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The Victor U250 is ERC System's hybrid-electric heavy-lift cargo drone: 250 kg over 300 km for military resupply, with Rheinmetall backing production.
Virginia-class (SSN-774) nuclear attack submarine: capabilities, development, combat record, and the AUKUS nuclear-submarine program.
Russia's new Filin cruise missile pairs avionics from a Shahed-type drone supplier with a drone-class turbojet and US chips made as late as October 2025, and its claimed 800 km/h doubles the speed of Ukraine's multirotor interceptors.
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The US Navy awarded Applied Intuition a $25 million production contract to field its Intelligent Perception System on five Arleigh Burke destroyers, with over-the-air updates.
Helsing will join Destinus' funding round under a NATO-focused partnership; Bloomberg reports a minority stake at a ~€6 billion valuation.
Pentagon and BAE Systems sign a framework for up to 25,000 APKWS laser-guidance kits a year for seven years, pending Congress; no price disclosed.
Rheinmetall and startup Breaker signed a teaming agreement to bring voice-commanded drone control to Australia's Boxer CRV. No contract or Army funding disclosed.
Shield AI's X-BAT is an AI-piloted VTOL autonomous fighter with a claimed 3,700+ km range. Test status, specs, Poland pitch and counterparts.
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