Global defense and security company QinetiQ has partnered with Muru Management Consulting to work on a contract award valued about $30 million for strategic support services to Australia’s Defence Aviation Safety Authority. According to QinetiQ, the contract calls for the partners’ pooled efforts to help boost the Australian defense sector’s aviation safety through policy and...
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New Zealand Taps CAE for C-130J Aircrew Training
CAE, a Montreal-based simulation technology company, has received a contract from the New Zealand Defence Force to provide management, engineering, and maintenance services to the Royal New Zealand Air Force’s C-130J weapon systems trainer. The training activities under the Simulator Through Life Support contract will occur at the RNZAF No. 40 Squadron facilities in Auckland,...
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US-UK Air Force Reserves Seek Closer Partnerships
The U.S. Air Force Reserve hosted the U.K.’s Royal Auxiliary Air Force in a three-day bilateral engagement last week to boost their collaboration and explore new partnerships in global security. Lt. Gen. John Healy, Air Force Reserve Command chief, presided over the activities under the Air Force Reserve’s Reserve Allies and Partners Program, which was held...
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Australia to Spend $126M for Heavyweight Torpedoes to Boost Collins-Class Submarine Fleet
Australia has signed a $126 million agreement with the United States for an additional purchase of MK-48 heavyweight torpedoes for the Royal Australian Navy’s Collins-class submarines. The government said the torpedo, the product of a joint program between RAN and the U.S. Navy, will be among the armaments of Australia’s future nuclear submarines. U.S.-Australia Alliance...
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EISNET Consortium to Synchronize Europe’s Missile Defense
Global defense company Thales has announced that it will lead EISNET, short for European Interactive Sensor-Based Dynamic Defence Network, a new consortium that will support sustained development of Europe’s integrated air missile defense, or IAMD, systems. EISNET’s goal is to form a collaborative European network for harmonizing and integrating current and future IAMD systems onward...
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New EU Defense Program Plans $868B Spending Up to 2030
The European Commission outlined on Wednesday a major defense package that includes potential military investments totaling billions of dollars for European Union member states, extending up to 2030. The EC said the initiative, part of the ReArm Europe Plan/Readiness 2030 program, will open funding worth up to $868 billion for use in national defense spending....
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Singapore Armed Forces Taps Oracle for Digital Modernization
The Singapore Armed Forces’ Digital and Intelligence Service will gain access to the Oracle Cloud Isolated Region under an agreement between Oracle and the Defence Science and Technology Agency. In a statement announcing the agreement on Tuesday, Oracle said using the Oracle facility’s secure environment will enable the modernization of SAF’s digital capabilities, including the...
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Hensoldt Enters Partnership to Grow European Defense Tech Startups
Hensoldt, a Germany-based global defense and security applications company, is looking to help develop European aerospace and defense startups through a collaborative agreement with TUM Venture Labs. TUM Venture Labs is a joint effort of the Technical University of Munich and its affiliate entrepreneurship center, UnternehmerTUM. As a partner, Hensoldt said it intends to provide...
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GE Aerospace Wins $5B USAF Contract on Aircraft Engine Supply to Allies
The U.S. Air Force has awarded GE Aerospace a Foreign Military Sales contract worth a potential $5 billion to deliver F110-GE-129 engines for allies’ F-15 and F-16 fleet. The indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract covers FMS to Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Bulgaria and other potential buyers with letters of offer and acceptance, according to the Pentagon’s daily brief of...
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US Air Force Seeks to Test More AI in Combat, Interoperability Among Allies
The U.S. Air Force plans to hold four allied exercises in 2025 similar to the recent ShOC-N, short for Shadow Operations Center-Nellis, Capstone 24B, to test artificial intelligence applications in combat. Lt. Col. Wesley Schultz of the U.S. Air Force’s 805th Combat Training Squadron told Defense One that ShOC-N addresses the challenge of advancing interoperability...