LANGLEY AIR FORCE BASE, Va. (AFNS) — On June 17th, Gen. Ken Wilsbach thought he had successfully flown his last sortie in the F-22 Raptor, but on Nov. 24th, he returned to the cockpit in America’s premier air supremacy platform. “Every opportunity to step to the jet is a great privilege,” Wilsbach said. “For…
DroneShield Secures $49.6M European Military Contract DroneShield has received a contract totaling $49.6m for a European end-customer A significant portion of this hardware is on-the-shelf with deliveries and payments expected to be completed in Q1 2026 16 December 2025 – DroneShield is pleased to announce it has received a contract for $49.6 million from an…
Addition to the marketplace satisfies competition requirements and enables rapid acquisition of CHAOS systems across U.S. and NATO commands LOS ANGELES — CHAOS Industries, the defense technology company building Coherent Distributed Networks (CDN™) systems that give warfighters time to act against border and autonomous threats, today announced its addition to the U.S. Army’s Global Tactical…
Services strengthen cyber resilience for Army’s Short-Range Reconnaissance (SRR) program and future unmanned systems across all domains RESTON, Va., Dec. 16, 2025 — SpiderOak, a leader in zero-trust cybersecurity solutions for space, aerospace, and defense, announced today that Red Cat Holdings (NASDAQ: RCAT), a recognized industry leader in advanced all-domain drone and robotic solutions for defense…
Israel Buys Colt M4A1 via FMS Contract Using a Foreign Military Sales contract announced earlier this week, the Israeli Defense Force has ordered M4A1 carbines from Colt Industries. The contract awarded by Army Contracting Command is valued at $12.9 million and includes carbines and suppressors. It is to be fulfilled by the end of June…
Tumwater, WA – Killer Innovations, the engineering-driven manufacturer behind Icon Defense and Velocity Defense, announced today that it will exhibit at SHOT Show 2026 at Booth #70929. The company will showcase its latest advancements in precision-engineered firearm components, continuing its commitment to pushing the boundaries of performance, manufacturing, and innovation. Killer Innovations operates on a culture of…
GAO Report on Weapon Systems Testing In a recent report entitled, “Weapon Systems Testing: DOD Needs to Update Policies to Better Support Modernization Efforts” the Government Accounting Office suggests that the US military adopt iterative testing processes to further modernize its newly adopted acquisition methodology. Common in software development, iterative testing is a repeated cycle…
ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. — There are no algorithms in foxholes – yet. While the U.S. Army has applied emerging artificial intelligence tools to streamline processes across the enterprise — most recently with the rollout of the Department of War’s new generative AI website, GenAI.mil — the impact of AI on the tactical edge Soldier…
Long Anticipated Spiritus Systems LV-120 Available Thursday @ 1500 EST Spiritus Systems has announced that the LV-120 Plate Carrier Kit release along with the LV-120 tubes shoulder strap (sold separately) will be available for order on their site Thursday, 18 December at 3 pm EST. Available in MultiCam, Ranger Green, Coyote Brown, and Black. Sizes…
Major Order from the Netherlands: Rheinmetall to Supply Skyranger 30 for Mobile Air Defence – Order Value in the Triple-Digit Million Euro Range Rheinmetall has received another major order for mobile air defence systems. The Dutch Ministry of Defence has commissioned Rheinmetall Air Defence to supply a two-digit number of Skyranger air defence systems for…