The United Arab Emirates has awarded Saab a $190 million contract to provide in-service support for the country’s GlobalEye Airborne Early Warning and Control solutions. Under the three-year agreement, the Swedish company will support the UAE Ministry of Defence’s maintenance, logistics and training requirements for its growing GlobalEye AEW&C fleet. Carl-Johan Bergholm, head of business...
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QinetiQ Lands UK Contract to Enhance British Army Vehicles’ Protection Capabilities
QinetiQ said it has secured a contract from the U.K. Defence Science and Technology Laboratory to enhance the protection capabilities of the British Army’s land armored vehicles. The deal serves as Phase II of the Modular Integrated Protection System program, which aims to develop an active protection system for British tanks and armored personnel carriers...
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Washington Officials Cite Role of Alliances, Trade Controls in Protecting US Tech
U.S. officials at a House Subcommittee on Indo-Pacific hearing last week underscored the importance of creating international alliances in trade controls to protect emerging American technologies, Nextgov/FCW reported Thursday. Thea Rozman Kendler, assistant secretary in the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security Export Administration, told the subcommittee that U.S. export controls would be...
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UK Awards $514M Contracts to Enhance Sea Viper Air Defence System on Warships
The United Kingdom is making upgrades to the Royal Navy’s missiles to defeat drone threats in the Red Sea. The Sea Viper air defense system will receive a new warhead and a software update to give it the capability to destroy ballistic missile threats. The U.K. government has awarded three contracts valued at $514 million to MBDA...
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Swedish Military Places Order for Two Saab Mobile Air Defense Systems
Saab is equipping the Swedish military with its mobile short range air defense system. In late 2023, the defense company received an order for two MSHORAD configurations. The technology will be integrated into the BvS10 armored vehicle used by both the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration and the Swedish Armed Forces. The order value is around $28.7 million, with...
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NATO Outlines Vision for Quantum Technology Use in Defense, Security
NATO has published a summary of its quantum strategy, which outlines the alliance’s vision of using the technology for defense and security purposes. The military alliance’s foreign ministers approved the plan in November to ensure that the bloc is ready for quantum’s anticipated benefits and downsides. Under the strategy, the organization also seeks to be...
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Leonardo, BAE Engineers Conduct More Integration Work on Typhoon-Bound Radar System
Leonardo DRS and BAE Systems engineers have installed a prototype of the European Common Radar System Mark 2 radar on a test aircraft ahead of the system’s test flight on the Eurofighter Typhoon. The ECRS Mk2’s multifunctional array will enable the Typhoon to detect, identify and track multiple air and ground targets and engage in...
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German Armed Forces Acquire $54M Worth of BIRDIE Decoy Flares From Rheinmetall
The German armed forces has acquired decoy flares that can protect aircraft from Rheinmetall. The defense technology company secured a contract valued at about $54 million for over 470,000 units of the Bispectral Infrared Decoy Improved Efficiency product line. According to the deal, Rheinmetall will deliver two variants of the BIRDIE products to the Bundeswehr: the...
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Northrop Grumman, Mitsubishi Electric Partner to Improve Japan’s Defense Capabilities
Northrop Grumman is teaming with Mitsubishi Electric to strengthen Japan’s air and missile defense capabilities. The two companies entered an agreement to combine their proprietary technologies that can enhance networking efficiency to provide the East Asian nation with increased situational awareness and interoperability. “The Japan Ministry of Defense is accelerating integrated air and missile defense...
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Canadian Navy Takes Command of Multinational Maritime Task Force in Persian Gulf
Canada has assumed command of Combined Task Force 150, a unit of Combined Maritime Forces that conducts maritime security operations in sea areas outside the Persian Gulf. The Royal Canadian Navy took over from its French counterpart on Wednesday, in which Capt. Yannick Bossu welcomed his successor, Capt. Colin Matthew, during a turnover ceremony. Under...