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Latvia moves to buy Anduril’s Barracuda cruise missiles, president says
President Edgars Rinkēvičs said after visiting Anduril that he looks forward to completing the purchase. No variant, quantity, price or delivery date has been disclosed.
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U.S. has obligated $307 million of $400 million in Ukraine aid, Reuters reports
The administration plans to lock in the remaining $93 million of Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative money before the fiscal year ends Sept. 30, according to three…
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Navy’s four-shipyard rebuild to top $200 billion and run 50 more years, GAO finds
The watchdog said the Shipyard Infrastructure Optimization Program, first pegged at about $21 billion over 20 years, lacks a consolidated cost and risk report to Congress.
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Air Force begins operator-led testing of Anduril and General Atomics drone fighters
Anduril’s YFQ-44A and General Atomics’ YFQ-42A are now with an experimental unit in Nevada, where airmen will test how the uncrewed jets fly and are supported…
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France to send troops, radars and air defenses to protect Saudi oil hub at Yanbu
Macron said the deployment is meant to guard the Red Sea export site, which Houthi forces say they have targeted with missiles and drones, “not to…
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Italy orders two DDX air-defense destroyers in $4.2 billion OCCAR contract
The Fincantieri-Leonardo joint venture will build the 13,500-tonne warships for delivery in 2033 and 2035 to replace the Italian Navy’s two Horizon-class destroyers.
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Last A-10 leaves Nellis, ending nearly 50 years of Warthog flying at the Nevada base
The Air Force says close air support and rescue roles are moving to F-35, F-16 and F-15 crews as the A-10 fleet winds down, though some…
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U.S. and U.K. navies fire a Mk 48 torpedo from an uncrewed submarine for the first time
A British Excalibur drone submarine launched a U.S. heavyweight torpedo in a Sept. 13 test in Scotland that the Navy said went from approval to execution…
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South Korea takes delivery of first production KF-21 fighter
The homegrown 4.5-generation jet joined the reactivated 156th Fighter Squadron at Yecheon. The air force plans to declare it operational in the second half of 2027…
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