Lockheed Martin has received a new order from Spain for Patriot Advanced Capability-3 Missile Segment Enhancement missiles. According to Lockheed, with over 90 successful flight tests, the PAC-3 family of missiles defends against adversary systems through direct body-to-body contact, making the missiles more destructive compared to blast-fragmentation mechanisms. The deal, which comes after reaching an...
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Nikon Sees Growing Demand for Its Metal 3D Printing, Legacy Chipmaking Capabilities
Nikon, witnessing a surge in its businesses, is looking to market its metal 3D printers to the U.S. defense and aerospace market. In an interview with Bloomberg TV on Wednesday, Muneaki Tokunari, president and chief financial officer at Nikon, said the Japanese optics and imaging firm is “betting on many things,” one of which is...
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Lockheed Martin Outlines F-16 Offset Program for Thai Air Force
Lockheed Martin has proposed to support Thailand in improving its manufacturing workforce and aerospace engineering capabilities should the country obtain the F-16 Block 70/72. Bangkok had detailed in March its procurement plans over the next decade, with the latest Lockheed iteration and Saab’s Gripen emerging as top contenders. On Monday, the defense contractor said it...
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NATO Members Pledge Commitment to Stronger Defense Industry Capability; Jens Stoltenberg Quoted
Leaders of NATO member states have expressed their commitment to an initiative that will improve defense industrial capacity and production among affiliated nations. At the Washington Summit on Wednesday, senior government officials signed the NATO Industrial Capacity Expansion pledge, ensuring that the alliance possesses technologies to defend members from adversaries. Outgoing NATO Secretary General Jens...
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Germany Gets Additional Patriot Missiles Under $1.2B Contract From Raytheon
Germany has placed a new $1.2 billion order with Raytheon for additional Patriot air and missile defense systems, including Configuration 3+ command and control stations, launchers, radars, associated spares and support. In a press release on Thursday, Tom Laliberty, president of land and air defense systems at Raytheon, said several nations depend on the Patriot...
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South Korea Taps BAE Systems for $111M Secure Communications Solution
BAE Systems said South Korea is collaborating with the company to deploy a secure communications system amid growing threats in the Indo-Pacific region. Under multiple contracts with a combined value of $111 million, BAE Systems will deliver ARC-232A, a SATURN waveform, providing the East Asian nation’s fixed-wing and rotary aircraft with secure and interoperable command...
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Motorola Solutions to Boost Its LMR Business With New Ireland R&D Facility
Motorola Solutions is looking to fortify its comprehensive land mobile radio capabilities with a new facility in Ireland. On Monday, the telecommunications equipment company announced plans to open a new research and development center in Cork specializing in software development for the LMR portfolio. The new facility follows the company’s allotment of more than $12...
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MBDA Secures New Precision Strike Missile Order From Germany
Germany has tapped MBDA to provide Brimstone 3 precision strike missiles for its Eurofighter combat aircraft. Eric Beranger, CEO at MBDA, said in a statement Friday that the missile procurement is part of efforts to harmonize the region’s armaments and the German armed forces’ ammunition stockpile. He added that the new deal is the first...
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US Discusses Possible National Security Space Cooperation With France, Italy and Luxembourg
Reps. Mike Rogers, R-Ala., and Adam Smith, D-Wash., led a U.S. delegation on a trip to France, Italy and Luxembourg to discuss cooperation on the National Security Space initiative. In a statement following the trip, the two lawmakers said that with the increasing number of threats targeting the United States, the government needs to collaborate...
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AWS to Deliver Secure Cloud Platform for Australian Defense Community; Dave Levy Quoted
Amazon Web Services is extending its expertise to the Australian government as it rolls out a more secure communications network for the nation’s defense community. On Thursday, Canberra announced that the Australian Signals Directorate has signed a strategic partnership with AWS to deliver a Top Secret Cloud platform. Under the pact, AWS will provide a...