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US Grants Japan, Poland Access to Critical Military Satellite Network

Japan and Poland have signed new agreements with the United States giving the two countries access to the U.S. military’s Wideband Global Satcom satellite network, Space News reports. According to the U.S. Space Force, the WGS network is considered to be the “backbone of the U.S. military’s wideband satellite communications capability” and is designed to...

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Safran, Singapore Seek to Enhance Solutions Against Asymmetric Threats

French avionics firm Safran Electronics & Defense will work with Singapore’s Defence Science and Technology Agency to advance its armed forces’ emerging defense technologies and capabilities. In a press release posted Tuesday, the company said the new memorandum of understanding with DSTA will center on enhancing the performance of an unnamed weapon control system using...

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Italy Activates FREMM Contract Option for Deep Strike Feasibility Study

Italy has initiated a study to assess the integration of MBDA’s Naval Cruise Missile system onto its FREMM ships to enhance the country’s deep strike capabilities. According to the Organisation for Joint Armament Cooperation, the international organization that oversees FREMM, the delivery of two ships with the potential deep-strike upgrades, dubbed FREMM EVO, is slated...

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Northrop-Exence E-2D Partnership Seeks to Empower Poland’s Command and Control Capabilities

Northrop Grumman is partnering with Polish IT services provider Exence and the Polish Air Force Institute of Technology to help expand the command and control capabilities of Poland’s armed forces while ensuring interoperability with NATO and other allies. The collaboration will explore how the Northrop E-2D Advanced Hawkeye tactical airborne early warning aircraft could be...

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Disarmament Organizations List Benefits, Concerns Over Access to AI, Other Emerging Technologies

Representatives of United Nations-adjacent disarmament agencies have highlighted the benefits of and concerns over the accessibility of artificial intelligence, unmanned systems and other emerging technologies. On the sidelines of a recent meeting of the United Nations General Assembly’s First Committee, Hong Li of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons highlighted how large language...

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US Approves Possible $105M Sale of Military Air Traffic Radars to Poland

The U.S. Department of State has greenlit a potential sale of mobile ground control approach systems to Poland worth an estimated $105 million. Poland seeks to purchase GCA systems with UHF radios, interrogators, test equipment, navigation tools, spare parts and technical documents. Training and other logistical and program support are also part of the package....

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Canada Needs to Double Defense Spending to Meet NATO Target by 2032

The Canadian government has committed to achieving NATO’s military spending target of 2 percent of gross domestic product by 2032, but the Office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer, or PBO, said defense spending would need to reach $58.79 billion – twice the projected amount for 2024 to 2025 – to meet the target. Canada’s defense...

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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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Israeli Company Rafael to Equip Germany’s Leopard 2 Tanks With TROPHY Active Protection System

Israeli defense technology company Rafael Advanced Defense Systems will provide its TROPHY active protection system to Germany for installation on its fleet of Leopard 2 tanks historically manufactured by Krauss-Maffei Wegmann. On Wednesday, the two countries’ defense ministries inaugurated the first of the tanks to be equipped with the APS. The installation, part of an...

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Australia Taps Thales as Strategic Partner for Ammunition Production

The Australian government has selected Thales Australia as one of its strategic partners under the newly published Australian Guided Weapons and Explosive Ordnance Plan. As a key collaborator, the company will help boost the country’s defense capabilities, particularly in enhancing Defence Australia’s GWEO stockpile, strengthening domestic munition manufacturing and supply chain, and speeding up the...

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