Land Defense News
U.S. Accelerates Low-Cost Attack Drone Program to Field Combat Systems by 2027
The U.S. Department of War on February 6, 2026 selected 25 companies to compete in a fast-moving evaluation aimed at fielding inexpensive, weaponiz...
U.S. Clears $185M Support Package to Keep Ukraine’s Abrams, Bradley and HIMARS in Combat
The State Department has approved a $185 million Foreign Military Sale to Ukraine focused on Class IX spare parts and sustainment support for US-pr...
U.S. Marine Corps approves first 3D-printed drone Hanx for unit-level production and combat use
On January 28, 2026, the 2nd Marine Logistics Group announced that Hanx, a Marine-built 3D-printed drone, received flight approval while meeting cu...
Russia Restarts SR-2M Production to Sustain Compact Armor-Piercing Firepower
Kalashnikov Group announced on February 6, 2026 that TsNIITochMash has begun fulfilling a new government contract for modernized SR.2M 9x21 mm subm...
Switzerland Orders Black Hornet 4 Nano-Drones to Deliver Live Intel to Piranha 8x8 Vehicles
On 2 February 2026, Teledyne FLIR Defense reported a $17.5 million contract to deliver Black Hornet 4 nano-drones to Switzerland. The customer, arm...
U.S. Army Moves to Replace M777 With New Wheeled 155mm Howitzer for Stryker Brigades
The U.S. Army is moving to rapidly acquire a wheeled 155 mm self-propelled howitzer to replace the M777 in Stryker Brigade Combat Teams, with a con...
U.S. Accelerates Taiwan Arms Deliveries as Army Targets HIMARS Launchers and Harpoon Missiles
The United States is accelerating long delayed arms deliveries to Taiwan as production bottlenecks ease, according to Taiwan’s defense minister. Th...
Czech Excalibur Army Wins Record $300M Southeast Asia Deal for 100+ Patriot Armored Vehicle Variants
CSG Group announced on February 5, 2026, that its subsidiary Excalibur Army has signed a record export contract in Southeast Asia for the delivery ...
Türkiye to triple Altay tank deliveries in 2026 as Armed Forces modernization accelerates
As reported by the Anadolu Agency on February 1, 2026, Türkiye’s Defense Industries President Haluk Görgün confirmed that at least 10 Altay main ba...
Leonardo X-Gun 30mm Makes Asia Debut on Terrex 8×8 IFV as New Counter-Drone Solution
Leonardo and ST Engineering unveiled a Terrex 8x8 infantry fighting vehicle armed with the X-Gun 30 mm cannon at the 2026 Singapore Airshow. The pa...
Taiwan Begins Receiving Land-Based Harpoon Missile Systems for Mobile Coastal Defense
Taiwan has quietly crossed an important threshold in its defense modernization as the first components of the land based Harpoon Coastal Defense Sy...
UK Conducts Live-Fire Testing of First Two M270A2 Multiple Launch Rocket Systems
On February 5, 2026, the UK Ministry of Defence’s Defence Equipment & Support (DE&S) announced on X that the first two M270A2 Multiple Launch Rocke...
U.S. Army Deploys HIMARS Rocket Launcher in Lithuania to Reinforce NATO’s Eastern Flank
The U.S. Army conducted a live-fire exercise with M142 HIMARS rocket launchers near Klaipeda, Lithuania, on 3 February 2026 alongside the Lithuania...
Turkish Land Forces Inducts FNSS PARS İZCİ 8x8 as First Dedicated CBRN Reconnaissance Vehicle
On 5 February 2026, during its weekly press briefing in Ankara, the Ministry of National Defense of Türkiye announced that the Turkish Land Forces ...
Rostec’s New 30mm Airburst Munition Reinvents Russia’s 2A42 Cannon for Counter-Drone Warfare
On February 5, 2026, Russia’s state-owned Rostec State Corporation announced the development of a new 30 mm anti-drone cartridge that will receive ...
U.S. Army Receives First Sentinel A4 LRIP 2 Radar for 360-Degree Cruise Missile and Drone Defense
On February 2, 2026, Lockheed Martin announced it had delivered the first Sentinel A4 radar from Low-Rate Initial Production (LRIP) 2 to the U.S. A...
Israeli Elbit Selects Germany as Europe’s Main EuroPULS Rocket Artillery Production Hub
Elbit Systems plans to establish Germany as a European production hub for artillery rockets used by the EuroPULS system, according to reporting rev...
ASELSAN and CSG Launch EU-Based Joint Venture to Deliver Korkut Air Defense on Tatra 6×6 Vehicles
On 4 February 2026, Excalibur International, part of Czechoslovak Group, confirmed that it had signed a strategic cooperation agreement with ASELSA...
U.S. Abrams and British Challenger 2 Tanks Rehearse NATO Winter Armored Maneuvers in Estonia
Official imagery and video releases published by the U.S. Department of Defense on January 30 and 31, 2026, show U.S. Army armored cavalry units an...
Türkiye’s MKE Unveils New NATO-Compatible CBRN Protective Gear for High-Tempo Operations
Makine ve Kimya Endüstrisi (MKE) said its newly developed CBRN protective equipment portfolio is designed to improve survivability while allowing m...
U.S. F-35C Fighters Down Iranian Shahed Drone Approaching USS Abraham Lincoln Aircraft Carrier
US Central Command said on February 3, 2026, that American forces intercepted and destroyed an Iranian unmanned aircraft after it approached the US...
U.S. Marine Corps Orders More ACV-30 Amphibious Combat Vehicles in $195M Contract
BAE Systems has been awarded a $195 million contract to build additional Amphibious Combat Vehicles for the U.S. Marine Corps, the company announce...
U.S. Army Conducts Live Counter-Drone Combat Training With Full Air Defense Stack
U.S. Army air defense units showcased a full-spectrum counter-drone training sequence during a live flight demonstration led by the 6th Battalion, ...
France awards €697M Syfrall contract to build new heavy floating bridges for tanks
On February 2, 2026, the French Armament General Directorate confirmed the award of the Syfrall heavy light crossing system framework contract to a...
Sweden and Denmark Launch Joint Procurement to Supply Ukraine With Tridon Mk2 Air Defense
Sweden and Denmark are launching a coordinated procurement effort to supply Ukraine with Tridon Mk2 mobile air defense systems, according to a stat...