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UK, Italy and Japan Award £4.6bn Contract to Edgewing for GCAP Fighter

Securing short-term funding for GCAP, the award shifts the programme into detailed design to feed a demonstrator planned for 2027.

Canada Signs $2.5 Billion Deal With Australia for Arctic Over‑the‑Horizon Radar

UK Orders Hundreds of LMM Missiles to Rebuild Stockpiles

UK Finalizes £1 Billion Deal for 72 RCH 155 Howitzers

Brazil Unveils First Locally Assembled Gripen E Fighter

UK and Türkiye Finalize Typhoon Training and Support Deal

Australia Orders First UK Reactor Parts for AUKUS Submarines, Expands Defence Industrial Cooperation

Canada Weighs Cutting F-35 Buy as NDP Urges Cancellation and Saab Courts Jobs

AUKUS Partners Shift to Delivery After Pentagon Review and Trilateral Recommitment

Anduril Opens Sydney Factory as First Ghost Shark AUV Rolls Off Line

UK Warship Exports Build Momentum With Norway Deal as Denmark and Sweden Talks Near Decision

Norway Selects UK Type 26 Frigates in £10bn Deal

Pentagon Awards $2.88 Billion Lot 18 F‑35 Engine Deal to Pratt & Whitney

UK Buys Six Land Ceptor Launchers in £118m Deal to Double Deployable Sky Sabre

Canada Awards C$66M Deal to MDA Space for Frigate-Based Surveillance Drones