EDN News 12 — Defense News https://ednnews-12.com/defense-news/ Dated reporting on contract signatures, deliveries, exercises, deployments and program milestones, sourced to ministries, filings or verified imagery. en-US Tue, 01 Sep 2026 23:38:50 GMT Defense News Saudi Arabia's $9 billion Patriot missile deal explains how the Pentagon actually sells weapons abroad https://ednnews-12.com/defense-news/saudi-arabia-s-9-billion-patriot-missile-deal-explains-how-the-pentagon-actually-sells-weapons-abroad/ https://ednnews-12.com/defense-news/saudi-arabia-s-9-billion-patriot-missile-deal-explains-how-the-pentagon-actually-sells-weapons-abroad/ Mon, 17 Aug 2026 08:42:25 GMT Nils Andersen Defense News Pitch Black 2026 has 21 nations and up to 100 aircraft flying large-force missions over northern Australia https://ednnews-12.com/defense-news/pitch-black-2026-21-nations-northern-australia/ https://ednnews-12.com/defense-news/pitch-black-2026-21-nations-northern-australia/ Thu, 30 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT Nils Andersen Defense News The Space Force spread up to $3.2 billion across 12 firms to prototype Golden Dome space interceptors https://ednnews-12.com/defense-news/golden-dome-space-interceptor-prototype-awards/ https://ednnews-12.com/defense-news/golden-dome-space-interceptor-prototype-awards/ Fri, 03 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT Nils Andersen Defense News Germany will send a Patriot battery and about 150 soldiers to southeast Turkey on NATO's southeastern flank https://ednnews-12.com/defense-news/germany-patriot-battery-turkey-nato-rotation/ https://ednnews-12.com/defense-news/germany-patriot-battery-turkey-nato-rotation/ Thu, 11 Jun 2026 04:00:00 GMT Nils Andersen Defense News Balikatan 2026 closed with 17,000 troops rehearsing integrated air and missile defense across the Philippines https://ednnews-12.com/defense-news/balikatan-2026-air-missile-defense-rehearsal/ https://ednnews-12.com/defense-news/balikatan-2026-air-missile-defense-rehearsal/ Fri, 15 May 2026 04:00:00 GMT Nils Andersen Defense News The Netherlands put $627 million into new Patriot radars, launchers and command systems in a single April order https://ednnews-12.com/defense-news/netherlands-627-million-patriot-modernization-order/ https://ednnews-12.com/defense-news/netherlands-627-million-patriot-modernization-order/ Sun, 19 Apr 2026 04:00:00 GMT Nils Andersen Defense News Switzerland keeps full cancellation of its Patriot order on the table as the payment freeze hardens https://ednnews-12.com/defense-news/switzerland-patriot-cancellation-option-payment-freeze/ https://ednnews-12.com/defense-news/switzerland-patriot-cancellation-option-payment-freeze/ Tue, 07 Apr 2026 04:00:00 GMT Nils Andersen Defense News Identification friend-or-foe is the gate every air defense engagement passes before a missile flies https://ednnews-12.com/defense-news/how-iff-interrogation-gates-every-engagement/ https://ednnews-12.com/defense-news/how-iff-interrogation-gates-every-engagement/ Mon, 16 Mar 2026 04:00:00 GMT Nils Andersen Defense News Red Flag-Nellis 26-1 put US, Australian and British aircrews through two weeks of contested-environment combat https://ednnews-12.com/defense-news/red-flag-nellis-26-1-allied-air-power/ https://ednnews-12.com/defense-news/red-flag-nellis-26-1-allied-air-power/ Sat, 21 Feb 2026 05:00:00 GMT Nils Andersen Defense News The Missile Defense Agency just added 340 vendors to a $151 billion enterprise contract vehicle https://ednnews-12.com/defense-news/mda-shield-151-billion-idiq-third-tranche/ https://ednnews-12.com/defense-news/mda-shield-151-billion-idiq-third-tranche/ Thu, 22 Jan 2026 05:00:00 GMT Nils Andersen Defense News Sentry Aloha brings more than 40 fighters to Oahu for three weeks of air combat training https://ednnews-12.com/defense-news/sentry-aloha-26-1-hawaii-fighter-exercise/ https://ednnews-12.com/defense-news/sentry-aloha-26-1-hawaii-fighter-exercise/ Sun, 18 Jan 2026 05:00:00 GMT Nils Andersen Defense News