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ESA Awards $130M Contract to Develop In-Orbit Spacecraft Servicing

The European Space Agency has awarded D-Orbit a contract valued at approximately $130 million to develop and launch a spacecraft for the agency’s commercial in-orbit servicing mission called RISE. The contract for the mission, the first under the ESA’s Space Safety Programme, calls for the demonstration of a spacecraft capable of engaging and controlling another...

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Lockheed Martin New Zealand Appoints New Strategy, Business Development Managing Director

Reitred Air Marshal Kevin Short has joined Lockheed Martin New Zealand as managing director of strategy and business development, succeeding Graham Lintott starting November. He will be reporting to Lockheed Martin Australia and New Zealand CEO Warren McDonald, himself scheduled to step down in three months. “[Short] brings a wealth of experience and deep understanding...

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State Department Clears UAE’s $1.2B FMS Request for GMLRS, ATACMS Munitions

The United Arab Emirates has secured U.S. Department of State approval to procure munitions for the Lockheed Martin-built Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System and Army Tactical Missile System and related logistics and program support, valued at $1.2 billion. Under the potential foreign military sale, the UAE government can purchase 259 GMLRS M31A1 Unitary pods each...

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Anduril Plans to Set Up Solid Rocket Motor Production Facility in Australia

Anduril Australia is preparing for a potential contract solicitation to establish a production facility for solid rocket motors, short for SRMs, as the Australian government builds the domestic capability to manufacture guided weapons and explosive ordnance, Breaking Defense reported. Canberra recently released a request for information to identify industry players capable of producing SRM locally....

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Report Lays Down Recommendations to Improve Tech Innovation Within AUKUS

The AUKUS trilateral security partnership between Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States must adopt several strategies to advance innovation within the partnership, according to a report by MITRE and Oxford University’s Emerging Threats & Technology Working Group. The document said that to achieve AUKUS Pillar 2 goals, there is a need to emphasize...

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Airbus Leads Five European Partners in Helicopter–Drone Interoperability Tests

Airbus Helicopters and its five European partners have demonstrated a manned–unmanned teaming, or MUM-T, system between helicopters and drones.  The 10-day demo in France and Italy, which concluded on Sept. 9, was led by Airbus as part of a European Union-funded project called Musher that seeks to develop a MUM-T system that can deliver maximum...

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US, Indo-Pacific Partners Commit to Improving Defense Industrial Resilience

Attendees of the inaugural Partnership for Indo-Pacific Industrial Resilience plenary meeting have taken steps to strengthen defense industrial resilience between the United States, its allies and partners. William LaPlante, U.S. undersecretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment, chaired the meeting, held from Oct. 7 to 8 in Honolulu, Hawaii, and attended by PIPIR member nations...

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QinetiQ-Led Team to Support Tactical Communications Capability Under UK Defence Digital Contract

A QinetiQ-led team has secured a potential three-year, $195.94 million contract from the U.K. Ministry of Defence to support the delivery of new tactical communications capabilities to the British Army. Under the Land Environment Tactical Communications and Information Systems program, Team Advance members Accenture, BMT, Eviden and Roke will work with QinetiQ to provide the...

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Jacobs to Deliver Engineering Support for CG Semi’s Upcoming India Semiconductor Facility

Jacobs will provide engineering design support services for CG Semi’s new outsourced semiconductor assembly and test facility in India. CG Semi is a joint venture between CG Power and Industrial Solutions, Renesas Electronics America and Stars Microelectronics Thailand. According to a deal announced Thursday, the American contractor will be the engineering, procurement and construction services...

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Systecon Group Appoints Anders Carlsson as Interim CEO

Swedish consulting and software company Systecon Group has named Anders Carlsson as interim CEO. Carlsson, who is stepping into the role following the departure of Dan Andersson, is currently serving as a member of the group’s board of directors, a position he assumed in May. Prior to that appointment, he was with Systecon Konsult AB...

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