A study from a U.S. Department of the Air Force think tank has identified potential opportunities and challenges in China’s heavy reliance on low Earth orbit spacecraft for its space situational awareness, SpaceNews reported Monday. According to the China Aerospace Studies Institute study, U.S. authorities should advance American companies’ capabilities to provide space imagery in...
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L3Harris Technologies to Install Sensor Systems on New German Helicopters
U.S. defense solutions manufacturer L3Harris Technologies and aircraft maker Airbus Helicopters are collaborating to install electro-optical/infrared sensor systems into Germany’s new Airbus H145M helicopters. L3Harris said the WESCAM MX-15D sensor technology is an ideal solution for a wide range of missions, including intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, covert intelligence, and target designation. Its high-precision and high-sensitivity...
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US, Bahrain Collaborate to Ensure Safe Maritime Navigation in Middle East
The United States and Bahrain are collaborating on the Geospatial Acceleration Initiative to improve navigation for their maritime forces in the Middle East. The cooperation will see the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency and several Bahraini organizations generate and share hydrographic, aeronautical and topographic geospatial foundation data, ensuring freedom of navigation in the region’s waters. The White...
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ST Engineering Forms Partnership for Armored Vehicle Development in Kazakhstan
ST Engineering has partnered with Kazakhstan Paramount Engineering to establish local manufacturing capability for a new 8×8 amphibious armored vehicle in Kazakhstan. The collaboration, which will support the Armed Forces of Kazakhstan, will include engineering and technical services for the production of the vehicle based on ST Engineering’s Terrex infantry fighting vehicle. Revealed at this...
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NATO Official: New Cyber Center to Combine Alliance’s Threat Response Capabilities
NATO is set to launch a new cyber center based in Mons, Belgium, to enhance the military alliance’s response to cyber threats. “This center will allow us to better combine the way in which we are monitoring the threat, the way we are controlling the attack surface of the enterprise [and] the way we are...
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US, UK to Tackle Global Disinformation in 2025 Phoenix Challenge Conference
The U.S. Department of Defense is inviting participants, speakers and exhibitors to the annual Phoenix Challenge conference on the information operations environment, which will be held from March 4 to 6, 2025, in London. DOD’s Office of Information Operations Policy and the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence, Military Strategic Effects are co-sponsoring the event, dubbed...
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BAE Systems Secures $2.5B in Combat Vehicle Contracts With Denmark, Sweden
BAE Systems will supply Denmark and Sweden with new CV90 combat vehicles under new contracts totaling $2.5 billion. The agreements fall under a trilateral framework involving the Danish Ministry of Defence Acquisition and Logistics Organisation and the Swedish Defense Materiel Administration. Denmark will acquire 115 CV9035MkIIIC vehicles while Sweden’s order comprises 50 vehicles. The contracts...
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RTX to Provide Netherlands With $807M Worth of AMRAAM Units
The U.S. Department of State has approved a potential sale of AIM-120D3 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles to the Netherlands, valued at up to $807 million. Amsterdam plans to acquire 226 AIM-120D3 AMRAAMs, five guidance sections with precision positioning and an integrated test vehicle. Additional items include control sections, support equipment and spare parts, encryption...
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NATO to Use Drones to Protect Undersea Infrastructure in Baltic, Mediterranean Seas
NATO is at an early stage of developing a fleet of unmanned surface vessels to ensure the safety of critical undersea infrastructure in the Baltic and Mediterranean seas, according to French Navy Adm. Pierre Vandier, the alliance’s Supreme Allied Commander Transformation. Vandier said in an interview with Defense News that the USV fleet will act...
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DOD Official: US-Canada Pilot Achieves ICAM Link With Potential for NATO Use
The U.S. Department of Defense’s Office of the Chief Information Officer and its Canadian counterpart have initiated a joint pilot program that achieved a federated identity, credential and access management, or ICAM, connection between their armed forces. Leslie Beavers, acting CIO at DOD, told DefenseScoop that the program will build momentum from the initial U.S.-Canadian...