failure
Russia’s Strategic Rocket Forces carried out the second successful flight of the RS‑28 Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile on May 12, 2026, launching from the Dombarovsky silo in Orenburg Oblast. The test, publicly confirmed by the Russian defence ministry, demonstrated the missile’s ability to...
Canada Spends $1.15B to Upgrade Hercules Fleet
Canada has signed two amendments to its Lockheed Martin CC‑130J contract, committing a total of $1.15 billion to keep the Royal Canadian Air Force’s Hercules fleet operational through the end of the decade. The $462 million amendment extends maintenance and support services...
Canada Breaks Ground on $70M Military Base in Latvia
Canada broke ground on two major projects in Latvia, committing roughly $70 million to a new helicopter facility at Lielvārde Air Base and additional accommodation buildings in Lielvārde and Riga. The $36 million rotary‑wing apron will host up to six CH‑146 Griffon...
B-52 Getting a New Pylon to Handle Four Times Heavier Bombs
On May 20, 2026, the U.S. Air Force issued a request for information for an Advanced Wing Weapons Pylon (AWWP) capable of carrying up to 20,000 lb weapons—four times the capacity of the legacy 5,000‑lb pylon. The program targets an initial...
Northrop Grumman Shows AiON Counter-Drone System at SOF Week
Northrop Grumman unveiled its AiON counter‑UAS command and control system at SOF Week 2026 in Tampa, showcasing a mobile demo on an ISV vehicle. The system, built on four decades of FAAD C2 experience, uses an open‑architecture approach that links...
Leonardo Develops New Passive Battlefield SIGINT System
Leonardo unveiled Guardian Vantage, a passive land‑based electronic warfare and signals intelligence system, at AOC Europe in Helsinki on May 20, 2026. The platform detects, recognizes, identifies and geolocates enemy emitters without transmitting its own signals, providing an invisible electronic order of...
Northrop Grumman Delivers Its 1,000th SABR Radar for the F-16
Northrop Grumman announced the delivery of its 1,000th APG‑83 Scalable Agile Beam Radar (SABR) for the F‑16 on May 19, 2026, marking a major production milestone. The AESA radar, the baseline for the U.S. Air Force F‑16V upgrade and new Block 70/72 aircraft, brings...
Two More AH-64E Apaches Delivered to Australian Army
Two Boeing AH‑64E Apache helicopters arrived in Australia, raising the Army's fleet to six aircraft. The deliveries are part of the $4.5 billion Project LAND 4503, which will provide a total of 29 Apaches by 2029, replacing the aging Eurocopter Tiger. The program...
Boeing Wins $397M Deal to Build Chinook Helicopters for Korea and Spain
Boeing secured a $397 million contract expansion, bringing the total value of its CH‑47F Block I Chinook production deal for South Korea and Spain to $794 million. The helicopters will be built at Boeing’s Ridley Park, Pennsylvania plant and are scheduled for delivery by...
U.S. Marines Test Armed Robot at Quantico Base
American Rheinmetall delivered a week‑long Fieldranger Remotely Controlled Weapon Station (RCWS) training course to Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory operators at Quantico, Virginia. The program included both Fleet Marine Force and supporting establishment Marines and culminated in day and night live‑fire...
U.S. Approves $3B Sale of 24 Sub-Hunting Seahawks to South Korea
The U.S. State Department cleared a potential $3 billion sale of 24 MH‑60R Seahawk anti‑submarine helicopters to South Korea, effectively tripling Seoul’s fleet after a prior $878 million purchase of 12 units. Lockheed Martin Rotary and Mission Systems in Owego, New York, will serve...