AGP Executive Report
Last update: 7 hours agoNaval Modernization: Malaysia approved two new survey launches to expand seabed mapping, while the U.S. Navy remotely controlled an MQ-25 tanker from a carrier over 2,100 miles away—a key step toward carrier-based drone operations. Missile Production: Karman won a seven-year, $218 million agreement to supply components for Lockheed Martin’s THAAD interceptors. Separately, a Pentagon framework aims to lift annual production of APKWS guidance kits to 25,000, with a path to 35,000. Precision Strike: Denmark ordered another NOK 400 million worth of Naval Strike Missiles, and the U.S. Army cleared extended-range GMLRS rockets, capable of striking targets up to 150 kilometers away, for production. Shipbuilding: A $99 million U.S. Navy contract modification will fund sea trials for the USS Lyndon B. Johnson as it advances toward hypersonic-missile operations in 2027. Defense Industry: Hanwha Aerospace is exploring a production base in Germany as it expands overseas manufacturing; Turkey is also moving a defense pact with Qatar, Pakistan and Indonesia toward signature.
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