ICEYE has formally handed over Poland’s sovereign radar satellite reconnaissance system, known as MikroSAR and operated under the name POLSARIS, to the Polish Armed Forces less than 12 months after the contract was signed.

Poland’s Homar-K multiple rocket launcher system achieved a record live-fire result during the allied Baltic Shield exercise.

Nearly 4,500 sailors assigned to the Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group returned to Naval Station Norfolk on May 16 after an 11-month deployment to the U.S. 4th, 5th and 6th Fleets.

Aerostats, the tethered observation balloons that most people associate with World War II convoy protection, are getting a serious second look from the U.S. Army as a platform for counter-drone defense. One company's second-generation tactical aerostat is now being evaluated

Pakistan publicly unveiled the Fatah-3 supersonic cruise missile, a road-mobile precision strike weapon that pushes the country's Fatah missile family into a new performance tier and positions Islamabad with a direct regional counter to India's BrahMos, according to reporting by

Poland is arming its M28 Bryza light transport aircraft for drone combat, with the first prototype set for modification to carry barrel weapons after a contract between the Armed Forces Support Inspectorate and the executing contractor is signed, according to

German electronic warfare technology company Aaronia AG will make its first public presentation of the AARTOS DF2 direction-finding solution at AOC Europe in Helsinki from May 19 to 21, 2026. The AOC Europe conference, organized by the Association of Old

Poland's state defense group has unveiled an export variant of its Borsuk infantry fighting vehicle fitted with a Slovak-made Turra 30V9 unmanned turret at the IDEB 2026 defense exhibition in Bratislava, presenting a joint Polish-Slovak product aimed squarely at international

L3Harris Technologies has developed software that turns existing tactical radios into AI-enabled counter-drone sensors, announcing Wraith Shield as a capability that allows soldiers to detect, classify, and disrupt small unmanned aerial systems using communications equipment they already carry, without adding

Romania's aging LAROM multiple rocket launcher system is getting a second life, according to DefenseRomania. At the BSDA 2026 international defense exhibition in Bucharest, running May 13-15, Aerostar Bacău and Elbit Systems jointly unveiled a functional prototype of a modernized

General Dynamics Land Systems has secured a $229.6 million contract to produce 50 Stryker Double V-Hull (DVH) A1 armored vehicles for the U.S. Army, continuing a production line that has delivered one of the service's most combat-proven wheeled infantry platforms

A U.S. defense startup is bringing a next-generation counter-drone system to SOF Week 2026 in Tampa that takes a fundamentally different approach to the close-in drone threat: instead of aiming at incoming targets, it keeps multiple barrels constantly rotating through

Ukrainian drone forces have struck a Russian naval vessel in the Caspian Sea for at least the third time in recent months, publishing footage on May 17 showing a Fire Point FP-1 attack drone successfully locating and hitting a Project

European land systems manufacturer KNDS has described the RCH 155 as the world’s most advanced artillery system following a recent contract awarded by the UK Ministry of Defence for deliveries to the British Army.

U.S. Army V Corps has expanded Project Flytrap to the squadron level during counter-drone testing at the Pabradė Training Area in Lithuania, about 30 kilometres from the Belarusian border.

Ukraine's Celebra Tech has integrated its Tryzub laser system into a mobile counter-drone platform capable of engaging targets from FPV drones to reconnaissance unmanned aircraft, the company told Militarny. The Tryzub (the Ukrainian word for trident) was first publicly mentioned

Saab UK has completed its 100th Giraffe 1X radar at its Fareham facility and opened a new Integration and Verification testing facility at the same site, the company announced. The Fareham site in Hampshire serves as Saab's UK centre of

Rostec has dispatched a new batch of T-90M, T-80BVM, and T-72B3M tanks to Russian forces, the state defense conglomerate announced on Sunday. The shipment, described by Rostec as incorporating lessons learned from combat experience and direct feedback from frontline troops,

Poland's state defense group has signed agreements with two American companies to begin domestic assembly of Hydra 70mm unguided rockets, establishing a production and logistics center in Poland for a munition that its military plans to deploy across attack helicopters,

Chinese-made FN-16 man-portable air defense systems have appeared in service with soldiers of the air defense battalion of Ukraine's 160th Mechanized Brigade, photographs published by the brigade's press service confirm. The brigade's press service published the imagery alongside a statement

British radar manufacturer Blighter has signed an exclusive partnership with South Korean AI integrator JoongAng Advanced Materials to support and expand its radar network along the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ). The Value-Added Reseller agreement, announced May 14, 2026, gives JoongAng

The U.S. Navy is moving to extend technical support for the VAMPIRE counter-drone system deployed with Ukrainian naval forces, according to a presolicitation notice published May 14 by the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division. The contract modification targets Sierra

A Romanian defense startup has unveiled what it describes as a low-cost AI-enabled cruise missile at one of Eastern Europe's most prominent defense exhibitions, offering a glimpse of how smaller national defense industries are attempting to develop precision strike capabilities

Lockheed Martin has secured a $61 million U.S. Army contract to develop and demonstrate two of the most consequential near-term upgrades to the Patriot air defense system: a containerized missile launcher and a hemispherical guidance device that eliminates one of

South Korean-based Hanwha Aerospace and Estonian robotics company Milrem Robotics signed a teaming agreement at the BSDA 2026 defense exhibition in Bucharest to jointly pursue Romania's unmanned ground vehicle program, combining Korean wheeled unmanned platform experience with Milrem's combat-proven tracked