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Iceye Looks to Enhance Australia’s Disaster Response With Flood, Bushfire Data

Australia’s federal government will continue to purchase flood and bushfire data from natural catastrophe services company Iceye. Under the agreement with Iceye, the federal government, states and territories can access the Finland-based company’s Flood Insights and Bushfire Insights products, to be made available to agencies via Esri’s ArcGIS software. Using a combination of synthetic aperture...

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Jacobs Joins Team to Help Cut UK Annual Emissions

Dallas, Texas-based consultancy firm Jacobs said it has joined a team of advisers to the UK Department for Energy Security and Net Zero’s Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage program. According to the U.K.’s Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, the aim of CCUS is to capture an annual 6 million tons of industrial carbon...

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Lockheed to Provide Australian Military With Integrated Air, Missile Defense Capability; Stephanie Hill Comments

The Australian Department of Defence has selected Lockheed Martin as its strategic partner to develop advanced military defense capabilities under the AIR6500 Phase 1 program. In a statement, three-time Wash100 recipient Stephanie Hill, executive vice president at Lockheed Martin Rotary and Mission Systems, said the partnership will enable the Australian Defence Force to use information...

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Leonardo Establishes UK Supply Chain to Support $1B New Medium Helicopter Bid

Leonardo Helicopters plans to build AW149 helicopters using components solely from U.K.-based businesses if the company wins the $1.27 billion New Medium Helicopter contract from the UK Ministry of Defence. According to the NMH contract notice published in 2022, the MOD intends to acquire between 36 and 44 aircraft to phase out existing rotorcraft systems...

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US Approves $12B Apache Helicopters Sale to Poland

The Defense Security Cooperation Agency said Monday that it has moved to notify Congress of the Department of State granting approval of a possible $12 billion helicopter sale to Poland. The proposed sale includes 96 AH-64E Apache attack helicopters plus Hellfire missiles and Hellfire captive air training missiles, Joint Air-to-ground Missiles and Stinger missiles. The...

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Indonesia Inks Deal to Acquire 24 F-15EX Fighter Jets

The Indonesian government has signed a memorandum of understanding with Boeing to purchase 24 units of the F-15EX fighter jet. Boeing said Air Vice Marshal Yusuf Jauhari, head of the Indonesian Ministry of Defense’s Defense Facilities Agency, and Mark Sears, vice president and program manager for Boeing Fighters, inked the agreement following a visit to...

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Amentum Wins $592M Navy Contract for Ship Life Cycle, Systems Integration Support

Amentum Services has received a potential $591.6 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract from the U.S. Navy to provide life cycle and systems upgrades and integration, and training support for naval vessels and systems under the Foreign Military Sales program. Under the five-year agreement, the company will perform the required services to support the transfer, acquisition, operation and...

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Four Shipbuilders Eye Initial Contracts in Planned Australian Naval Buildup

The Royal Australian Navy’s planned buildup in response to China’s increasing threat has already drawn bids from four shipbuilders, Breaking Defense reported.   The pitches came following the April release of the Australian Defence Strategic Review, which lined up a naval strategy of increasing the number of smaller surface vessels in RAN’s fleet. The four...

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Northrop Grumman Says War Driving Demand for Army’s Battle Command System

The U.S. Army’s Integrated Battle Command System is attracting interest from other countries due to the ongoing war in Ukraine, according to IBCS manufacturer Northrop Grumman. The company developed the system for the Army to control its air and missile defense system and later sought to expand its design to connect other sensors and shooters...

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