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Excalibur Army secures $300M Southeast Asia contract for Patriot armored vehicles

An undisclosed Southeast Asian military has awarded Excalibur Army a $300 million contract for the procurement of over 100 Patriot armored vehicles, covering a broad spectrum of battlefield roles....

Germany places large IRIS-T missile order with Diehl Defence

Germany has moved to strengthen both its air combat and ground-based air defense capabilities through new procurement contracts with Diehl Defence for the IRIS-T guided missile family. The acquisitions...

Vietnam signs $250M Rafael deal for domestic production of Spike Firefly loitering munitions

Vietnam is moving to strengthen its urban combat capabilities through a reported $250 million deal with Rafael Advanced Defense Systems for local manufacturing of the Spike Firefly loitering munition....

JIATF-401 acquires Bumblebee V2 counter-drone systems in $5.2M Pentagon deal

The Pentagon’s Joint Interagency Task Force 401 has moved to strengthen frontline counter-drone defenses by awarding Perennial Autonomy a $5.2 million contract for the delivery of kinetic drone-interceptor systems....

February 9, 2026
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Red Cat unveils next-generation multi-role USV with stand-off strike capability

Red Cat Holdings is accelerating its push into autonomous maritime warfare with the V7, an expeditionary USV optimized for stand-off strike and kinetic missions across contested littoral and blue-water...

February 9, 2026
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OCCAR signs co-funding agreement for Indra-led airborne electronic attack programme

OCCAR has signed a multinational co-funding and governance agreement to move the Indra-coordinated REACT II program into its next phase, consolidating financial commitments and centralized management for Europe’s next-generation...

Germany and Sweden place orders for Kongsberg RWS for CAVS 6×6 armored vehicles

Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace has finalized a €140 million supply agreement with Patria to equip German and Swedish CAVS 6×6 armored vehicle fleets with its Protector RS4 remote weapon...

Turkey and Egypt ink $350M defence agreement to expand arms cooperation and joint production

Turkey has formalised a $350 million defence partnership with Egypt that combines arms exports with industrial co-production, signalling a deeper strategic realignment in military cooperation between the two regional...

February 9, 2026
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Estonia, Latvia and Belgium take delivery of first BLAZE autonomous interceptor drones

Three NATO members — Estonia, Latvia, and Belgium — have begun receiving BLAZE autonomous interceptor drones from Origin Robotics, becoming the first European militaries to field a domestically developed,...

February 9, 2026
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KNDS and TYTAN scale up deployment of mobile counter-UAS systems for Germany

KNDS and TYTAN Technologies have formalised an expanded partnership to advance mobile counter-drone capabilities for Germany’s military land forces. Under a newly signed memorandum of understanding, the two companies...