Hypersonic   Supply Chain   Military Aircraft Procurement   Missile Systems & Strategic Weapons   Defense Budgets & Spending   Defense Industry & Major Contractors   Defense Policy  
DefenseNews.com • Phil Stewart

Pentagon framework deals to mass-produce 10,000 low-cost cruise missiles and scale hypersonic procurement starting 2027

The Pentagon announced framework agreements with Anduril, CoAspire, Leidos and Zone 5 to rapidly acquire 10,000 low-cost cruise missiles and expand production capacity, with fielding targeted over the next few years starting in 2027. It also outlines a separate plan to buy 500 hypersonic missiles annually, alongside progress on the Blackbeard hypersonic strike weapon.

Also: Breaking Defense, c4isrnet.com, Sandboxx, Defense Daily, Seeking Alpha, insidedefense.com and Military Times
2026-05-13T09:09:38.870409-07:00
Supply Chain   Military Aircraft Procurement   Orders   Embraer  
Air Data News • Ricardo Meier

Embraer sees KC-390 production reaching 10 aircraft per year by 2030, eyes assembly lines in U.S. and India

By Air Data News: Embraer expects to gradually increase production of the KC-390 Millennium military transport aircraft to 10 units annually by the end of the decade, while also studying the possibility of establishing assembly lines in the United States and India if ongoing campaigns advance into major contracts.

Also: aviationnews.eu and Aviation Week
2026-05-13T11:03:21.286759-07:00
AI   Supply Chain   Leadership   M&A   Defense Industry & Major Contractors   Geopolitical Developments & Conflict Impact  
Financial Times • George Hammond, Sylvia Pfeifer

Defence tech start-up Anduril doubles valuation to over $60bn

By Financial Times: Peter Thiel-backed company raises $5bn as the US administration turns to smaller players for latest military kit.

Also: GeekWire, CNA, Defense Daily and 4 more
2026-05-13T01:23:12.090665-07:00
UAV Development & Drone Programs   Satellite   Europe   Space Defense & Militarization   Geopolitical Developments & Conflict Impact   Cybersecurity (Cyber Threats & Protection)  
Breaking Defense • Elisabeth Gosselin-Malo

In Latvia, military robots roll across a new communication challenge: woodlands

By Breaking Defense: Several users reported significant challenges with the UGVs’ communication systems, many of them using Starlink, in densely forested areas of the Baltic nation.

2026-05-13T01:57:09.373330-07:00