LONDON, United Kingdom. HENSOLDT and Helsing signed a strategic partnership to develop an artificial intelligence-enabled autonomous combat air system built around Helsing’s CA-1 Europa aircraft, the companies announced in a statement.

WASHINGTON, D.C. Shield AI was selected as a mission autonomy provider for the United States Air Force Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) program to support Technology Maturity and Risk Reduction (TMRR) activities, the company announced in a statement.

TUCSON, Arizona. Raytheon demonstrated its Coyote Block 3 Non-Kinetic system in a recent United States Army event, where the company says the interceptor defeated multiple drone swarms and supported recovery for reuse, the company announced in a statement.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. The U.S. Space Force (USSF) Space Systems Command (SSC) System Delta 80 (SYD 80) and its mission partners successfully launched its mission at 4:22 a.m. EST today (February 12, 2026) aboard a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Vulcan Centaur rocket from Space Launch Complex (SLC)-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida.

NEWARK, Del. The market for intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) solutions is expected to expand from $44.4 billion in 2025 to $76.5 billion by 2035, notching a combined annual growth rate of 5.6%, according to a study by Future Market Insights, "Intelligence Surveillance Reconnaissance (ISR) Market." 

AUSTIN, Tex. Oracle and the U.S. Department of the Air Force have settled on an $88 million firm-fixed price task order under which Oracle will provide Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) services for the Air Force Cloud One program.

WEST 2026 CONFERENCE & EXPOSITION -- SAN DIEGO. Autonomous shipbuilder Blue Water Autonomy (Boston, Massachusetts) introduced its first vessel, the Liberty class of autonomous ships, at this week's AFCEA/USNI WEST 2026 Conference and Exposition. 

ARLINGTON, Va. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has launched what it calls the Compositional Learning-And-Reasoning for AI Complex Systems Engineering (CLARA) program, inviting proposals for high-assurance artificial intelligence (AI) research.

SAN DIEGO, California. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems was chosen by the United States Marine Corps to support evaluations under the Marine Air-Ground Task Force Uncrewed Expeditionary Tactical Aircraft (MUX TACAIR) Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) program, the company announced in a statement.

TOULON, France. Naval Group will take a 20% stake in cortAIx France, Thales’ artificial intelligence effort focused on critical systems, as part of a partnership aimed at developing what the companies describe as sovereign, cyber-secure artificial intelligence for French defense programs, the companies announced in a statement.

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. Autonomous-vehicle provider Kodiak AI announced that it won a contract with the U.S. Marine Corps to help create autonomous military ground vehicles.

WEST 2026 CONFERENCE & EXPOSITION -- SAN DIEGO. Leonardo DRS is showcasing its Open Modular Cabinet (OMC) for use aboard ships at this week's AFCEA/USNI WEST 2026 Conference and Exposition. 

LONG BEACH, California. Boeing won a contract from the U.S. Air Force to design and deliver a modernized flight deck for the C-17A Globemaster III transport aircraft, the company announced in a statement.

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama. BAE Systems won $137 million in Foreign Military Sales (FMS) contracts from the United States Army to deliver its Common Missile Warning System (CMWS) to allied nations, the company announced in a statement.

TEL AVIV, Israel. Elbit Systems won multiple contracts totaling more than $100 million from the Directorate of Defense Research & Development within the Israel Ministry of Defense to develop new digitization capabilities for the Israel Defense Forces, the company announced in a statement.