Airbus Helicopters has secured a contract from the Netherlands for 12 H225M helicopters and related support services. Vice Adm. Jan Willem Hartman, head of Command Materiel and IT, and Airbus Helicopters CEO Bruno Even formalized the deal on the sidelines of the Euronaval trade show in Paris. According to Even, the H225M was chosen after...
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Italy Activates FREMM Contract Option for Deep Strike Feasibility Study
Italy has initiated a study to assess the integration of MBDA’s Naval Cruise Missile system onto its FREMM ships to enhance the country’s deep strike capabilities. According to the Organisation for Joint Armament Cooperation, the international organization that oversees FREMM, the delivery of two ships with the potential deep-strike upgrades, dubbed FREMM EVO, is slated...
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Kongsberg Maritime to Provide Propulsion for Peruvian Frigate
Norwegian marine equipment manufacturer Kongsberg Maritime has secured a contract from Peru to deliver controllable pitch propeller systems for its frigate program. The Norwegian company will work with South Korean shipbuilder HD Hyundai Heavy Industries and state-owned SIMA Peru, both tapped by the Peruvian government to build the new warship. The vessel will be based...
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Safran to Equip Egyptian Navy’s Vessels With Optronic, Navigation Systems
French aerospace company Safran said it has won a contract to equip the Egyptian Navy’s offshore patrol vessels with VIGY 4 and Argonyx navigation systems. “We are proud to contribute to the modernization of the Egyptian Navy,” said Alexandre Ziegler, executive vice president for Defense GBU at Safran Electronics & Defense. “Our solutions will enhance...
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Kongsberg Secures Fourth Joint Strike Missile Contract With Japan
Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace has signed a fourth contract with Japan worth $173.2 million to supply the Joint Strike Missile. According to Kongsberg, the fifth-generation stealth air-to-surface missile, designed for anti-surface warfare and land attacks, will be deployed in Tokyo’s F-35A Lightning II fleet, enhancing its agility, range and low-signature capabilities. Japan first ordered the...
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Northrop-Exence E-2D Partnership Seeks to Empower Poland’s Command and Control Capabilities
Northrop Grumman is partnering with Polish IT services provider Exence and the Polish Air Force Institute of Technology to help expand the command and control capabilities of Poland’s armed forces while ensuring interoperability with NATO and other allies. The collaboration will explore how the Northrop E-2D Advanced Hawkeye tactical airborne early warning aircraft could be...
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BAE Systems to Deliver 40 Mk4 Naval Gun Systems to Dutch, Belgian Navies
British defense contractor BAE Systems will deliver eight Bofors 40 Mk4 naval gun systems to the Netherlands and Belgium under a new contract from the Dutch Command Materiel and IT, an agency under the Dutch Ministry of Defence. Stefan Lofstrom, marketing and sales director at BAE Systems Bofors, said the new deal allows the company...
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SSTL Secures $50M UK MOD Contract to Build ISR Satellite
The U.K. Ministry of Defence has awarded a $51.95 million contract to Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd to build an intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance satellite under the MINERVA technology and innovation program of the U.K. Space Command’s $1.26 billion ISTARI project. Called Juno, the spacecraft will be the second satellite of a constellation the British defense...
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Disarmament Organizations List Benefits, Concerns Over Access to AI, Other Emerging Technologies
Representatives of United Nations-adjacent disarmament agencies have highlighted the benefits of and concerns over the accessibility of artificial intelligence, unmanned systems and other emerging technologies. On the sidelines of a recent meeting of the United Nations General Assembly’s First Committee, Hong Li of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons highlighted how large language...
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Cognyte to Provide EMEA Customer With AI, Analytics Capabilities
A national security agency in the Europe, Middle East and Africa region has entered into a $20 million deal with Cognyte Software to continue using the company’s advanced artificial intelligence and investigative analytics capabilities for a year. According to Cognyte, the agency is a longstanding customer, responsible for protecting national interests and assets and the...