Event   UAV Development & Drone Programs   Middle East   Defense Industry & Major Contractors  
Breaking Defense • Agnes Helou

SAHA EXPO 2026 opens in Turkey as defense and aerospace firms showcase growing UAS scale—“millions of drones” theme

Turkey’s SAHA EXPO 2026, billed by organizers as Europe’s largest defense and aerospace exhibition, opens its doors to exhibitors and visitors this Tuesday. Industry voices frame the event around the sector’s maturation—plus new cooperation opportunities as UAS proliferation accelerates under a “millions of drones” banner.

Also: Daily Sabah
2026-05-04T09:38:52.646810-07:00
Commercial Space   Space Defense & Militarization   Defense Policy  
SpaceNews.com • Sandra Erwin

DARPA chief says agency must harness commercial space boom

By SpaceNews.com: Foundation DENVER — About a year into the job, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency director Stephen Winchell is looking to reshape the agency’s space portfolio, arguing it must function less as a collection of high-risk experiments and more as a conduit to a fast-moving commercial market.

2026-05-04T08:03:41.320765-07:00
UAV Development & Drone Programs   Military Aircraft Procurement   Missile Systems & Strategic Weapons   Defense Industry & Major Contractors   Textron  
Breaking Defense • Carley Welch

Army awards AV LASSO award, joining Textron, Uvision in prototyping competition

By Breaking Defense: The company said in a release today that it will be providing its Switchblade 400 product, a portable, anti-armor loitering munition with medium range.

2026-05-04T06:50:37.781519-07:00