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30 July

Lithuania to Assemble Leopard 2A8 Tanks at Kaunas Plant

YIT Lietuva has secured a contract to build a Leopard 2A8 tank production and maintenance plant in Lithuania's Kaunas Free Economic Zone.

30 July

Air

Ethan M. Encarnacion

Starfighters Creates Reusable Flying Lab to Test Defense Tech at Mach 2+

Starfighters Space wants to give emerging defense and aerospace technologies longer exposure to sustained Mach 2+ flight conditions, paving the way for improved testing of future hypersonic systems.

30 July

Land

Ethan M. Encarnacion

South Korea Picks Hanwha’s Arion-SMET for Landmark UGV Acquisition

A six-wheeled, all-electric platform from Hanwha Aerospace has emerged as the first UGV acquisition under the ROK Army’s modernization effort.

30 July

Asia Pacific

Akhsan Erido Elezhar

India Takes a Leap in Military Propulsion With Its First Expendable Turbojet

India has joined an elite group of nations with advanced propulsion capabilities following the successful development of its first indigenous expendable turbojet engine.

30 July

Technology

Ethan M. Encarnacion

Australian Tech Helps Warfighters Detect Drones They Have Never Seen Before

A Sydney-based firm is developing a new approach to drone detection, helping military operators respond to threats they have not encountered before.

30 July

Americas

Akhsan Erido Elezhar

New Hybrid Robot Takes Aim at the US Army’s Toughest Resupply Missions

The US Army is betting on a new hybrid unmanned ground vehicle from BLADE to automate some of its most dangerous resupply missions.

30 July

Americas

An artist rendering of a Columbia-class nuclear submarine breaching the surface. The top half of the submarine can be seen above the water surrounding it.

Christine Casimiro

US Navy Awards $76.7B for Virginia- and Columbia-Class Submarine Programs

The US Navy has awarded incentive contract modifications totaling $76.6 billion to General Dynamics Electric Boat and HII for the Virginia- and Columbia-class submarine programs.

30 July

Americas

Christine Casimiro

Anduril’s Ohio Arsenal-1 Produces First YFQ-44A Drone for US CCA Program

Anduril's Ohio-based Arsenal-1 defense manufacturing facility has produced its first YFQ-44A Collaborative Combat Aircraft for the US Air Force less than two years after the site was established.

30 July

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