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January 2026 Archive

Explore news, features, analysis and defence industry coverage from this month.

Timothy Neetz Joins General Atomics as senior director  - January 2026

Timothy Neetz Joins General Atomics as senior director

By General Atomics  |  28 January 2026

General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) announced today that Timothy Neetz has joined the organisation as...

BAE Systems awarded $98 million U.S. Navy contracts  - January 2026

BAE Systems awarded $98 million U.S. Navy contracts

By BAE Systems  |  28 January 2026
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BAE Systems’ San Diego shipyard has received two U.S. Navy contracts totalling $98 million to perform scheduled...

How WearCheck training boosts asset reliability - January 2026

How WearCheck training boosts asset reliability

By WearCheck  |  28 January 2026

In workshops, plants and pits across Southern Africa, the craft of machinery maintenance is changing faster than many...

ROSOBORONEXPORT to showcase Russian drones - January 2026

ROSOBORONEXPORT to showcase Russian drones

By Rosoboronexport  |  28 January 2026

JSC ROSOBORONEXPORT (part of the Rostec State Corporation) is organizing a single Russian exhibit at the Unmanned...

GA-ASI and Calidus Sign MOU To Collaborate - January 2026

GA-ASI and Calidus Sign MOU To Collaborate

By General Atomics  |  24 January 2026

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI), the world leader in unmanned aircraft systems, and Calidus...

Investment to deliver advanced new radar - January 2026

Investment to deliver advanced new radar

By BAE Systems  |  24 January 2026

The UK Ministry of Defence has awarded BAE Systems a contract worth £453.5 million for the full production of a new...

KNDS France showcases its superiority solutions  - January 2026

KNDS France showcases its superiority solutions

By KNDS  |  21 January 2026

KNDS France is promoting the VBCI MK2, the only native Infantry Fighting Vehicle incorporating operational lessons...

Belgium Selects LEGUAN Bridge Layer from KNDS - January 2026

Belgium Selects LEGUAN Bridge Layer from KNDS

By KNDS  |  21 January 2026

KNDS Deutschland (KNDS) and the Belgian Ministry of Defence have signed a contract for the delivery of eight LEGUAN...

HENSOLDT integrates kinetic countermeasures - January 2026

HENSOLDT integrates kinetic countermeasures

By HENSOLDT  |  21 January 2026

BAAINBw has commissioned HENSOLDT to integrate kinetic countermeasures into the ASUL drone defence...

Grumman Accelerates Microelectronics Testing - January 2026

Grumman Accelerates Microelectronics Testing

By Northrop  |  19 January 2026

Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) has demonstrated a secure testing environment for microelectronics used in...

All-American Heroes: Service Through Devastation - January 2026

All-American Heroes: Service Through Devastation

By Lockheed  |  19 January 2026

On Jan. 28, 2024, life at Tower 22—a Jordanian outpost near the Syrian and Iraqi borders—appeared routine. Members of...

Rotating Detonation Ramjet for Hypersonic Missiles - January 2026

Rotating Detonation Ramjet for Hypersonic Missiles

By Lockheed  |  19 January 2026

GE Aerospace and Lockheed Martin completed a series of engine tests demonstrating the viability of a liquid-fuelled...

Saab launches second Polish SIGINT ship - January 2026

Saab launches second Polish SIGINT ship

By Saab  |  14 January 2026
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ORP Henryk Zygalski is the second and final SIGINT ship built for Poland within the ‘DELFIN’ programme. The first ship...

WearCheck brings predictive expertise to Mining Indaba - January 2026

WearCheck brings predictive expertise to Mining Indaba

By WearCheck  |  14 January 2026

WearCheck will be showcasing a broad mix of condition monitoring solutions at the 2026 Investing in Africa Mining...