Naval Sea Systems Command has awarded Lockheed Martin’s rotary and mission systems business a contract modification worth $300.94 million to provide software engineering and on-site support for the Australia Surface Combatant program. Work will be performed in Moorestown, New Jersey, and Adelaide, Australia, through September 2031. The ASC initiative involves the modernization of three Hobart-class...
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NATO Members Pledge Commitment to Stronger Defense Industry Capability; Jens Stoltenberg Quoted
Leaders of NATO member states have expressed their commitment to an initiative that will improve defense industrial capacity and production among affiliated nations. At the Washington Summit on Wednesday, senior government officials signed the NATO Industrial Capacity Expansion pledge, ensuring that the alliance possesses technologies to defend members from adversaries. Outgoing NATO Secretary General Jens...
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US Forms ICE Pact With Canada, Finland on Polar Icebreaker Production
The United States, Canada and Finland have announced a new partnership focused on producing polar icebreakers and workforce development in the shipbuilding industry. The Icebreaker Collaboration Effort Pact, unveiled on the sidelines of a three-day NATO summit in Washington D.C., comes as the U.S. Coast Guard builds new heavy icebreakers to ensure access to the...
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IBM Buys SiXworks for $150M to Grow UK Public Sector Business
IBM expanded its market presence in the public sector with its acquisition of U.K. defense consultancy company SiXworks. The multinational technology firm said in a blog post on Tuesday that SiXworks’ digital, cyber and defense cloud capabilities complement its existing U.K. offerings on cybersecurity, data and artificial intelligence. IBM purchased SiXworks from London-based private equity...
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Northrop Grumman, Mitsubishi Electric Extend Collaboration With Mission Solutions MOU; Kenn Todorov Quoted
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...
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Teledyne FLIR Defense to Provide Thermal Weapon Sights to NATO Ally
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...
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US-Led Partnership Moves to Unplug Social Media-Based Russian Disinformation Campaign
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...
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Spire Global Secures Ship Tracking Data Services Deal From Canada
Canada has awarded Spire Global a $1.03 million contract to provide automatic identification system data services for various government agencies and departments. Under the agreement, the company will share its global ship tracking data with the Canadian government and provide users with enhanced visibility in open oceans and high-traffic zones. Spire will also use its...
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Australian Defence Force to Acquire Switchblade Loitering Munition; Pat Conroy Quoted
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...
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US Treasury Wants Expanded Restrictions on Real Estate Ownership Around Military Sites
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...