Science, engineering and technology company KBR has been awarded an $85 million contract as capability life cycle manager for the Royal Australian Navy’s amphibious and replenishment vessels at Garden Island, off Western Australia’s southwest coast, the Australian Department of Defence announced Friday. KBR’s tasks include maintaining the RAN’s Canberra-class landing helicopter docks, supply-class auxiliary oilers, and the...
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UAE Receives Delivery of Fouth GlobalEye AEW&C Aircraft From Saab
The United Arab Emirates has accepted delivery of its latest GlobalEye airborne early warning and control aircraft from Saab. The Swedish defense contractor shipped the advanced AEW&C aircraft on April 18, marking the fourth GlobalEye delivery in a span of four years. The company completed its commitment to supply the UAE’s first three AEW&C solutions...
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UK to Boost Defense Budget With $109B Annual Spending Eyed by 2030
The United Kingdom plans to increase defense spending to 2.5 percent of its gross domestic product by 2030, U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said Tuesday. According to the prime minister, the allocation will result in an additional $94 billion in defense expenditures in the next six years and $109 billion in annual spending by the...
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Lockheed Martin Australia Secures $327M Missile Defense Contract; Erika Marshall Quoted
Lockheed Martin Australia has won a $327 million contract from the Australian Department of Defence to develop its Joint Air Battle Management System. According to the company, the task calls for delivering an integrated air and missile defense capability, deploying next-gen technologies to repulse high-speed threats and enhance interoperability with allies. Erika Marshall, Lockheed Martin...
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US Approves Poland’s $1.27B Anti-Radar Missile Purchase Request
The United States has approved the proposed sale of 360 missiles to Poland. According to the Department of State, Oslo requested to purchase Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile Extended Range units and related equipment. The proposed foreign military sale is estimated at $1.27 billion. Northrop Grumman will serve as the principal contractor of the FMS. The AARGM-ER air-to-ground...
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Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan to Receive US Security, Humanitarian Assistance Under New Law
President Joe Biden has signed a bill into law providing seven federal agencies with additional funding to deliver assistance to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan. The legislation also authorizes the president to transfer defense articles and services from the Department of Defense to foreign countries or international organizations and enables the implementation of sanctions against foreign...
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Autonomous Australian Navy Patrol Boat Concept Advances With Austal’s Sentinel Test Completion
Australia-based global shipbuilder Austal has announced the completion of seaworthiness tests of a remotely and autonomously operated vessel in collaboration with the Royal Australian Navy’s Warfare Innovation Navy branch. Other partners in the project, funded by the Australian government, include Greenroom Robotics and Trusted Autonomous Systems. The project, dubbed the Patrol Boat Autonomy Trial, utilized...
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Treasury Designates Companies, Individuals Supporting Iranian Cyberattacks on US Entities; Brian Nelson Quoted
The Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control has imposed sanctions on two companies and four individuals linked to Iran-backed cyber operations that targeted a dozen U.S. companies and government entities. The designated companies and individuals are Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Cyber Electronic Command front company Mehrsam Andisheh Saz Nik; IRGC-CEC-affiliated cyber...
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Rocket Lab’s Electron Deploys NASA, South Korean Payloads to Different Orbits
Rocket Lab has deployed NASA and South Korean payloads to two separate orbits. On Wednesday morning, the Electron rocket blasted off from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 in Mahia, New Zealand, carrying a nanosatellite developed by the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology. NeonSat-1, an Earth observation nanosatellite, was deployed to a 520-kilometer circular...
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China Creates New Military Units for Information, Space, Cyber Operations
China has reorganized its principal military force to add three new units that will separately deal with information, space and cyber operations. The new units replaced the Strategic Support Force under the People’s Liberation Army to address the limitations associated with conducting such operations under a single support team. In an event on Friday, Chinese...
