UK frames C-130J deal with Türkiye as £550m export win
Britain presents Türkiye’s C-130J programme as a £550m export win, but the figure blends modernisation with industrial impact, recalling Eurofighter ambiguity.
AC-130J News
Air
Logistics
Defence Politics
Modernisation
Weapon / Missile
Leidos Tests Moog’s Actuators for the Black Arrow SCM
Actuators developed by Moog for the Leidos’ Arrow Small Cruise Missile (SCM) were successfully tested from an AC-130J close air support aircraft’s cargo ramp.
Air
AFSOC Receives the Final Ghostrider
Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) received its final AC-130J Ghostrider, completing the transition from the AC-130W, AC-130U and AC-130H fleets.
Sensors
L3 Harris Eye for Ghostriders
L3Harris Technologies delivered Wescam MX-25D electro-optic systems to US Special Operation Command (US SOCOM).
Global Defence Trend Brief
- 09:00 NATO pushes allies to fill US air and naval capability gaps - Washington is pressing European allies and Canada to provide more manned and unmanned aircraft plus...
- 09:00 AI-driven drone swarms rise as a new NATO planning priority - NATO officials are warning that AI-enabled drone swarms could reshape warfare within five years, pus...
- 09:00 Counter-drone demand expands beyond battlefields into critical infrastructure - Growing drone incursions around airports, ports, oil facilities and data centres are accelerating de...
- 09:00 Europe’s loyal wingman race becomes a core airpower trend - Collaborative combat aircraft took centre stage at Berlin Airshow 2026 as European companies and air...
- 09:00 Ukraine’s drone combat know-how is becoming an export asset in Asia - Ukrainian drone firms are marketing battlefield-proven systems and swarm concepts in Japan, Taiwan a...
- 09:00 NATO accelerates live testing of counter-drone technologies - Alliance members and industry partners are expanding field trials of drone detection and interceptio...
- 09:00 Hypersonic threats keep driving demand for persistent tracking networks - The spread of hypersonic weapons continues to push Western defence planners toward integrated radar...
- 09:00 Military space resilience shifts toward larger distributed constellations - Armed forces are increasingly favouring proliferated satellite constellations over a small number of...
- 09:00 Autonomous maritime systems gain importance in surveillance and strike planning - Navies are broadening interest in autonomous surface and underwater systems for persistent ISR, infr...
- 09:00 Industrial surge capacity is becoming a decisive defence metric - Across missiles, drones and air defence, governments are placing more weight on production scalabili...
