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Finland's defense minister announced on Monday, September 14, 2026, that Finland is joining France's forward deterrence initiative, becoming the tenth European country to take part, as the two countries formalized a strategic partnership in Helsinki.
The Secretary of the Air Force announced on 14 September 2026 that General Atomics' FQ-42 is named Vengeance and Anduril Industries' FQ-44 is named Fury, as both uncrewed aircraft move into production toward a target of at least 500 in service by 2032.
The UAE's EDGE Group announced on 10-11 September 2026 that it has delivered six ANAVIA-built HT-100 NAVAL unmanned helicopters for the Angolan Navy, two for each of the three BR71 MK II corvettes being built in France and the UAE under a contract signed in February 2023.
Australia declared Initial Operational Capability on 11 September 2026 for the AGM-158C LRASM anti-ship missile and the AGM-158B JASSM-ER cruise missile, carried by Royal Australian Air Force F/A-18F Super Hornets and P-8A Poseidons.
France's defense procurement agency, the DGA, on 10 September 2026 set out the content of the Rafale F5 mid-life upgrade, from a new radar and datalink to a 20 percent more powerful engine and the ASN4G nuclear missile, after the first development contracts were notified over the summer.
Hanwha Ocean was named preferred bidder for the Royal Thai Navy's next frigate on September 9, 2026; GlobalMilitary.net's inventories count 15 Korean-designed warships in seven foreign navies, nine of them second-hand corvettes.
The US State Department on September 10 approved a possible $140 million Foreign Military Sale of four UH-60L Black Hawk helicopters and two spare engines to Argentina, a package projected to give the Argentine Army its first Black Hawk unit as it moves to replace its UH-1H Hueys.
The acting US Secretary of the Navy told The Epoch Times on 9 September 2026 that Iranian strikes "blew the hell out of" Naval Support Activity Bahrain, headquarters of the Fifth Fleet, and that a task force is weighing whether to rebuild the base.
IMF PortWatch data published on GMN's Strait of Hormuz tracker shows commercial ship transits averaging 3.17 a day over 1-6 September 2026, against 85.5 a day in 2025; other counters read higher, but every independent count is a small fraction of the pre-war norm.
State group PGZ and Huta Stalowa Wola presented the Ciężki Bojowy Wóz Piechoty technology demonstrator on September 8 at the MSPO show in Kielce, a 40-ton-class vehicle planned for about 700 units, while GlobalMilitary.net's inventory data show 916 BWP-1s still in Polish service.
Sweden signed a SEK 7 billion ($729 million) Foreign Military Sales contract on September 7, 2026 for just over ten M142 HIMARS launchers and ammunition, announced at Ärna Air Base with Finland's defense minister, with first deliveries due in 2027.
GlobalMilitary.net's inventory data puts the US Air Force's A-10C fleet at 162 aircraft in 2026, down 43.6% since 2020, as the latest US force-structure proposal defers the type's final retirement to 30 September 2030 and the Warthog flies combat missions against Iran from Jordan.
GlobalMilitary.net has logged 50 US uncrewed aircraft lost in 34 events between January 1 and September 9, 2026, 48 of them MQ-9 Reapers and all attached to the Iran conflict; on September 8 Iran said it had recovered a US Navy underwater drone at the entrance to the Strait of Hormuz.
Iran's Revolutionary Guard said on 8 September 2026 it had recovered a US Navy Anduril Dive-LD autonomous underwater vehicle at the entrance to the Strait of Hormuz; US Central Command said the vehicle had malfunctioned more than a day earlier, and Anduril confirmed the loss.
In a contract notice dated September 2, 2026, the US Navy contracted General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems to deliver Tactical Tomahawk warhead housings within nine months, weeks after a $22.9 billion Raytheon award to lift output from about 60 missiles a year toward more than 1,000.
Croatia signed with Hanwha on September 8, 2026 for 18 K239 Chunmoo rocket launchers, days after Spain ordered 128 K9 Thunder howitzers, as GlobalMilitary.net inventory data shows armies outside South Korea with more Korean armored vehicles on order than in service.
Taiwan's Cabinet on September 3, 2026 approved a NT$145.7 billion (US$4.6 billion) defense allocation within a NT$607.63 billion supplementary budget, covering two classified programs, three uncrewed-systems programs and the Chiang Kung anti-ballistic missile system, pending a legislative vote.
The US State Department on September 4, 2026 approved two possible Foreign Military Sales to Saudi Arabia: a $5.0 billion JDAM-Extended Range package of 10,004 guidance kits with matching bombs, and 60 AGT-1500 engines for the kingdom's M1 Abrams tanks at $750 million.
Lt. Gen. Christopher Niemi, the US Air Force's Chief Modernization Officer, told a Pentagon roundtable on September 3, 2026 that the Massed Modular Aircraft should cost about $10 million per airframe before mission equipment, with an initial fleet of 20 now wanted within roughly three years.
A Hellenic Air Force F-4E Phantom II crashed during its display at Athens Flying Week on 5 September 2026, killing both crew members, the Hellenic Air Force said, and leaving 127 Phantoms in service worldwide with Greece, Turkey and Iran.
The US Navy has opened a formal evaluation of the Japanese Mogami, South Korean Chungnam and Turkish Istanbul frigate designs for a new class of frigates, USNI News reported on 1 September 2026, with the assessment due on 12 November.