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Associated Press • Lorne Cook

NATO ministers press for urgent arms and air‑defence pledges as Ukraine supplies fall

NATO defense ministers meet to secure urgent weapons and ammunition pledges for Ukraine after deliveries sharply dropped in recent months, while allied governments weigh expanded air‑defence measures following a series of Russian airspace violations and renewed strikes that have heightened concerns over NATO air policing.

2025-10-14T10:36:59.048099-07:00

Boeing

Boeing awarded ~$2.7B to build 3,000+ PAC-3 seekers through 2030; annual output to 750

2025-10-14T05:12:24.686943-07:00

Breaking Defense

General Atomics and Hanwha to build Gray Eagle STOL in South Korea, first flight aimed 2027

2025-10-14T08:08:47.090635-07:00

AeroTime

Saab wins SEK 2.6bn FMV contract to advance KFS manned and unmanned future combat aircraft studies

2025-10-14T05:44:19.773102-07:00

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DefenseNews.com

Rethinking Homeland Defense: Space Interceptors and Integrated Sensors to Counter Missiles, Drones and Hypersonics Experts warn homeland defence must evolve to counter layered threats from ballistic and cruise missiles, swarms of drones and emerging hypersonic weapons by fielding space-based interceptors and tightly integrated sensor-to-shooter networks. Technical, command-and-control and legal hurdles remain for fusing distributed sensors and authorities.

2025-10-14T16:24:48.458351-07:00

Rethinking Homeland Defense: Space Interceptors and Integrated Sensors to Counter Missiles, Drones and Hypersonics

Via Satellite

UK weighs Starlink and commercial LEO for military satcom — balancing risks, resilience and industrial policy UK military satcom leaders and industry partners are actively assessing commercial low‑Earth‑orbit services such as Starlink against options to preserve sovereign military communications. Discussions focus on operational risks, resilience to jamming and cyber threats, and the industrial and procurement consequences of relying on commercial providers.

2025-10-14T12:42:11.834467-07:00

UK weighs Starlink and commercial LEO for military satcom — balancing risks, resilience and industrial policy

Breaking Defense

Lockheed Martin and Diehl Defence sign MOU to broaden PAC‑3 MSE supply chain and deepen IAMD R&D cooperation Lockheed Martin and Germany’s Diehl Defence signed an MOU at the AUSA exposition to explore joint Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) initiatives, including expanding PAC‑3 MSE production and broadening the interceptor’s global supply chain to improve resilience and joint R&D.

2025-10-14T12:31:02.924198-07:00

Lockheed Martin and Diehl Defence sign MOU to broaden PAC‑3 MSE supply chain and deepen IAMD R&D cooperation

Associated Press

NATO ministers press for urgent arms and air‑defence pledges as Ukraine supplies fall NATO defense ministers meet to secure urgent weapons and ammunition pledges for Ukraine after deliveries sharply dropped in recent months, while allied governments weigh expanded air‑defence measures following a series of Russian airspace violations and renewed strikes that have heightened concerns over NATO air policing.

2025-10-14T10:36:59.048099-07:00

NATO ministers press for urgent arms and air‑defence pledges as Ukraine supplies fall

Breaking Defense

Lockheed, Army 25th ID to kick off ‘Lightning Strike’ experiments prototyping NGC‑12 ahead of Project Convergence Lockheed Martin and the U.S. Army's 25th Infantry Division will launch 'Lightning Strike' experiments to prototype NGC‑12, adding capabilities incrementally across a series of events that will feed into next year's Project Convergence, mirroring the Ivy Sting effort run earlier at the 4th ID.

2025-10-14T08:41:00.847270-07:00

Lockheed, Army 25th ID to kick off ‘Lightning Strike’ experiments prototyping NGC‑12 ahead of Project Convergence

Breaking Defense

General Atomics and Hanwha to build Gray Eagle STOL in South Korea, first flight aimed 2027 General Atomics Aeronautical Systems and Hanwha Aerospace signed an agreement to jointly develop and produce a Short Takeoff and Landing variant of the Gray Eagle (Mojave) in South Korea, after prototype tests over the last two years. The locally built GE STOL will be offered to South Korea’s armed forces, the U.S. military and other customers.

2025-10-14T08:08:47.090635-07:00

General Atomics and Hanwha to build Gray Eagle STOL in South Korea, first flight aimed 2027

Aviation Week

U.S. Army: Shortage of Counter‑UAS Systems, Not Technology, Is Hampering Ukraine A senior U.S. Army air‑defense official said Ukraine’s ability to shoot down Russian drones is being limited by the availability of engagement systems and effectors, not by detection or counter‑drone technology — highlighting procurement, stockpile and delivery shortfalls constraining C‑UAS performance.

2025-10-14T07:36:03.366682-07:00

U.S. Army: Shortage of Counter‑UAS Systems, Not Technology, Is Hampering Ukraine

AeroTime

Saab wins SEK 2.6bn FMV contract to advance KFS manned and unmanned future combat aircraft studies Swedish defence materiel agency FMV has awarded Saab a SEK 2.6 billion ($238 million) contract to continue multi‑phase concept studies for the KFS future combat aircraft programme, extending work begun in March 2024 and covering manned and uncrewed concepts through 2027.

2025-10-14T05:44:19.773102-07:00

Saab wins SEK 2.6bn FMV contract to advance KFS manned and unmanned future combat aircraft studies

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