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August 2025 Archive

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

Autonomous underwater vehicle developed - August 2025

Autonomous underwater vehicle developed

By Saab  |  30 August 2025
Sea

The goal of the project, led by FMV, is to develop a concept for a larger uncrewed underwater vehicle, known as a Large...

Johan Andersson named head of Investor Relations  - August 2025

Johan Andersson named head of Investor Relations

By Saab  |  30 August 2025

Johan Andersson has more than 15 years of experience in investor relations and most recently held the role of head of...

Annual Analytical Chemistry Course - August 2025

Annual Analytical Chemistry Course

By Armscor  |  30 August 2025

The Armaments Corporation of South Africa (Armscor) will welcome 25 scientists from 13 African countries to the 15th...

Pratt & Whitney awarded F135 production contract - August 2025

Pratt & Whitney awarded F135 production contract

By Raytheon  |  26 August 2025

Pratt & Whitney, an RTX (NYSE: RTX) business, has been awarded a $2.8 billion undefinitized contract action (UCA)...

Raytheon demonstrates tracking capabilities - August 2025

Raytheon demonstrates tracking capabilities

By Raytheon  |  26 August 2025
Sea

In partnership with the U.S. Navy, Raytheon, an RTX (NYSE: RTX) business, has successfully completed its first live...

Canadian Army selects BI Simulations - August 2025

Canadian Army selects BI Simulations

By BAE Systems  |  25 August 2025

Bohemia Interactive Simulations (BISim), a wholly owned subsidiary of BAE Systems, Inc., has been awarded a five-year...

Boeing-Built X-37B Spaceplane Launches - August 2025

Boeing-Built X-37B Spaceplane Launches

By Boeing  |  24 August 2025

The Boeing-built X-37 B Orbital Test Vehicle launched today on its eighth mission, lifting off at 11:50 PM ET aboard a...

Raytheon signs MOU with DD for Stinger - August 2025

Raytheon signs MOU with DD for Stinger

By Raytheon  |  21 August 2025

Raytheon, an RTX (NYSE: RTX) business, and Diehl Defence have signed a memorandum of understanding to co-produce key...

Sensor showcases 360-degree protection - August 2025

Sensor showcases 360-degree protection

By Raytheon  |  21 August 2025

Raytheon, an RTX (NYSE: RTX) business, successfully completed another 360-degree flight test for the Lower Tier Air and...

RTX to optimize cyber vulnerability detection - August 2025

RTX to optimize cyber vulnerability detection

By RTX  |  21 August 2025

RTX's (NYSE: RTX) BBN Technologies was awarded a contract from DARPA to support its Intelligent Generation of Tools for...

Blue Canyon announces new larger spacecraft - August 2025

Blue Canyon announces new larger spacecraft

By Raytheon  |  21 August 2025

Blue Canyon Technologies, small satellite manufacturer and mission services provider for RTX (NYSE: RTX), has unveiled...

General Electric Teams with Kratos - August 2025

General Electric Teams with Kratos

By GE Aerospace  |  20 August 2025

In early June, GE Aerospaces Defence & Systems division signed a formal teaming agreement with Kratos Defence &...

Europes new era of weather forecasting begins  - August 2025

Europes new era of weather forecasting begins

By Airbus  |  20 August 2025

The first of Europe’s next-generation meteorological satellites, MetOp-SG A1, has launched from Europe’s Spaceport in...

Wearcheck: The lube kitchen part 7 - August 2025

Wearcheck: The lube kitchen part 7

By WearCheck  |  17 August 2025

The topic of oil additives is vast, and Steven Lumley,  technical manager for WearCheck, continues the...