Defense News Army 2025
US Army awards second interceptor to Lockheed Martin to bridge short range air defense and Patriot
Lockheed Martin said on 15 October that the US Army selected it under an Other Transaction Authority to develop and prototype IFPC Inc 2’s second i...
Greece's Theon to build new U.S. optics factory with Kopin to improve soldier night vision
At the 2025 Association of the United States Army exposition in Washington, D.C., Greece’s Theon confirmed plans to establish a U.S. optics manufac...
US Army moves Spike Non-Line of Sight missiles to Phase 2 for 32-kilometer precision strikes
The US Army downselected Lockheed Martin’s Spike Non-Line-of-Sight missile for Phase 2 of the M LRPSM directed requirement and funded 30 million do...
New Switchblade 600 Block 2 kamikaze drone can fly more than 50 minutes before striking
At the 2025 Association of the United States Army exposition, AeroVironment revealed the Switchblade 600 Block 2, an improved version of its Switch...
China’s anti-access area denial architecture is reshaping power in the Indo-Pacific
China’s anti-access and area denial architecture is maturing into a theater-wide system, according to allied assessments, open-source satellite ima...
Parsons' new JLTV ZEUS 4 laser weapon clears mines at the speed of light
At AUSA 2025, Parsons Corporation presented the ZEUS 4 Directed Energy System integrated on the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle, a compact platform de...
US Army’s first Dark Eagle hypersonic battery to complete initial load by December
The U.S. Army expects to finalize arming its first Dark Eagle battery by late December at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Program Executive Officer for M...
US Army targets first Army regulated reactor under Janus Programme in operation by 2028
Citing a need for uninterrupted energy at critical facilities, Army officials used the AUSA stage to roll out Janus, a next-generation nuclear init...
AUSA 2025: Lockheed Martin Sanctum gives Army open architecture AI fusion and layered drone defense
Lockheed Martin unveils Sanctum counter-UAS system at AUSA 2025 in Washington, DC. The American company positions Sanctum as a software-forward cou...
Taiwan to field T112 rifles from 2026 to strengthen accuracy and barrel life across infantry
Budget documents reviewed by local media Taipei Times moving to lock in a multi-year buy of the T112, an AR-pattern rifle produced by the 205th Ars...
RTX develops DeepFires to give U.S. Army autonomous missile launcher for ground strike and air defense
Washington, United States, October 16, 2025 - Unveiled at AUSA 2025 in Washington, RTX’s new DeepFires system signals a significant leap in ground-...
U.S. Army Explores Glide-Fired Artillery from General Atomics for Future Combat Edge
On 13 October, the U.S. Army’s Yuma Proving Ground hosted a milestone for tube artillery as General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems validated fligh...