defense production

Poland Targets Global Arms Market Growth With Philippine Defense Push

Poland is seeking expanded defense partnerships with the Philippines, offering weapons and vehicles to grow its industrial position globally.

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Rheinmetall Builds Out Canadian Plant for Ground Drone Production

Rheinmetall Canada has broken ground on the expansion of its factory in Montérégie, Quebec, to scale production of unmanned ground vehicles.

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Bell Textron Starts Viper Helicopter Build for Nigeria

Bell Textron has begun production of the AH-1Z Viper attack helicopter as part of a US foreign military sale to Nigeria in 2024.

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Lithuania Plans to Mobilize Domestic Industry to Build Drones for Ukraine

Lithuania has announced plans to use a portion of its annual aid budget for Kyiv to manufacture tactical unmanned aerial systems domestically in collaboration with Ukrainian defense companies.

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Milrem, Polish Arms Makers Collab on Armed Ground Drones

Milrem Robotics has signed cooperation agreements with subsidiaries of state-owned Polish Armaments Group (PGZ) to expand collaborations on robotics and ancillary payloads.

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Hermeus Receives Production License for Pratt & Whitney F100 Fighter Jet Engines

RTX segment Pratt & Whitney has granted Georgia-based aerospace company Hermeus a production license to manufacture its F100-PW-229 jet engines, marking the first time a separate US firm has been licensed to build the fighter powerplant.

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US Navy Taps Three Gulf Coast Yards for $280M LCU 1700 Expansion Deal

The US Navy has awarded prototyping contracts worth $280.5 million to Conrad Shipyard, Master Boat Builders, and Saronic Technologies in support of the LCU 1700-class landing craft program.

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Spain Moves Closer to Fielding First Domestic Tactical Drones With Indra’s ‘Tarsis’

Indra is advancing the development of up to 147 Tarsis drones for Spain, moving the European nation closer to fielding its first domestically produced tactical unmanned aerial systems.

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EDGE, Safran to Build Sovereign Missile Propulsion Systems in Brazil

EDGE Group has signed an agreement with Safran to establish solid rocket motor development and production capabilities in Brazil.

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Ukraine Looks to Underground Defense Network to Maintain War Supply

Ukraine is preparing a legal framework allowing private investors to build subterranean facilities to shield its military defense production from continuous Russian missile and drone strikes.

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