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The trinational industry team developing the sensor and communication suite for the fighter at the heart of the Global Combat Air Program formed a consortium.

Rafael has launched the industrial phase of adapting its Iron Beam high-power laser air defense system for maritime applications.

MBDA at the DSEI defense expo in London is displaying the stealthy, subsonic element of the Franco-British future supersonic cruise missile program.

Electro Optic Systems is looking to up the kill rate of its new counter-drone laser system to address the growing focus of armed forces on fighting UAS swarms.

The French Navy chief of staff says the program must be launched soon in order to transition from the Charles de Gaulle carrier in 2035-38.

Austrian uncrewed helicopter maker Schiebel is getting into the armed drone business, unveiling two new Camcopter systems.

About three yeas after first unveiling the idea of a glide-weapon spinoff of its Spear air-to-ground missile, MBDA says it is now moving with pace to bring the munition to market.

MBDA is exploring how it will respond to a UK requirement for a tactical ballistic missile.

MBDA says it is in talks with potential customers to demonstrate a new low-cost, long-range cruise missile concept potentially before year's end.

The UK defense ministry is exploring interim alternative standoff weapons for its Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.

Berlin is rearming on a grand scale, considering voluntary conscription and enacting spending not seen since the days when Soviet tanks plowed into Prague.

A multinational startup has secured a UK defense ministry contract to test a ramjet-powered artillery round

Bird Aerosystems has secured a first batch of orders to bring a laser-based directed infrared countermeasures self-protection system to smaller aircraft.

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France says it has ordered a counter-drone laser system as a demonstrator with an eye on potentially fielding a system around 2030.

The UAS carried critical supplies, including spare parts, between the two ships.

Tension has been increasing between Tel Aviv and several European capitals over Israel’s conduct of the military operation in the Gaza Strip.

NATO anticipates that all of its 32 members will meet its longstanding target to spend 2% of GDP on defense, though only three meet the revised 3.5% target figure.

Saab is in talks with potential customers over the sale of a new, low-cost counter-drone interceptor that aims to fill a gap between gun-based air defenses and more expensive missiles.

IAI-ELTA’s new MS-MMR fuses radar, EO, and SIGINT sensors, delivering unmatched precision to counter drones, missiles, and complex air threats.

The British government says it is buying six additional MBDA Land Ceptor medium-range air defense systems to help counter uncrewed aircraft system and missile threats.

With their promise of deep magazines and relatively low cost per shot, laser weapons are becoming a battlefield reality.