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Rolls-Royce and Marand Precision Engineering naval gas turbine partnership and new Canberra Defence headquarters

Rolls-Royce Expands Ties With Marand, Establishes Pacific Rim Defence Headquarters in Canberra

August 13, 2026

Rolls-Royce has expanded its partnership with Marand Precision Engineering to build gas turbine systems for the Type 26 Global Combat Ship programme, and opened a new Defence Pacific Rim headquarters in Canberra, Australia.

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Calian UK and Raytheon UK British Army collective training agreement

Calian UK Secures CAD$296 Million, 15-Year British Army Training Agreement

August 13, 2026

Calian UK has signed a 15-year, CAD$296 million agreement with Raytheon UK to support the British Army’s Collective Training Service (ACTS) programme, starting October 2026.

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Teledyne FLIR Ranger series surveillance radar system

Teledyne FLIR Defense Delivers 3,000th Ranger Series Radar, Cementing Its Global Border Security Footprint

August 13, 2026

Teledyne FLIR Defense has shipped its 3,000th Ranger surveillance radar from its Laval, Quebec plant, a milestone underscoring the system’s reach across more than 40 countries for border security, defense, and counter-UAS missions.

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Lockheed Martin's Modular Payload Delivery System (MPDS), a modular hypersonic weapons family for offensive and defensive missions

Lockheed Martin Bets Big on Modular Payload Delivery System to Scale Up Hypersonic Weapons

August 13, 2026

Lockheed Martin is investing millions to develop a Modular Payload Delivery System (MPDS) — turning proven hypersonic missile body technologies into a flexible weapons family for both offensive and defensive missions.

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Leonardo DRS SGT STOUT M-SHORAD Mission Equipment Package, which defeated Group 1-2 unmanned aerial system threats in a US Government test

Leonardo DRS’s SGT STOUT M-SHORAD Defeats Small Drone Swarms — No New Hardware Required

August 13, 2026

Leonardo DRS’s fielded SGT STOUT M-SHORAD system defeated Group 1-2 small drone threats in a U.S. Government test — a capability added purely through a software upgrade, with no new hardware needed.

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Patria 6x6 armoured personnel carrier for the German CAVS programme

Patria and KNDS Seal Deal to Build German CAVS 6×6 Armoured Vehicles on German Soil

August 13, 2026

Patria and KNDS Deutschland Maintenance have signed a framework agreement to assemble and integrate Patria 6×6 armoured vehicles in Germany, advancing the multinational CAVS programme ahead of ramped-up Bundeswehr deliveries in early 2027.

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Year: 2026

Rolls-Royce Expands Ties With Marand, Establishes Pacific Rim Defence Headquarters in Canberra

Calian UK Secures CAD$296 Million, 15-Year British Army Training Agreement

Teledyne FLIR Defense Delivers 3,000th Ranger Series Radar, Cementing Its Global Border Security Footprint

Lockheed Martin Bets Big on Modular Payload Delivery System to Scale Up Hypersonic Weapons

Leonardo DRS’s SGT STOUT M-SHORAD Defeats Small Drone Swarms — No New Hardware Required

Patria and KNDS Seal Deal to Build German CAVS 6×6 Armoured Vehicles on German Soil

New Do228 NXT Camera option enables high-resolution image capturing – GA-ATS partners with TRAKKA Systems

Collins Aerospace to Support Modernization of US Army’s Chinook Helicopters

Northrop Grumman Introduces Raid Hunter™ for Next Generation Gun-Based Air Defense System

BlackSky wins seven-figure, multi-year international contract for combined Assured and On-Demand subscriptions