Elbit Systems has secured a $300 million contract to provide weapon, reconnaissance, driving, and situational awareness systems for about 230 armored vehicles of an unnamed European buyer. An Israel Defense report noted that Elbit Systems’ UT-30 turret for a 30 mm cannon is among the features of the Pandur 6×6 EVO armored vehicles Austria ordered from...
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Austrian Army Makes Largest-Ever Order of Pandur Evolution Vehicles From General Dynamics
General Dynamics European Land Systems has received an additional order of 225 Pandur 6×6 EVO wheeled armored vehicles from Austria’s Federal Ministry of Defence valued at $1.9 billion. GDLES said 100 Pandur vehicles are already under contract, with the third batch now in production and scheduled for delivery. GDELS’ Steyr facility in Vienna manufactures the...
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Airbus to Coordinate Four European Defence Fund R&D Projects
Airbus has been tasked to manage four research and development projects under the European Defense Fund’s 41 initiatives designed to contribute to the European Union’s strategic autonomy and strengthen the region’s defense technologies and industrial base. The European Commission finalized 37 EDF grant agreements in December and signed four strategic defense R&D contribution agreements with...
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Italy Secures US Approval to Buy Missiles, Bombs From RTX
The Department of State has approved Italy’s request to purchase missiles and small diameter bombs. According to the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, the Italian government separately proposed to buy 12 AIM-120C-8 advanced medium-range air-to-air missiles and 125 units of small diameter bombs. The foreign military sale would cost Rome $69.3 million for the missile procurement...
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Jacobs Named Turner & Townsend Partner for UK Defense Procurement Project
The U.K. Defence Equipment and Support, an independent unit of the British Ministry of Defense, has appointed Dallas, Texas-based consultancy firm Jacobs as a program partner in the project and operational delivery of equipment and support across the MoD defense network. Jacobs said the project is administered via DE&C’s Project Delivery Partner-Successor framework of its...
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NATO Missile Defense Integration Tops USAFE-AFAFRICA Priorities, Commander Says
Gen. James Hecker, commander of U.S. Air Forces in Europe-Air Forces Africa and NATO Allied Air Command, said missile defense system integration stays among the command’s top priorities, as it bolsters collective defense and supports NATO’s commitment to leverage high-end military capabilities for regional security and defense. Speaking to reporters at the recent Air and...
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Lockheed, Rhea Group to Develop Secure Control System for Future UK Military Satellites
The U.K. Ministry of Defence’s Defence Equipment and Support has awarded Lockheed Martin and Rhea Group $5 million contracts to provide a secure control system for the United Kingdom’s military satellites. The selected companies awarded under the MoD’s Project Beroe will help develop a software solution to capture and process onboard system data for satellite...
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Recorded Future Bares New AI-Based Solution for Defense Intelligence Analytics
U.S. intelligence solutions provider Recorded Future has released a new cybersecurity platform with a generative artificial intelligence-based assistant for defense analysts. The company said the product, called Recorded Future AI, can pinpoint enterprise threats in the physical environment and cyberspace and use the gathered data for AI analytics. The software is designed to help analysts...
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BlackBerry Wins German Certification for Mobile Device Management Solution
Germany’s national cybersecurity authority has certified BlackBerry’s Unified Endpoint Management for mobile device management on Apple iNDIGO devices. The MDM certification from the Federal Office for Information Security allows agencies to now store government information on iOS devices employees use at work. According to BlackBerry, BSI evaluated its UEM solution based on the agency’s Common...
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Rheinmetall Breaks Ground on New $321M Ammunition Factory in Northern Germany
Duesseldorf-based arms manufacturing company Rheinmetall broke ground on a new ammunition factory in Lower Saxony, northern Germany, on Monday in a bid to boost the country’s self-reliance in producing ammunition. The dignitaries who attended the groundbreaking ceremony included German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius. The company...