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Across the last quarter, other key contracts included the firm’s joint selection along with Salt Ship Design to deliver a design concept for standardised vessels to the Royal Norwegian Navy.

In her first major speech since taking the reins at NGA, Lt. Gen. Michelle Bredenkamp also said the agency has stood up a new Rapid Capabilities Office to speed integration of innovative commercial tech.

The Andromeda IDIQ contract vehicle will fund a replacement for the current GSSAP on-orbit inspection satellites as well as the classified SILENTBARKER space surveillance birds.

The Coast Guard aims to officially stand up the command in October.

The ICBM would add a “crucial layer of deterrence” to Turkey’s military arsenal, a defense analyst told Breaking Defense.

Northrop argues that a 2018 consent order is hampering its ability to ramp up solid rocket motor production needed for critical munitions.

Malaysia and Kongsberg signed a deal in 2018 for supply of an undisclosed number of NSM weapons to equip six new Littoral Combat Ships.

The defense boss highlighted that revenues reached €4.5 billion in the first three months of the year — a 7 percent increase over 2025 —  with a total backlog reaching €57 billion.

“The only signal we can give, and we should give: The less [the] USA is present in Europe with troops, the more should be done by Europe,” Bundespräsident Frank-Walter Steinmeier said during a visit to Sweden.

The Army said the AMPV 30 is not a replacement option for the XM30 program, but an executive said the vehicle “fits a different envelope.”