GM Defense has launched GM Defense UK, establishing a dedicated British presence to support the United Kingdom’s defense priorities and lead engagement with the UK Ministry of Defence, the company announced this week. The new entity will operate from General Motors facilities in Leamington Spa and Silverstone and will serve as the focal point for […]

The United States Central Command has awarded defense technology firm Raft a new contract to deploy an artificial intelligence system designed for battlefield operations, following a competitive five-day evaluation hosted by CENTCOM, the company announced on January 22. Raft received the award through an Other Transaction Agreement (OTA) issued by the Chief Digital and Artificial […]

Castelion announced the launch of Project Ranger, a 1,000-acre hypersonic manufacturing campus in Sandoval County, New Mexico, aimed at supporting high-cadence production of U.S. hypersonic strike systems, the company said. The project represents more than $220 million in private investment and is expected to create about 300 manufacturing jobs as the company scales domestic production […]

Valkyrie Enterprises announced on January 21, 2026, that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with BAE Systems OneArc to jointly pursue business and technology development opportunities supporting the U.S. Department of War and allied nations, formalizing a new partnership focused on advanced military training and simulation systems. The agreement was signed on December 2 […]

Safran Federal Systems has completed a successful flight demonstration of its Blacknaute inertial navigation system aboard a U.S. Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter, the company announced on January 21, confirming the system’s ability to operate accurately in GPS-denied and electronically contested environments. The test flight validated that the Blacknaute system maintained precise navigation performance without […]

The United States Army has awarded a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract to enterprise browser developer HERE to build an artificial intelligence–based data interoperability layer for Army command-and-control systems, the company said on January 21, 2026. According to a press release from HERE, the project will use the company’s Enterprise Browser platform as a […]

The United States Missile Defense Agency has selected Protopia AI as an awardee under its Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) contract vehicle, the company confirmed on January 20, 2026, opening the door for the firm to compete for future missile defense and homeland security task orders. According to a company statement, Protopia AI […]

General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT) has been awarded a $988 million contract to modernize the U.S. Navy’s command-and-control and surveillance systems across all classes of surface combatant ships, the company announced on Jan. 12. The award, issued in December, launches a one-year base period with four one-year options and a six-month extension. According to the […]

Northrop Grumman has demonstrated a secure testing environment for radiation-exposed microelectronics under DARPA’s ASSERT program, the company announced on January 13, 2026. According to Northrop Grumman, the achievement is part of DARPA’s Advanced Sources for Single-event Effects Radiation Testing (ASSERT) effort, which aims to create compact laboratory alternatives to heavy-ion test facilities. The company said […]

The United States Missile Defense Agency has awarded Iridium Communications a contract on January 15, 2026, for work under the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense, or SHIELD, program. The company said the award carries a ceiling of $151 billion and covers a wide set of work areas intended to field new capabilities for U.S. […]

The Finnish shipbuilder Rauma Marine Constructions (RMC) began production of the fourth Pohjanmaa-class multi-purpose corvette and laid the keel for the third vessel at its Rauma shipyard on January 14, confirming that all four ships in the Squadron 2020 program are now under construction. According to RMC, the steel-cutting ceremony officially launched production of the […]