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US Army Conducts First Remote Firing of Autonomous Volcano Scatterable-Mine System in US-UK Programme

The US Army has remotely fired its M139 Volcano scatterable-mine dispenser for the first time from an uncrewed truck, a joint US-UK area-denial programme that keeps combat engineers out of the danger area.

15 Jul 2026
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15 Jul 2026US Army Conducts First Remote Firing of Autonomous Volcano Scatterable-Mine System in US-UK ProgrammeWOME Intelligence7.6
14 Jul 2026The FY27 Budget Ends M7 Rifle Buys and Bets the Close Fight on the XM8WOME Intelligence8.0
14 Jul 2026US Army Picks Four Firms to Prototype Autonomous Minefield Breaching Under FireWOME Intelligence7.6
14 Jul 2026The M855A1 Enhanced Performance Round: How Far the US Pushed 5.56mm Before Turning to 6.8mmWOME Intelligence7.4
14 Jul 2026The Department of War Suspends CMMC Phase II: A Reset for Contractor CybersecurityDefence Industrial Base7.8
13 Jul 2026NSPA Buys Vulcano 155mm Guided Rounds for 27 Allies, First Deliveries in 2027NATO Procurement7.7
13 Jul 2026CENTCOM's Hormuz Strike Campaign: What the Target Set Tells Ammunition SpecialistsOperational Analysis8.2
13 Jul 2026Britain's First Low-Cost Air Defence Contracts: Three Firms, One Cost ProblemNATO Procurement7.8
13 Jul 2026SAMP/T: Why Faster Availability Means Interceptors, Not New BatteriesDefence Industrial Base7.6
13 Jul 2026From Pledge to Contract: NATO's Ankara Summit and the WOME Order BookNATO Procurement8.2
13 Jul 2026The 5.56x45mm NATO Cartridge in 2026: A Compromise Asked to Do Too MuchWOME Intelligence7.8
12 Jul 2026Poland Relaunches Its 7.62mm and .338 Lapua Magnum Ammunition Tender After April CancellationNATO Procurement7.4
11 Jul 2026Czechoslovak Group Transfers 155mm Propellant Technology to Poland’s MESKO for Modular Artillery ChargesDefence Industrial Base7.5
10 Jul 2026Turkey's Reported S-400 Resale to a Gulf State: Confirmed Facts, Open Questions, and the Steel Dome EnablerNATO Procurement7.6
10 Jul 2026ST Engineering Wins UK MoD 40mm Grenade Ammunition Contract Worth GBP 65.84 MillionWOME Intelligence7.2
10 Jul 2026SİPER Enters Service as the Upper Layer of Türkiye’s Steel Dome Air Defence ShieldNATO Procurement7.8
9 Jul 2026MARTE: Europe's Next Tank Is a Production and Sustainment Test, Not Just a PlatformNATO Procurement8.0
9 Jul 2026Germany Approves Four MEKO A-200 DEU (F128) Frigates, Resets After F126NATO Procurement8.2
9 Jul 2026GENIFR: Eight Allies Set Out to Build One Interchangeable NATO 155 mm RoundNATO Procurement8.0
8 Jul 2026Türkiye Already Owns Six F-35s It Cannot Take HomeNATO Procurement8.5
8 Jul 2026Türkiye Altı F-35'e Sahip Ama Hiçbirini Eve GetiremiyorNATO Procurement8.0
8 Jul 2026The Replacement of STANAG 4385: How NATO Governs 120 mm Tank Ammunition After the Smooth-Bore Standard Was WithdrawnStandards & Regulation8.0
8 Jul 20262,500 Units, 26 Nations, One UK SME: Inside NSPA Future Business Opportunity 26LBS052 for Alford's EOD KitNATO Procurement7.6
8 Jul 2026Lockheed Martin and Rheinmetall Move to Co-Produce ATACMS Tactical Missiles at UnterluessNATO Procurement8.2
7 Jul 2026UK Small Arms Modernisation: Four Projects Running in Parallel, One Unanswered Calibre QuestionNATO Procurement7.6
7 Jul 2026UK Project SHAMER Slips to March 2027 as FN Browning Buys Accuracy InternationalNATO Procurement8.0
7 Jul 2026The Infantry Drone Killer: Rifle-Calibre Counter-UAS Ammunition Reaches NATO Front LinesWOME Intelligence8.0
7 Jul 2026Rheinmetall AG: Twenty Years of Acquisitions, Joint Ventures, and Divestitures That Forged NATO's Pre-eminent Land Systems and Ammunition PrimeDefence Industrial Base8.5
7 Jul 2026China Fires Submarine-Launched Ballistic Missile Into the Pacific as Joint Exercise With Russia BeginsOperational Analysis7.8
6 Jul 2026£190m for Precision Strike Missile: The UK Buys Long-Range Fires Alongside the US and AustraliaNATO Procurement7.5
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