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The October 27 evening append adds Weibel Scientific's €84 million XENTA-M5 radar order from PIT-RADWAR for the sensor layer of Poland's SAN counter-UAS architecture. The issuer names the customer, program, end user and sensor role but not quantity, signature date, delivery schedule, acceptance criteria or fielding timeline. The noon ASELSAN development contract and the early CM-70 financing and Singularity/NAWCWD motor-test records remain below.

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A green Weibel XENTA radar mounted on a mast outdoors. — An XENTA radar on an outdoor mast in the issuer photograph published with Weibel's SAN contract announcement. Weibel Scientific

Counter-UAS sensors, air defense C2 and industrial capacity27 October 2026 · time not provided

Weibel wins €84 million radar contract for Poland's SAN system

BLUF Weibel Scientific says PIT-RADWAR placed an €84 million order—the Danish radar maker's largest—for XENTA-M5 systems in Poland's SAN counter-UAS architecture. The radars will feed detection, tracking and classification data into SAN's C2 layer, but the release omits quantity, signature date, delivery schedule, production rate, acceptance criteria and fielding timeline.

Weibel Scientific · Manufacturer primary contract release

Contract announced October 27; signature and delivery dates not disclosed

Weibel's own page is dated October 27 while its body carries an Allerød, October 26 dateline. The issuer's Via Ritzau distribution fixes publication at October 27, 09:00 CET and names PIT-RADWAR as customer, SAN as the program, the Polish Army as end user, XENTA-M5 as the deliverable and €625 million Danish kroner, approximately €84 million, as the value. Neither source gives quantity, signature date, delivery schedule, production rate, acceptance criteria or fielding timeline. Polish officials had identified Weibel's radar role in SAN earlier in 2026, but this is the first reviewed source to disclose the separate sensor subcontract's value.

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A missile ascending through a clear sky with a smoke trail during a live-fire demonstration. — A missile rises during an ASELSAN GÜRZ live-fire demonstration on September 5, in a photograph published as context with current reporting on the contract. Anadolu Agency, via Türkiye Today

Air and missile defense acquisition and industrial development26 October 2026 · time not provided

ASELSAN signs €523 million air-and-missile-defense development deal

BLUF ASELSAN disclosed a €523 million contract with Türkiye's Presidency of Defence Industries to develop an unnamed next-generation air-and-missile-defense system. The securities filing establishes the counterparty, value and October 26 start date, but provides no system name, quantities, technical scope, delivery schedule or material terms. It is a funded development commitment—not evidence of production, delivery, acceptance or fielding.

KAP / ASELSAN · Issuer-filed official market disclosure

October 26 contract start; system identity and delivery schedule not disclosed

KAP filing 1687338 is an original ASELSAN disclosure submitted on October 26 at 14:35:51 platform time. It is marked as a new statement rather than a correction or update, identifies the Presidency of Defence Industries as the counterparty, states a €523 million value and describes development of a New Generation Air and Missile Defence System. It names no system, quantity, delivery schedule or important provisions. The October 5 €2.46 billion hybrid-air-defense procurement was already published and remains a separate contract event.

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A compact CM-70 counter-drone interceptor seated in its tactical launcher. — A CM-70 interceptor seated in North Vector Dynamics' tactical launcher in an issuer product photograph. North Vector Dynamics

Counter-UAS interceptors, air defense and industrial capacity26 October 2026 · time not provided

North Vector raises more than $20 million for CM-70 scale-up

BLUF North Vector Dynamics says it closed a Series A exceeding US$20 million to expand CM-70 manufacturing and assembly, vertical integration and supply-chain capacity. The financing is a distinct step beyond its October 22 CSG cooperation memorandum, but it is private capital—not a government order, qualified production line, delivery, fielding decision or independently measured interceptor performance.

North Vector Dynamics · Manufacturer primary financing release

October 26 financing close; manufacturing and market expansion remain planned work

The bilingual company release fixes the October 26 date, financing amount and intended uses of proceeds, and says Defence Research and Development Canada has provided early funding and continuing test support. It discloses no government order, customer, production quantity or rate, factory completion, qualification result, delivery schedule or fielding decision. The October 22 CSG memorandum was already published and remains a separate cooperation milestone.

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A source-supplied still from a solid rocket motor static-fire test. — A Singularity-supplied still published with its NAWCWD rocket-motor static-fire announcement. Singularity Defense

Tactical air defense, counter-UAS interceptors, propulsion and industrial capacity22 October 2026 · time not provided

Singularity and Navy lab static-fire air-defense motor

BLUF Singularity says it and the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division successfully static-fired an advanced solid rocket motor for forthcoming tactical air-defense interceptors after roughly three months of development. The test is a substantive technical step beyond Singularity's October 16 Army xTech finalist award, but no firing date, telemetry, test criteria, interceptor design, production qualification, contract or fielding schedule was disclosed.

Singularity Defense / Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division · Manufacturer primary release with named Navy laboratory official

October 22 announcement; exact test date not disclosed

The release identifies the NAWCWD CRADA, a successful static fire and an approximately three-month design-to-test interval, and includes a named NAWCWD strategic-partnerships official. It provides no exact test date, site, motor designation, thrust data, burn profile, acceptance criteria, failure history, independent score, production qualification, procurement contract, delivery or fielding schedule. Singularity's inclusion in the Army's xTech|Disrupt Fires cohort was already published on October 17; this Navy-lab motor test is a related but distinct technical event.

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