The EA-37B Compass Call is a US Air Force airborne electronic-attack aircraft that transfers the Compass Call mission from the EC-130H to a modified Gulfstream G550.
L3Harris licensed Shield AI's Tracker counter-drone software onto VAMPIRE, putting the startup's detection stack on a launcher the US Army has already ordered up to $106 million of.
The deal could add missile motor capacity, but every new producer still draws ammonium perchlorate from the same constrained domestic supply chain.
Lyntris priced below range, cut its IPO by seven million shares and fell 11.4% on debut. Public investors now want GAAP profit, lower leverage and core growth from defense tech, while private capital still entertains an Anduril valuation near $100 billion.
Trump promised Kyiv a licence to build Patriot missiles, then took it back. The reason sits in a depleted US arsenal and a single Alabama factory, not in the president's mood.
The Pentagon signed seven-year framework deals with L3Harris to nearly triple PAC-3 MSE and quadruple THAAD propulsion output, three days after interceptor-stockpile warnings paused the Iran campaign.
A US Army-supported flight on July 16 put autonomous spectrum warfare in the air for the first time, pairing a prime's jamming stack with the AI pilot slated to fly the X-BAT fighter.
VAMPIRE is L3Harris's bolt-on counter-drone kit — a four-round laser-guided rocket launcher and sensor that turns any pickup into a Shahed-killer for about $25,000 a shot. Fielded in Ukraine since 2023, it downed its first Shahed that December; the US Army bought in for up to $106M in 2026.