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SIG SAUER P320/M18 and P365 Fielded by the Michigan State Police

Wednesday, July 16th, 2025

NEWINGTON, N.H., (July 16, 2025) – SIG SAUER, Inc. is proud to announce the Michigan State Police has fully transitioned their agency to the SIG SAUER P320/M18 pistol with a SIG ROMEO-M17 optic and FOXTROT2R light as their issued primary handgun system and the SIG SAUER P365 as their secondary firearm.

“We are proud the Michigan State Police chose SIG SAUER as its primary and secondary sidearm,” began Tom Jankiewicz, Executive Vice President, Law Enforcement Sales for SIG SAUER, Inc. “The Michigan State Police conducted an exhaustive testing process to determine the selection of SIG SAUER pistols.”

The SIG M18 was selected by the U.S. Army as part of the Modular Handgun System Program and is the P320 variant fielded by the United States Marines Corps. The P320/M18 will serve as the primary sidearm of the Michigan State Police. The SIG ROMEO-M17 red dot optic is military tested and assigned a NSN number, designed to meet the rigors of use by professional end users. The FOXTROT2R weapon-mounted white light was designed to meet the needs of tactical professionals. Together, this system provides a comprehensive, best in class primary handgun solution for the men and women who serve the Michigan State Police.

The P365 is a high-capacity micro-compact providing the Michigan State Police more capacity, concealability, and capability than other compact systems on the market. The ergonomic design of the P365 retains the characteristics of a full-sized pistol making it more effective than a typical concealable pistol, providing the Michigan State Police a highly concealable, reliable secondary firearm.

All SIG SAUER products are developed from the ground up to withstand the rigors of the professional user and we are proud to serve the Michigan State Police.

Visit sigsauer.com for complete specs and product information about the SIG M18, SIG ROMEO-M17, FOXTROT2R light, and P365.

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MyDefence Receives Landmark $26 Million C-UAS Order from U.S. Army

Wednesday, July 16th, 2025

July 3rd 2025 – MyDefence, a global provider of Counter-Unmanned Aerial Systems (C-UAS) solutions, today announced it has received a landmark contract from the U.S. Army valued at $26 million. This is the largest order in MyDefence’s history. The agreement underscores the Army’s continued focus on strengthening its defense capabilities against unmanned aerial threats.

Under the contract, MyDefence will supply its advanced C-UAS technologies designed to detect and track a broad spectrum of drone threats. These systems will be deployed across U.S. Army operations to enhance force protection and tactical readiness.

“This historic contract represents a defining moment for MyDefence and a strong endorsement of our position in the global C-UAS industry.

We are honored to have been selected by the U.S. Army as supplier for C-UAS procurement – an endorsement of the trust placed in our team, our mission,and our ability to deliver battle-proven technology at scale. This commitment from the U.S. Army further strengthens our dedication to the U.S. market, and we are accelerating our investments and expanding job creation across multiple roles in response”

– Dan Hermansen, CEO, MyDefence Group

William Ostrowski, recently appointed President and CEO of MyDefence North America LLC, added:

“This agreement marks a strategic milestone for our North American operations. We are committed to long-term collaboration with U.S. defense stakeholders and to delivering high-performance systems that adapt to the complex and fast-evolving threat landscape. The growing use of unmanned aerial systems presents a persistent threat across operational environments. Following extensive testing and evaluation, MyDefence’s systems proved reliable, adaptable, and mission-ready. These capabilities will enhance force protection and enable our units to operate with greater confidence in contested airspace.”

– William Ostrowski, CEO, MyDefence North America LLC

MyDefence specializes in modular, scalable C-UAS solutions engineered for complex radio-frequency environments. Its technologies are fielded globally by armed forces and security agencies, enabling proactive defense against unmanned systems across diverse mission sets.

Editor’s Note: The US Army has purchased 485 Soldier-Kits, consisting of “Wingman” drone detector for real time scanning and “Pitbull” jammers from MyDefence. Of those, 15 have undergone evaluation during last month’s Project Fly Trap in Germany, along with other Counter-UAS systems.

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Galvion Receives Further Follow-on Batlskin Caiman Order of 5000 Helmets, for the Canadian Dismounted Infantry Capability Enhancement (DICE) Programme

Tuesday, July 15th, 2025

Galvion, a world leader in innovative head protection systems and power and data management solutions, has received a second follow-on order from the Department of National Defence (DND) Canada for its flagship Batlskin Caiman® ballistic helmet systems. This latest order for an additional 5000 helmets with two (2) helmet covers each, is expected to deliver in early 2026.

The original Canadian Dismounted Infantry Capability Enhancement (DICE) programme contract was awarded in February 2023 for 2,100 helmets and 4,200 helmet covers. In July 2024, year two of a five-year framework contract, the DND exercised an option to order an additional 8,400 helmets and 16,800 helmet covers taking the total Canadian DICE order to 10,500 helmets and 21,000 covers, all successfully delivered. With this latest follow-on order, the DICE totals now total over 15,000 helmets and 30,000 covers, all ordered within three years of the five-year framework.

Developed over a number of years with extensive SOF community collaboration and feedback and now fielded in the hundreds of thousands across multiple NATO countries, Galvion’s Caiman® helmet system delivers unmatched levels of weight and comfort, and is expressly designed to incorporate electronics, communications headsets, and other critical equipment needs, now and into the future. The helmet is equipped with Galvion’s premiere APEX lining system, an intuitively adjustable design that enables a customized fit for users.

The helmet systems assessed for DICE were trialled by members of the Canadian Light Infantry Battalion at the end of 2022. Conducted under operational conditions, the trials included the integration of equipment such as eyewear, night vision goggles, gas masks, hearing protection, and cold-weather gear. The Caiman helmet received the highest rating by a significant margin and was selected after a phased bid process.

Todd Stirtzinger, CEO at Galvion said: “We are exceedingly proud to receive another significant order from the Canadian DND for their DICE programme. Repeat orders like this demonstrate partner confidence and end-user satisfaction, both of which are core drivers for everything that we do at Galvion.” He added: “We are seeing significant increases in demand across all of our head system platforms, with the Caiman helmet seeing far and wide adoption beyond the SOF community, as evidenced by this DICE contract but also the continued receipt of orders from NATO countries through our NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) framework contract. We have more good news on that side to be announced soon. This activity, alongside other notable successes, has triggered some major investment and expansion activity, which is best showcased by our recent European Production Hub opening ceremony, in Poland.”

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SMARTSHOOTER Receives New Order from U.S. Marine Corps for SMASH 2000L Fire Control Systems

Monday, July 14th, 2025

This latest order represents the next step toward broader fielding of the SMASH fire control systems across the Marine Corps

[July 14, 2025] – SMARTSHOOTER, a world-class designer, developer, and manufacturer of innovative fire control systems, is proud to announce that its U.S. subsidiary, SMARTSHOOTER Inc., has received a new order from the United States Marine Corps (USMC) for its SMASH 2000L fire control systems.

The Marine Corps is procuring SMASH 2000L as an interim capability to address its urgent requirement for dismounted Counter-small-Unmanned Aircraft Systems (C-sUAS) solutions. The USMC gained hands-on experience with the system through earlier testing, and this latest order represents the next step towards full adoption across the entire Marine Corps.

SMASH 2000L—SMARTSHOOTER’s lightest handheld-operated fire control system—leverages artificial intelligence, computer vision, and advanced tracking algorithms to enable dismounted forces to detect, track, and precisely eliminate aerial and ground threats. Especially effective against drones and sUAS, SMASH 2000L provides a reliable and combat-proven hard-kill solution to an evolving and urgent battlefield threat.

Initially tested and selected by the U.S. Joint Counter-small Unmanned Aircraft Systems Office (JCO) and the Irregular Warfare Technical Support Directorate (IWTSD) (formally known as the Counter-Terrorism Technical Support Office) as the kinetic solution for squad-level counter-drone missions, the SMASH system continues to gain traction across multiple branches of the U.S. military. It has already been fielded by U.S. Special Forces, the Marine Corps, and several NATO allies.

Michal Mor, CEO of SMARTSHOOTER, said:

“With SMASH 2000L, dismounted Marines are equipped with an effective, combat-proven solution against the growing threat of drones on the battlefield. This new order is an important step toward potential adoption of the SMASH fire control systems at the squad level, and we remain committed to supporting the Marine Corps with cutting-edge, operationally proven kinetic capabilities.”

Combat-proven and deployed by defense and security forces in the U.S., Israel, the U.K., NATO, and other allied nations, SMARTSHOOTER’s SMASH family of Fire Control Systems enhances precision, situational awareness, and lethality—ensuring every shot counts.

For more information, visit www.smart-shooter.com

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Cole Engineering Awarded $62M U.S. Army Production Contract for Next-Generation Stinger Training System

Friday, July 11th, 2025

CESI is closing the gap in live force-on-force training with innovative Live Training solutions.

ORLANDO, Fla.–Cole Engineering Services, Inc. (CESI), a By Light Company, has been awarded a $62 million production contract by the U.S. Army’s Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training, and Instrumentation (PEO STRI) to deliver more than 100 Stinger Training Systems (STS) over the next five years.

This award follows a successful prototyping effort and represents a major step forward in the Army’s modernization under the Synthetic Training Environment (STE). STS is a critical component of the STE’s Live Training Systems (STE-LTS) Increment 1, designed to close live force-on-force training gaps and deliver scalable multi-domain realism.

The STS is part of the CESI Family of Live Training Products, which includes both direct and indirect fire weapons training solutions. Together, these capabilities deliver software-defined, high-fidelity training experiences across a range of operational scenarios, engineered for total situational dominance.

“At the core of our STS solution is CESI’s commercial artificial intelligence and computer vision application that revolutionizes optical tracking and engagement fidelity,” said Thomas Fransson, Senior Vice President, Simulation Products & Services at CESI. “CESI brings battlefield precision to the training range, enabling warfighters to train with greater realism, agility, and trust in their systems.”

The STS replicates guided munition effects and integrates seamlessly with current Tactical Engagement Simulation Systems (TESS) and STE instrumentation. These ruggedized, interoperable systems will be fielded across Brigade Combat Teams and Combat Training Centers, enhancing readiness through next-generation realism and reliability.

This production award includes system delivery, lifecycle support, and planned integration with future STE-LTS capabilities, reinforcing CESI’s commitment to delivering the tip of the spear for modern Air Defense Artillery (ADA) training through AI-enhanced optical targeting.

To support STS and other strategic Artificial Intelligence (AI) initiatives, By Light has officially launched AI Lab, an innovation hub designed to accelerate the development, testing, and deployment of AI-enabled solutions across defense, cybersecurity, and enterprise domains.

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Metis Wins Contract to Supply Skyperion Drone Detection Systems to a NATO Ally

Friday, July 11th, 2025

Metis, specialists in providing innovative technologies to detect a wide range of Radio Frequency (RF) threats across diverse sectors, has won a contract to supply a number of Skyperion drone detection systems to a NATO customer to provide the drone detect function as part of an integrated Counter Uncrewed Air Systems (C-UAS) capability. This purchase bolsters the customer’s current capabilities helping safeguard their airspace, key installations and critical infrastructure against the threats posed by rogue drones and is the fourth NATO ally to purchase Skyperion. Due to the sensitive nature of the capability, and to maintain operational advantage, it is not possible to disclose the customer or quantity purchased. However, there are now over 80 Skyperion systems in operation with NATO partners, or deployed supporting their national security interests, in current operations globally.

Metis has its roots in sophisticated signals intelligence gathering technology development and operational experience, which more recently has been increasingly focused on countering the rising asymmetric drone threat. For over 10 years, Metis has been at the forefront of C-UAS RF detection capability development, having originally received government backed research funding to help develop their innovative RF detection technologies, including Skyperion. The Skyperion product range captures RF emissions of varying strengths across the spectrum, filtering out background noise and known entities before rapidly analysing them to identify and locate potential threats.

Metis is an ideal choice for the RF drone detect component because not only do they produce technically superior RF detect products, but they also design and manufacture modular systems with an open architecture, enabling seamless integration with other electronic warfare capabilities and systems. This allows sovereign nations, large primes or systems integrators to easily incorporate Metis products with other best in class technologies, to deliver world leading detection, tracking, identification and defeat of rogue drones.

Unlike many systems, Metis has combined an Open ESM AI enhanced waveform analysis algorithm with a more traditional library database to deliver a self-learning comprehensive RF detect function across a vast array of frequencies. The system can detect a drone signature out to 2.5km and depending on the target, environment and other factors successfully identify a rogue drone out to 10km. The customer will be using these systems in a fixed site role, but the Metis Skyperion Rugged version can be easily transported in its military grade rugged cases, can operate in a mobile role if required and is designed and constructed to survive in the most austere of conditions.

Tony Burnell, CEO of Metis said: “I am extremely proud of the unique RF detect capabilities we field. The ability of our products to detect RF signatures beyond that of our competitors has been proven operationally and during various trials with reassuring regularity. We are very pleased to again have been selected by a major prime to deliver the drone detect function and are proud to be supporting a NATO partner nation with enhanced security. Looking to the future, our diverse capabilities have much greater utility beyond just drone detection and because we maintain an agnostic open architecture, seek to be the provider of choice for RF detection across defence and government organisations globally.“

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DroneShield Receives $9.7m Latin American Contract

Thursday, July 10th, 2025

– A $9.7 million package of three standalone contracts for a defence end customer in a Latin American (LATAM) country

– Delivery and payment due Q3-Q4 2025

DroneShield (ASX:DRO) is pleased to announce it has received a package of three standalone contracts for its handheld and on-the-move counter-drone systems. The contract sum is $9.7 million, with DroneShield’s privately owned in-country reseller that is contractually required to distribute the products to a defence end customer in a LATAM country. DroneShield expects to deliver all equipment throughout Q3 and Q4 2025, with cash payment expected in Q3 and Q4 2025. No additional material conditions need to be satisfied.

DroneShield has previously received two standalone contracts from this reseller for this defence customer in December 2024 and January 2025 totalling approximately $10.8 million, with all imports, deliveries, and payments handled on-time and in a highly professional manner. There is no obligation for any additional contracts from this reseller or the customer.

Pictured: DroneShield DroneSentry-X Mk2 counter-drone system

Oleg Vornik, DroneShield CEO, commented: “In 2025, DroneShield has successfully delivered products, capability, and training into the Latin American market. With a substantial pipeline, diversified over multiple countries and customers, DroneShield is anticipating further developments in 2025 in this region.”

Learn more at droneshield.com.

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Robotican Announces Delivery of Dozens of ROOSTER Hybrid Drone Systems to European Special Forces

Wednesday, July 9th, 2025

Combat-proven ROOSTER system recently secured official NATO registration, reinforcing its operational credibility and alignment with allied defense standards.

Omer, Israel – 8 July 2025 – Robotican, a leading Israeli pioneer in the development of autonomous robotic and drone technologies, proudly announces the successful delivery of dozens of ROOSTER hybrid drone systems to European special operations forces, intervention units, and infantry teams.

These deliveries represent a significant operational milestone for Robotican’s flagship system. Building on this momentum, the ROOSTER has recently secured official NATO registration, reinforcing its status as a trusted solution that meets the requirements and standards of NATO military forces.

The ROOSTER is a compact, hybrid tactical drone that merges aerial agility with robotic ground mobility, making it uniquely suited for indoor, subterranean, and GPS-denied environments. Its ability to rapidly shift between flying and rolling allows for energy-efficient operation in complex and confined spaces. The integrated protective cage enables a unique robotic rolling capability, allowing the ROOSTER to maneuver across challenging terrains and access confined areas that are inaccessible to conventional drones. The system is capable of extended missions, with a typical 90 minutes of overall active operation and up to 5 hours in standby mode. It features robust MESH communication that enables up to three ROOSTER units to work together as a team—even in environments with no external communication. The Rooster is equipped with a built-in day/night IR sensitivity camera and visible/IR illuminators.

Designed for flexibility, the ROOSTER supports a range of swappable sensor payloads, including thermal imager, oxygen and radiation detectors. These capabilities make it ideal for a wide range of missions, including tactical reconnaissance, urban search & rescue, hazardous materials response and industrial safety inspections. Lightweight, rugged, and operable by a single user, the system can be deployed quickly from a tactical backpack, offering forces immediate situational awareness with minimal exposure.

“The ROOSTER was developed as a strategic response to the growing need for precise intelligence in challenging environments where access is limited and situational awareness is critical” said Hagai Balshai, CEO of Robotican. “By enabling forces to gather critical data before operational breach, it significantly reduces risk and enhances mission planning. Its adoption by the Israeli Ministry of Defense and Home Front Command, alongside elite European & US

Special Operation Forcess, reflects its field-proven value. NATO registration further positions the ROOSTER as a trusted asset for allied operations in the modern battlespace.”

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