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13 February

Teledyne Adds Long-Range Capability to Neutrino Thermal Imaging ISR Line

Teledyne introduced a new long-range thermal imaging system for intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance applications.

13 February

Americas

Three General Atomics unmanned aircraft lined up on a runway at a desert airfield, painted in U.S. Air Force markings.

Ethan M. Encarnacion

General Atomics’ Loyal Wingman Drone Demos Four Hours of Precision Autonomy

The YFQ-42A has taken another step toward operational maturity, completing a semi-autonomous flight test with an integrated autonomy system.

13 February

Americas

Personnel load an artillery round beside a tracked armored vehicle at a training site, with equipment and support vehicles nearby.

Ethan M. Encarnacion

US Army Pushes Artillery Limits With Next-Gen Rocket-Assisted Rounds

The US Army may be seeing the next generation of the service’s artillery in action, as it tests a rocket-boosted round to deliver more accurate engagements from longer ranges.

13 February

Europe

Staff Writer With AFP

Swedish Fighter Jets to Patrol Greenland Under NATO Mission

Sweden said Thursday it would send fighter jets to patrol Greenland as part of a newly launched NATO mission in the Arctic aimed at placating US President Donald Trump.

13 February

Air

Christine Casimiro

Canada Pays for F-35 Long-Lead Items Despite Ongoing Fighter Jet Review

Canada has reportedly begun making payments for “long-lead items” tied to 14 additional F-35 fighter jets despite a contract review triggered by US trade tensions and sovereignty concerns.

13 February

Air

Jodesz Gavilan

US Awards Six Contracts to Advance Hypersonic Tech

The Joint Hypersonics Transition Office has awarded six contracts to advance next-generation hypersonic technologies capable of traveling faster than Mach 5.

13 February

Americas

ACS Bullfrog counter-UAS gun preparing to fire against drone targets

Jodesz Gavilan

US Army Funds ACS Bullfrog Autonomous Overwatch With $2M Award

The US Army has named Allen Control Systems’ autonomous overwatch system Bullfrog a winner of its xTechOverwatch competition.

13 February

Americas

RTX BBN Technologies to develop smart spectrum manager for real-time defense radar and 5G coexistence.

Jodesz Gavilan

RTX’s BBN Leads Push to Let 5G and Military Radars Share Spectrum Safely

BBN Technologies has been tapped to lead a multi-team effort aimed at allowing 5G networks and critical defense radars to operate on the same frequencies without interference.

13 February

Americas

Raytheon’s new short-range interceptor completes a successful ballistic missile flight demonstration.

Jodesz Gavilan

US Seeks Advanced Missile Defense Sensors for Hypersonic Threats

The US Defense Innovation Unit is seeking commercially driven sensor and seeker technologies to sharpen the country’s defenses against ballistic and hypersonic missile threats.

13 February

Americas