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The Defense Department is planning more multiyear deals and expects they’ll help smooth kinks in fragile supply chains. But the way prime contractors manage their suppliers, and the  potential for bottlenecks, could stall progress. Quadrupling munitions production “takes leadership—and I think we’ve got that in the [defense] secretary and the deputy. I think it takes money. I think it takes commitment,” Michael Duffey, the Pentagon’s acquisitions and sustainment chief, said Thursday during the Ronald Reagan Institute’s national security summit. Duffey said multi-year procurement deals, such as recent ones with Lockheed Martin and RTX, have helped create “a trust level with industry because…

FEPS supply power for British Army communications, lighting, support facilities and other infrastructure. Credit: © Babcock International Group. Babcock International Group (Babcock) has secured a contract to provide in-service support for the British Army’s Field Electrical Power Supplies (FEPS) power generators. The contract, valued at up to £36m ($48m), will run for up to eight years and create 20 jobs, according to the company’s 9 March 2026 press statement. Discover B2B Marketing That Performs Combine business intelligence and editorial excellence to reach engaged professionals across 36 leading media platforms. Find out more FEPS are used by the Army to supply…

India has pitched its interest in joining Europe’s Future Combat Air System (FCAS), a sixth-generation fighter program launched by France and Germany in 2017, with Spain joining later.At the 6th India-France Annual Defence Dialogue in Bangalore, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh co-chaired talks with his French counterpart and explicitly conveyed New Delhi’s willingness to explore co-development and co-manufacturing of the next-generation combat aircraft under the FCAS framework.The French side responded positively, building on existing ties like Rafale integration and joint exercises. Dassault Aviation sees India as a strategic collaborator amid FCAS tensions with Germany. No binding agreements were signed, but the…

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WASHINGTON — Two top military commanders have praised what they said was the critical role of space operations in the early days of Operation Epic Fury, but they were loathe to say what, exactly, the US military was doing in the highest, at times most secretive domain. “A note about the Space Force. Our space superiority has been a critical enabler to this fight. Unseen by the world, the Space Force is doing two things. First, they’re degrading Iranian capability and second, they’re helping to protect American forces, and I’ll have to leave it right there,” Adm. Brad Cooper, commander…

The Trump administration’s “narrowly tailored, short-term” lifting of sanctions on Russian oil may produce a longer-term boost to Moscow’s war on Ukraine.Treasury Department Secretary Scott Bessent insisted that wasn’t so as he announced on Thursday that countries would be allowed to purchase any Russian oil in ships at sea as of March 12.The move “will not provide significant financial benefit to the Russian government,” Bessent wrote on X.But experts, European allies, and Democratic Party lawmakers said Russia would indeed gain from Trump officials’ attempt to buffer Americans and global markets from the effects of their war on Iran.The windfall could…

Australian and British personnel emerge from HMS Anson, a Royal Navy Astute-class nuclear-powered attack submarine, arriving at HMAS Stirling in Western Australia under AUKUS. Credit: Crown Copyright / UK Ministry of Defence. Filtronic, a micro electronics and non-kinetic effects specialist, increased its industrial capacity in Sedgefield six times over Peter Stocken, director of business development for the Middle East, Africa and Asia-Pacific, revealed plans to explore options for delivering AUKUS needs The move was not possible for the tier two defence supplier until now, previously constrained by limited building space Filtronic has migrated to a 44,000 square foot manufacturing facility…

Bhopal-based Aryavart Technologies Development Pvt Ltd has emerged as one of India’s most promising private players in the unmanned systems domain with its long-endurance ARYA family of tactical unmanned aerial vehicles, now being evolved into a loitering strike–capable platform.The company’s work on ARYA reflects a broader shift in India’s defence ecosystem, where regional innovation hubs and start-ups are taking on roles traditionally dominated by large public sector enterprises, particularly in domains such as surveillance drones, loitering munitions, and autonomous systems.Founded in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, Aryavart Technologies has steadily built a niche in indigenous UAV design, development, and manufacturing, aligning closely…

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BEIRUT — As the United Arab Emirates confronts a disproportionate number of attacks from Iran, the small Gulf nation just to Iran’s south appears to be sharing less information about how successful its air defenses have been in recent days. In the first 10 days of the war, the UAE stood out as sharing detailed numbers on the missiles and drones attacking its airspace as well as successful interceptions. For instance, the Ministry of Defense said that as of March 8, a total of 1,422 unmanned aerial vehicles had been detected, 1,342 of which were intercepted. All eight threatening cruise…