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Rheinmetall, ERC Plan German Production Hub for Victor U250 Cargo Drone 

Rheinmetall, ERC System, and the state of North Rhine-Westphalia partnered on the production of the Victor U250 heavy-lift drone.

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AeroVironment, Ubiqconn Team Up on Common Drone Control System for Taiwan

AeroVironment signed a deal with Taiwanese company Ubiqconn to jointly develop a common drone control system for Taiwan.

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Russian Military Recruitment Falls by 20%: Report

Russia’s military recruitment fell by about 20 percent in the first quarter of this year compared to 2025.

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SPARC AI Tests Overwatch Long-Range Targeting, Image Recognition 

Australian company SPARC AI has completed a long-range target acquisition test of its Overwatch software platform.

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Anduril to Supply 200+ Tactical Sensing Towers to US Border Patrol

Anduril Industries has received a $363-million contract to deliver over 200 military-grade sensing masts to US Customs and Border Protection.

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US Navy’s T-45 Goshawk Replacement Race Narrows After Boeing Exit

Boeing has withdrawn from the US Navy’s Undergraduate Jet Training System competition, ending plans to offer a naval version of its T-7A Red Hawk aircraft and narrowing the field to just two remaining contenders.

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Aurelius Trials Archimedes Counter-Drone Laser Weapon for Pentagon

Aurelius Systems has completed live testing of its Archimedes autonomous directed-energy system for the Pentagon in Indiana, highlighting the laser weapon’s ability to negate unmanned aerial system threats.

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IAI Targets Sixth-Gen Platforms With New Battle Management System

Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) is aiming to speed up data processing and coordination across multi-domain operations with a new decentralized battle management system for future combat platforms.

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Safran Lands Record German Order for JIM Compact Infrared Binoculars 

Germany has contracted Safran Electronics & Defense Germany to supply more than 1,000 JIM Compact binoculars to the German Armed Forces.

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Harbinger Unveils Hybrid UGV With 350-kW Exportable Power

US-based Harbinger Praesidia is moving deeper into unmanned ground vehicle development with a new hybrid-electric platform capable of supplying up to 350 kilowatts of external power in hard-to-access environments.

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