Category -- Arms Race -- The Defense Post

May- 2026 -

21 May

Mach Industries Buys Exquadrum to Expand Rocket Motor Capabilities

Mach Industries has acquired aerospace and defense company Exquadrum as the drone manufacturer moves to bring more propulsion and energetics work in-house.

14 May

Enhanced Night Vision Goggle – Binocular (ENVG-B)

Jodesz Gavilan

US Awards $212M Contract to Elbit for Advanced Night Vision Goggle Production

The US Army has awarded Elbit Systems a $212-million delivery order to continue producing Enhanced Night Vision Goggle-Binocular systems through 2028.

Apr- 2026 -

20 April

Inder Singh Bisht

Indra, IDV Sign Deal for 34 Amphibious Combat Vehicles for Spanish Marines

Indra has signed an agreement with IDV to act as the lead integrator for the supply of 34 amphibious vehicles to the Spanish Marine Infantry.

15 April

Staff Writer With AFP

Drone Strike Hits Iranian Kurds, One Killed: Exiled Group

A drone struck an Iranian Kurdish group on Tuesday, killing a woman in Iraq's northern Kurdistan region, a party official told AFP.

1 April

Rojoef Manuel

Pratt & Whitney to Build More F-35 Engines in $3.8B Pentagon Deal

The US Department of Defense has awarded RTX segment Pratt & Whitney a $3.8-billion contract to produce F135 engines for the F-35 Lightning II combat aircraft.

Mar- 2026 -

31 March

Close-up view of the Bullet one-way interceptor.

Jodesz Gavilan

Ukrainian Drone Maker General Cherry to Produce Interceptor UAVs in the US

Ukrainian FPV and interceptor drone producer General Cherry has signed an agreement to produce UAVs in the US.

16 March

Giulia Bernacchi

Dronetag Joins EU Defense Accelerator With Counter-Drone Tech

Dronetag was selected as one of 20 firms joining the second cohort of the European Union Defence Innovation Scheme Business Accelerator.

8 March

An armed Iranian policeman monitors an area while standing on an armored vehicle in front of a portrait of Iran's late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who is killed in a U.S.-Israeli military campaign in Tehran, Iran, on March 7, 2026.

Staff Writer With AFP

Turkey Warns Over ‘Dangerous’ Bid to Stir Civil War in Iran

Turkey's foreign minister advised against efforts to cause a civil war inside Iran, while warning Tehran after NATO intercepted a Turkey-bound ballistic missile launched from Iran this week.

Feb- 2026 -

24 February

Rojoef Manuel

General Atomics Names Loyal Wingman Prototype YFQ-42A ‘Dark Merlin’

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. has selected “Dark Merlin” as the name for its YFQ-42A unmanned aerial system bid under the US Air Force Collaborative Combat Aircraft program.

10 February