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November 12, 2026

Third COSMO-SkyMed 2nd Gen Satellite Launched

January 11, 2026

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Adm. Lisa Franchetti: The Trailblazing Admiral

4 October 2026

Admiral Lisa Franchetti made history as the first woman to serve as the United States...

Russias New Aircraft Carrier: Ambition and Challenges
4 October 2026
Star Wars: The Ambitious U.S. Missile Defense Program
4 October 2026
TR-1 Reconnaissance Aircraft
4 October 2026
E-2D Advanced Hawkeye: new upgrade
4 October 2026

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founder Lesley Crawford and MD Neil Robinson

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WearCheck marks 50 years at forefront of condition monitoring

WearCheck 12 November 2026

This year, leading South African condition monitoring specialist WearCheck...

Ms Gail Ndlovu receives the prestigious Jack Riegel Student Award.

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Armscor researcher receives international recognition

Armscor 9 November 2026

Armscor is proud to announce that Ms Gail Ndlovu, a researcher at Flamengro, a...

WearCheck's When Good Oils Go Bad

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Contamination: Oil’s Dirty Little Secret

WearCheck 5 November 2026

Continuing the dialogue around oil condition with condition monitoring...

World News

Saab Training and Simulation

November 12, 2026

Saab receives order for advanced live training systems

By Saab

Saab has received an order from the Danish Defence Acquisition and Logistics Organisation for additional live...

Raytheon has been awarded a phase one contract from DARPA.

November 12, 2026

Raytheon to develop new optical signal processing capability

By Raytheon

Raytheon, an RTX (NYSE: RTX) business, has been awarded a phase one contract from the Defence Advanced...

DeepStrike™ Joint Reduced Range Rocket demonstrates a successful flight test.

November 12, 2026

Raytheon advances Joint Reduced Range Rocket

By Raytheon

Raytheon, an RTX (NYSE: RTX) business, demonstrated its DeepStrikeTM JR3 solution for the U.S. Army's Joint...

Satellite CSO-3

November 9, 2026

Frances next gen military Earth observation satellites

By Airbus

The French defence procurement agency (DGA) has awarded the contract for the IRIS programme to...

Military veterans put their experience to work at RTX

October 31, 2026

An extension of their service

By RTX

Every day across RTX, military veterans bring unique value to the company where they now work.

A rendering of the IFPC 2nd Interceptor.

October 18, 2026

Future Proof Integrated Air and Missile Defence

By Lockheed

In today’s rapidly evolving, multi‑domain battlespace, our customers demand defense solutions that are...

Saab

Saab Training and Simulation

Saab receives order for advanced live training systems

12 November 2026

Saab has received an order from the Danish Defence Acquisition and Logistics Organisation for additional live training equipment,...

Saab announces Combat Boat 90 CX
8 November 2026
Saab receives order to equip Sweden’s new frigates
8 November 2026
Saab unveils its AI agents for fighter systems
5 November 2026
Saab launches next generation 9LV naval combat system
5 November 2026
Saab launches Ocean Barrier for maritime protection
29 October 2026

Airbus

Satellite CSO-3

Frances next gen military Earth observation satellites

9 November 2026

The French defence procurement agency (DGA) has awarded the contract for the IRIS programme to lead-contractor Airbus Defence and...

DGA qualifies Airbus U010 Aliaca drone
5 November 2026
Valkyrie uncrewed combat aircraft takes off
27 October 2026
Airbus awarded contract for two additional Galileo satellites
27 October 2026
Airbus connects German and Swedish air defence forces
18 October 2026
Romania orders 12 Airbus H225M helicopters
7 October 2026

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