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Reuters

UK ramps funding for long‑range and hypersonic weapons; £500m Ukraine air‑defence package and European loitering‑munitions pact

The UK will spend over £400m in 2025/26 on long‑range and hypersonic weapons, including a £12m MoD contract to speed sovereign hypersonic development. It also announced a £500m air‑defence package for Ukraine — £150m for NATO PURL and 1,000 UK‑made missiles — while European partners agreed to co‑develop long‑range loitering munitions.

Also: Aviation Week, miragenews.com and miragenews.com
2026-02-13T05:24:38.677184-08:00
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AeroTime • Clement Charpentreau

Canada pays for long‑lead items for 14 additional F‑35As as Ottawa reviews 88‑jet plan

By AeroTime: PM Mark Carney confirms Canada is paying to secure long-lead items for 14 additional F-35A fighters as Ottawa reviews its planned 88-jet fleet.

Also: Air Data News and aspistrategist.org.au
2026-02-13T04:14:37.928233-08:00
UAV Development & Drone Programs   Europe   Defense Industry & Major Contractors  
Unmanned Airspace • Philip Butterworth-Hayes

Dronamics, HENSOLDT partner to develop long-range, airborne multi-domain threat detector

By Unmanned Airspace: Dronamics has announced the launch of its Black Swan-based long-range cargo UAV aimed at detecting and targeting multi-domain threats from the air. Dronamics is partnering with HENSOLDT to provide a European Airborne Early Warning (AEW) system Strategic Class III UAS.

2026-02-12T08:54:24.260895-08:00