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The Royal Navy's newest nuclear-powered attack submarine, HMS Agamemnon, left BAE Systems' Barrow-in-Furness yard to begin sea trials ahead of entering service, armed with Spearfish torpedoes and Tomahawk missiles.

America's largest military air show returns to Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in San Diego for three free days, 25-27 September 2026, headlined by the US Navy Blue Angels and themed for the nation's 250th anniversary.

Lukoil's Perm refinery, over 1,500 km from Ukraine and Russia's seventh largest, halted operations on 25 September 2026 after a Ukrainian drone attack set it on fire, Reuters reported, the fourth Russian refinery to stop in under a week.

Ukrainian drones struck the Ilsky oil refinery, a 6.6 million tonne-a-year plant in Krasnodar Krai, on the night of 26 September 2026, starting a fire; the General Staff confirmed the strike, which it described as exercising Ukraine's right of self-defense.

On 28 September 2026 Raytheon announced a five-year contract with two option years worth up to US$20.7 billion to accelerate AMRAAM missile production to record levels, following the February framework for at least 1,900 a year.

HII's Newport News Shipbuilding announced on 29 September 2026 that the second Gerald R. Ford-class carrier, John F. Kennedy (CVN 79), has reached preliminary acceptance and sailed for Naval Station Norfolk, the last step before formal delivery.

The roughly 900,000-square-foot Hurt plant targets completion in late 2028 and production in early 2029, with about 1,500 technical jobs planned.

On 29 September 2026 the Navy awarded production agreements for medium unmanned surface vessels to three Louisiana yards in a deal reported at $1.2 billion, with Saronic's 180-foot Marauder, built in Franklin, passing 140 test scenarios without failure.

The Navy awarded Newport News Shipbuilding a $5.1 billion contract on 29 September 2026 to refuel and overhaul the USS Harry S. Truman, which reached the yard on 30 September as the eighth Nimitz-class carrier to get the work.

On 1 October 2026 the Navy placed a $197 million sole-source order with British-owned MSI Defence Systems for MK88 MOD4 30mm gun mounts and MK48 MOD2 sights, to fit warships against small drones and fast attack boats, with deliveries by January 2031.

On 1 October 2026 the US Navy and Raytheon announced a five-year contract with two option years worth up to US$24.4 billion for Standard Missile-6 interceptors, the third major munitions award after Tomahawk and AMRAAM.

The Pentagon plans the first tests of Golden Dome space-based interceptors before 31 December 2026, with orbital flight demonstrations in 2027, backed by $3.2 billion for prototypes from Anduril, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman and True Anomaly.

Iran's foreign minister Abbas Araghchi offered to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and restart talks at the end of seven days, counted from the day after the US accepts terms taken from June's Islamabad memorandum. Washington has not accepted, so 3 October is the earliest the strait could open. Update, 2 October: Trump rejected the plan, so the strait will not open on that timetable.

The Navy's Blue Angels headline three afternoons of flying over the bay between the Golden Gate Bridge and Alcatraz, a year after the federal shutdown kept them away.

Saudi authorities reported 12 deaths and 309 injuries after the October 10 attack on King Khalid International Airport. Airport operations were temporarily suspended; the toll is the October 11 update.

The Association of the United States Army's annual meeting, which bills itself as North America's premier land-power exposition, fills the Walter E. Washington Convention Center from 12 to 14 October 2026 under the theme "America's Army: The Foundation of the Joint Force".

The October 14 announcement pairs a US$300 million Grand Prairie manufacturing expansion with plans for 2,000 Texas jobs within 6,000 nationwide. Hiring targets are separate from the Hadrian cell’s early 2027 operating goal.

RTX reported US$25.0 billion sales, adjusted EPS of US$2.26 and a US$340 billion backlog on October 20. It raised its full-year adjusted sales and earnings outlook.

Northrop Grumman reported US$11.1 billion third-quarter sales and US$7.89 diluted EPS on October 20. It raised key 2026 guidance as backlog reached US$110 billion.

The October 20 opening adds a facility designed to double current GMLRS motor capacity. Its standalone cost is not published in the opened operator release.

BAE Systems has acquired a 130,000-square-foot former Danfoss facility in Weld County, Colorado. It expects more than 200 hires over 12–24 months, potentially about 600 at full capacity, with production targeted for early 2028.

Lockheed Martin will publish third-quarter2026 results before the US market opens on October22. The earnings call follows at08:30EDT; the reporting date is now announced.

General Dynamics will webcast its third-quarter financial results call on October 30 at 9 a.m. EDT (13:00 UTC). Its October 9 notice supersedes the earlier October 28 estimate.

The biennial naval defence and maritime security show runs 3-6 November 2026 in Hall 6 at Paris Nord Villepinte, with more than 450 exhibitors and 150 delegations.

Kalshi traders favour a recorded House vote concerning Pete Hegseth impeachment before November 14, 2026. The forecast includes procedural votes and does not establish that the House will impeach him.

The Reagan National Defense Forum, the yearly gathering of members of Congress, administration officials, senior military leaders and defence industry executives at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California, meets on 4 and 5 December 2026.

China's biggest aerospace and defence show, the 16th China International Aviation & Aerospace Exhibition, runs from 7 to 13 December 2026 at the Zhuhai International Airshow Center, its 30th-anniversary edition after a move from November.

Japan's government is due to settle its fiscal 2027 defence budget in late December, with the final figure expected to top 10 trillion yen for the first time, alongside a revision of its National Security Strategy, National Defense Strategy and Defense Buildup Program.

Russia says the first regiment armed with the Sarmat heavy ICBM will go on combat duty at the Uzhur missile division in Krasnoyarsk Territory by the end of 2026, after years of delays and test failures.

IDEX, the Middle East's largest defence exhibition, returns with its naval twin NAVDEX to the ADNEC Centre in Abu Dhabi from 25 to 29 January 2027, after a 2025 edition that drew 1,565 exhibitors and 206,000 visitors.

Aero India, India's biennial aerospace and defence exhibition run by the Ministry of Defence, returns to Air Force Station Yelahanka in Bengaluru for its 16th edition from 8 to 12 February 2027.

The Munich Security Conference, the annual gathering of heads of government, defence and foreign ministers at Munich's Hotel Bayerischer Hof, returns for its 2027 edition from 12 to 14 February.

DSEI, the UK's flagship defence and security exhibition, returns to ExCeL London from 7 to 10 September 2027, with land, air, naval and space zones and visiting warships in the venue's dockside setting.

The Dubai Airshow, the Middle East's largest air show, returns to its site at Dubai World Central from 15 to 19 November 2027, after a 2025 edition with 1,500+ exhibitors and 490 military and civil delegations.

The US Air Force’s first operational B-21s are due "on the ramp" at their first operational base in South Dakota in 2027. The stealth bomber programme has raised production capacity by 25%, heading for about seven aircraft a year and a fleet of at least 100.

NATO leaders agreed at The Hague that Albania will host the alliance's 37th summit in Tirana, its first since joining in 2009; the date is still to be set, with Albania's defence minister pointing to 2027 or early 2028.

Flight tests of the UK’s crewed sixth-generation demonstrator are due to start from early 2028, after power-on in mid-2027. More than 11,500 parts – about 90% of the aircraft’s weight – have been designed and released, with final assembly under way in Lancashire.

The first Boeing F-47, the US Air Force's sixth-generation air-dominance fighter, was already being built in September 2025, and Air Force chief of staff Gen. David Allvin said it would be ready to fly by 2028.