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• Boeing adjusts approach to court more European business

  21-07-2026 22:53 via defenseone.com
  
  LONDON—Keeping some things local will be key for U.S. weapons makers that want to expand their business in Europe, a top Boeing executive said. That can mean not being a prime on certain contracts, teaming with European defense companies, employing locals, and designing future platforms—like the MQ-28 Ghost Bat—with open architecture that can be tailored to fit international militaries’ needs. “I would say that we've been listening a little bit [differentl
  
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• At Europe’s largest airshow, US lawmakers sound alarm over Pentagon-budget gridlock

  21-07-2026 19:33 via defenseone.com
  
  FARNBOROUGH, UK—U.S. lawmakers sounded alarms about the fate of this year’s Pentagon budget while attending Europe’s largest airshow and said the Trump administration’s top defense priorities, including the Golden Dome missile defense program, are in peril.A bipartisian congressional delegation at the Farnborough International Airshow told reporters on Monday that the gridlock surrounding this year’s National Defense Authorization Act, an Iran war supplemental, and
  
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• Lockheed Martin unveils baby Patriot missile to address urgent gap

  21-07-2026 03:29 via defenseone.com
  
  With demand for Patriot PAC-3 interceptors sharpened by Russian and Iranian ballistic missile attacks, Lockheed Martin unveiled plans to build a smaller and cheaper, if less capable, version of the exquisite interceptor.The Adapted Capability Effector, or ACE, missile would use the PAC-3's launcher and command and control software, but a less expensive rocket motor, radar, and electronic brain, according to a company announcement and remarks by Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control president
  
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