Northrop Grumman and Mitsubishi Electric are planning to jointly pursue industrial co-production opportunities for various strategic mission solutions in the United States and Japan. The cooperation, provided in a memorandum of understanding that Northrop announced on Wednesday, extends to partnership in logistics and sustainment of key military capabilities such as electronic warfare, radar, underwater sensors and...
Airbus has received an order from Saudi Arabia for four additional A330 Multi Role Tanker Transport aircraft. According to Jean-Brice Dumont, head of air power at Airbus Defence and Space, the new contract is the third the country has awarded on A330 MRTT units for the Royal Saudi Arabia Air Force, which is now set...
BAE Systems said South Korea is collaborating with the company to deploy a secure communications system amid growing threats in the Indo-Pacific region. Under multiple contracts with a combined value of $111 million, BAE Systems will deliver ARC-232A, a SATURN waveform, providing the East Asian nation’s fixed-wing and rotary aircraft with secure and interoperable command...
The Lithuanian Ministry of National Defence has placed an order for Saab’s mobile short-range air defense missile system under a framework agreement with the company and the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration. Lithuania signed the agreement in 2023 for the procurement of the RBS 70 NG air defense solution, Defence Industry Europe reported. Saab received the...
The U.S. Army has awarded Teledyne FLIR Defense a $15 million contract to deliver more than 150 clip-on thermal weapon sights to a NATO ally. The ThermoSight HISS-XLR optical attachment allows snipers to detect man-size targets over 2,000 meters away. It can be mounted on any MIL-STD-1913 rail interface in front of existing scopes and...
U.S. law enforcers have seized two domain names and issued search warrants on 968 accounts allegedly created on the social media platform X by Russian actors as an artificial intelligence-powered bot farm for a global disinformation campaign. According to a statement from the Department of Justice on the cases’ affidavits opened on Tuesday, the bot...
Australia expects to receive an order of Switchblade 300 precision loitering munitions in 2024 and deploy the weapon into service in 2025 to boost the Australian Defence Force’s drone warfighting capabilities. The acquisition of the munitions, manufactured by U.S. company AeroVironment, adds to the different drone types in the ADF arsenal that can be armed...
Motorola Solutions is looking to fortify its comprehensive land mobile radio capabilities with a new facility in Ireland. On Monday, the telecommunications equipment company announced plans to open a new research and development center in Cork specializing in software development for the LMR portfolio. The new facility follows the company’s allotment of more than $12...
The Swedish government has set its first policy on space use for Sweden’s defense and security under which the country will undertake national projects and join international activities to achieve its goal. Noting that Sweden has grown increasingly dependent on space as a strategic operational environment, Stockholm said in a statement that the new strategy...
The United States may tighten restrictions on foreign ownership of real estate near military installations. On Monday, the Department of the Treasury issued a notice of proposed rulemaking that would expand the jurisdiction of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. CFIUS has the authority to deny the purchase or lease of properties around...
