France Seeks a Builder for Its SMOKERS Explosive Drone Boats
The DGA designed the boat itself and wants about 10 a year in peacetime, with capacity for 50. The tender gives no contract value.
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Pentagon Offers Neros Up to $450M to Make Drone Parts
The loan is conditional and nothing is drawn yet. Neros adds $165M of its own and plans to sell motors and radios to other drone makers.
Red Cat Signs With Ukraine's Sine on Drone Navigation Without GPS
The deal covers Red Cat's boats and drones. In late October its Black Widow page moved flight without GPS to a version not yet specified.
A Chinese Border County Is Buying Three Counter-Drone Lasers
Tashkurgan, which borders Tajikistan, Afghanistan and Pakistan, awarded ¥10.99 million for three counter-drone stations; lasers are half of it.
Bell Now Expects an MV-75 Charge of Up to $150 Million
The Army's first MV-75 production order now waits on a 2027 budget Congress has not passed; in July, Textron put the charge at $60M to $110M.
German AI Firm Helsing Pitches Cheap Interceptor Missiles
No order for the two interceptors has been announced. Germany bought Helsing's HX-2 drone on contracts it can cancel at set milestones.
Polish Army Units Buy 3D Printers to Build Their Own Drones
One 3D-printer dealer in Pomerania won 69% of the 3.56 million złoty signed so far. More than a third of the parts tendered ended with no contract.
Helsing Joins Funding Round of Missile Maker Destinus
Neither company gave a figure. Bloomberg's sources put Destinus at about €6 billion, above the €5 billion it sought in May.
Congress Backs $1 Billion of the $54.6B DAWG Request
The rest rides on a reconciliation bill that has not passed. Hegseth wants a four-star Autonomous Warfare Command by October 2027.
Ukraine's Army Orders One Drone in Five From an Online Shop
More than 200 Ukrainian makers sell through it, up from 20 in its first month. Every figure is the defence ministry's own.