


Baykar vows to produce military drones at Piaggio sites in Italy
Italian enterprise minister Adolfo Urso said the deal ensured “a great future for a company that has had a glorious past, an icon of Made in Italy.”

Europe
US vendors tussle over Norway’s maritime-surveillance drone business
Northrop Grumman and General Atomics are vying for a deal, as U.S. manufacturers fear losing prominence in Europe.

Competitors for Spain’s future 6x6 armored vehicle face off in Madrid
Defense manufacturers eyeing a possible Spanish order flocked to Madrid this week for the biannual Feindef defense show.

Fincantieri jockeying for position in US naval shipbuilding revamp
CEO Pierroberto Folgiero said the Italian company could "support a kind of renaissance of shipbuilding" in the U.S. that could even involve icebreakers.

Northrop tests tech to help hypersonic vehicles maneuver without GPS
The successful demonstration of inertial measurement unit technology on a hypersonic aircraft is an industry first.

Rheinmetall to expand satellite business, citing Ukraine support deal
The joint venture with ICEYE will focus initially on manufacturing Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellites before expanding to other space capabilities.

How AI voicebots threaten the psyche of US service members and spies
Artificial intelligence voice agents with a wide range of capabilities can now guide interrogations worldwide, Pentagon officials told Defense News.

Reduced funding slows MDA’s hypersonic interceptor development
The Missile Defense Agency's effort to field an NGI is also delayed by roughly 18 months or more, its director said.

Thousands of machinists strike at jet engine maker Pratt & Whitney
About 3,000 labor union members have gone on strike at Pratt & Whitney, as negotiations over wages, retirement benefits and job security broke down.

Defense firms closely watching tariffs, but split on potential sting
Tariffs are a key economic tool for the Trump administration, which also wants to bring manufacturing and material production back to the United States.

Lockheed loses experimental satellite after Firefly launch mishap
The mishap caused the rocket to lose its engine nozzle extension, significantly reducing its thrust and making it unable to reach its designated orbit.
