US Gives Designations to Three New Mini Cruise Missiles
The US has given designations to its three new mini cruise missiles -Barracuda 500, Rusty Dagger, and Black Arrow- to provide long range with minimal size.
Leidos News
Air
Weapon / Missile
Air
AFSOC Receives the First Dozen-Batch of OA-1K COIN Aircraft
AFSOC Commander Lieutenant General Michael Conley stated that AFSOC has received its first dozen OA-1K Skyraider II counter-insurgency (COIN) aircraft.
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.
Weapon / Missile
Leidos Prepares for Mass Production of IFPC Inc 2 Launchers
Leidos announced the mass production of Enduring Shield modular missile launchers as part of the U.S. Army’s Indirect Fires Protection Capability programme.
Weapon / Missile
U.S. Army Receives Enduring Shield AD Systems
U.S.-based Leidos has delivered the first Enduring Shield low-altitude air defence systems to the U.S. Army.
Unmanned Systems
Gremlins Program Demonstrates Airborne Recovery
DARPA announced that it managed the airborne recovery of unmanned air vehicles at the Gremlins Program with two X-61 Gremlin Air Vehicles (GAV).
Global Defence Trend Brief
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- 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...
