Yusuf Uluçam

TUSAŞ delivers its 500th S18/19 SWIFT fuselage section for the Airbus A320 family, highlighting increased production capacity and a long-term industrial partnership with Airbus

Fincantieri launches construction of the fourth U212NFS submarine for the Italian Navy

Czechoslovak Group signs a $1B-plus deal to deliver 4,000 military trucks to Southeast Asia and opens a new €100M ammunition filling line in Slovakia to expand large-calibre output.

Rheinmetall demonstrates its counter-small unmanned aerial systems at Finland’s GBAD Demo Days, highlighting the Skyspotter multi-sensor system and modular counter-drone solutions in realistic operational trials

KNDS Deutschland and Leonardo sign a Letter of Intent to co-develop a mobile artillery system based on KNDS’s Artillery Gun Module and Leonardo’s wheeled platform

K MoD awards Airbus Helicopters UK a £33.6m, two-year contract to support six H145 Jupiter HC2 helicopters, boosting emergency response and overseas training in Cyprus and Brunei

UK government commits £140m to uncrewed and counter-drone technologies through UK Defence Innovation, supporting drones, autonomous systems and laser weapons to strengthen defence and NATO interoperability

Northrop Grumman demonstrates AN/AQS-24 minehunting system deployed from an unmanned surface vehicle, supporting safer U.S. Navy mine countermeasures operations

Ukraine says an unmanned underwater naval vehicle hits a Russian submarine at Novorossiysk, possibly marking the first combat use of such systems against submarines

Lockheed Martin completes production of F-16 Block 70 fighters for Bulgaria and Slovakia, supporting air force modernization and NATO interoperability under the FMS program

Thales partners with SFO Technologies to produce RBE2 AESA radar components for Indian Rafale jets, supporting local manufacturing under the Make in India initiative

HAVELSAN deepens collaboration with Boeing, adding a B737 MAX-8 Full Flight Simulator to its production line