General Motors has made its first delivery of critical components to Lockheed Martin for Patriot interceptor missiles, less than a month after the two companies formed a manufacturing partnership. The accelerated production comes as the Pentagon pushes to rebuild US ammunition stocks amid ongoing conflicts.
Nigerian defense technology startup Terra Industries has closed a $52 million seed round, including an additional $18 million in new funding, to develop autonomous warfare systems and security infrastructure for emerging markets. The company is opening its first office outside Africa in London while maintaining manufacturing operations in Ghana and Nigeria.
Canada imposed sanctions on UAE-based Streit Group, a Canadian-owned armored vehicle manufacturer, for supplying military equipment to Russia's National Guard used in the war against Ukraine. The sanctions complete a four-nation effort alongside Ukraine, the EU, and Switzerland.
The United States is pressing ahead with negotiations to allow Ukraine to manufacture Patriot interceptor missiles domestically, even after President Donald Trump publicly cast doubt on the deal. Ukrainian officials reveal they have been seeking production licenses for two years amid urgent defense needs against Russian attacks.
President Donald Trump said at a NATO summit in Turkey that the United States will give Ukraine a license to manufacture Patriot air defense system interceptors, marking a significant shift in his approach to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Trump acknowledged he had not yet informed defense contractors Raytheon and Lockheed Martin, who produce the Patriot system.
Ukrainian forces used Ukrainian-made FP-5 Flamingo cruise missiles to strike a military factory in Cheboksary, Russia, approximately 900 kilometers from the border. President Zelensky said the facility produced components for Russian drones and missiles, marking the second successful attack on the plant in recent weeks.
An explosion and fire at a Hanwha Aerospace defense manufacturing facility in Daejeon, South Korea killed five workers and injured two others. Authorities are investigating the cause of the blast at the plant that produces military equipment.
