Finland’s Ministry of Defence has tapped satellite manufacturer and operator ICEYE to lead a consortium to support its development of advanced space and joint intelligence capabilities, including military intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance technologies. The consortium will work with Lockheed Martin under the industrial participation program of the ministry’s F-35 program, a collaboration that is part of...
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Report: AUKUS Advances Electronic Warfare Data-Sharing
The AUKUS trilateral security partnership of Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States is expected to establish an electronic warfare data-sharing framework by early 2025, according to Travis Manning, the U.S. lead in the coalition’s EW working group. Manning told Breaking Defense that the mechanism will guide how the alliance shares EW data in...
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French Consortium to Launch Cybersecurity Tool for Connected Equipment
The French consortium HyGARDE expects to unveil by yearend its first prototype of a cybersecurity solution to protect connected equipment, a goal initially focused on securing technologies for the renewable energy transition. The prototype will be used to secure the equipment of Solutions Hydrogene, a company that provides renewable hydrogen storage systems for industrial and...
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Ovzon to Demo Satcom Control on Unmanned Ground Vehicles
The Swedish Defence Materiel Administration has awarded Ovzon a contract to test the capability of the technology company’s satellite communication systems and services to control unmanned ground vehicles at great distances. The demonstration, to be performed in Sweden, is scheduled for the second half of November. It will involve mobile satellite terminals and satcom services...
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SpaceRISE Wins EU Satellite Contract Offer
SpaceRISE, a consortium comprising Eutelsat, Hispasat and SES, has secured a concession contract offer on the European Union’s multi-orbit satellite connectivity system. The European Commission said the consortium’s contract tasks for the EU’s Infrastructure for Resilience, Interconnectivity and Security by Satellite, or IRIS², will tap the services of a core team of subcontractors composed of Thales...
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Italy Eyes Fincantieri Blueprint for Drone-Armed Fleet
The Italian Navy has assigned its mainstay shipbuilder Fincantieri to design warships that can adapt to deploy airborne, surface and undersea drones. “It means looking at how best to handle storage, maintenance and loading ammunition,” Capt. Gianluca Marcilli, head of technology innovation within the Navy General Staff’s General Space and Innovation Office, told Defense News....
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Lockheed Books $113M Anti-Ship Missile Defense System Deal
Lockheed Martin has announced a contract modification worth $113 million from the U.S. Naval Sea Systems Command for the full-rate production of anti-ship missile defense systems, including a first delivery to Japan. The Japanese procurement is a U.S. foreign military sales deal combined with Lockheed deliveries to the U.S. Navy under the service branch’s Surface...
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Israel to Expand Iron Beam Laser System Under $500M Deal
Israel’s Ministry of Defense is accelerating the development of the country’s laser air defense system called Iron Beam through a $530 million contract that the ministry signed with Rafael Advanced Defense Systems and Elbit Systems, Breaking Defense reported on Monday. The contract, which Israel’s Ministry of Defense announced on X as a “landmark deal,” positions...
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Report: German Defense Chief Eyes $2.3B Taurus Missile Purchase
The German government’s ruling coalition is supporting Defence Minister Boris Pistorius’ plan for the development and purchase of 600 advanced Taurus Neo cruise missiles valued at $2.3 billion, an anonymous source told Reuters. Der Spiegel magazine, which broke the story on the minister’s plan, reported that the project’s initial allocation of about $378.4 million had...
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US, Canada Grow Military Interoperability Through MUOS Satcom System
The Canadian Armed Forces has secured access to the U.S. Space Force’s narrowband satellite communications technology called Mobile User Objective System, or MUOS, under a six-year operation and sustainment contract valued at $126.2 million. Space Systems Command and CAF conducted an initial operational capability exercise on the system in June after several demonstrations that began...