The US Navy has selected Radiant to build a prototype Kaleidos microreactor at Naval Weapons Station Crane, Indiana, through the Army’s Janus Program. The 1-megawatt-class reactor would give the munitions hub grid-independent power, but cost and schedule remain undisclosed. https://lnkd.in/eaqtQUDP
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Karman Space & Defense will build THAAD interceptor shrouds for Lockheed Martin under a seven-year, $218 million agreement, a sub-tier commitment tied to the plan to raise THAAD output from 96 to 400 interceptors a year. https://lnkd.in/exn_jHwJ
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The US Army has fired three prototype XM1180 hit-to-kill rounds at a tank target at Yuma Proving Ground to test the 155mm projectile’s imaging seeker, which is next headed for GPS-denied trials and the XM1230. https://lnkd.in/eDxK77D5
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Finland plans to procure about one million domestically made anti-personnel mines in a $110 million program, with production starting in 2028 after its Ottawa Convention exit as Russia rebuilds garrisons near the border. https://lnkd.in/eCDckcyE
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L3Harris Technologies has opened a solid rocket motor facility in Camden, Arkansas, designed to double motor capacity for the US Army’s GMLRS. A $250 million Lockheed Martin order at the highest quantity in program history will be produced there. https://lnkd.in/eg2Xwbze
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Airbus has delivered the third and final A330 MRTT to Spain, completing a 2021 order for three converted ex-Iberia airliners now with the 45th Wing at Torrejón, as Madrid prepares a joint tanker buy with Poland. Airbus Defence and Space https://lnkd.in/e3abwuUW
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USS Ronald Reagan, underway in the Pacific, has controlled an MQ-25A Stingray test aircraft in Illinois over a pLEO satellite link, validating the shipboard command layer the Navy’s unmanned tanker needs before its 2029 IOC. US Navy https://lnkd.in/eZzNzNFC
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Australia has revealed the first Ghost Shark payloads: a module laying up to 12 sea mines, an ALTIUS drone launcher and a seabed supply cache, with the XL-AUV’s modular payload bay shown open for the first time. Anduril Industries https://lnkd.in/eqTFrpCu
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Washington has cleared a $294 million sale of CIRCM laser jammers and digital radar warning receivers for Dutch helicopters, putting the Apache and Chinook fleets on the US Army’s survivability baseline. Platform allocation remains undisclosed. https://lnkd.in/e2Ux5v_F
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Alaskan Command paired the HAARP transmitter at Gakona with a low-cost 16-element receiver array at Cold Bay and detected aircraft beyond Alaska’s radar coverage, closing a three-year experiment series. Detection ranges remain undisclosed. https://lnkd.in/eVuzZ-tB
