The United States has imposed sanctions over the Predator spyware used to target journalists and government officials. On Tuesday, the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets announced that two individuals and five entities associated with Intellexa Consortium, a Greece-based software vendor known for selling spyware and surveillance tools. Predator is a suite of...
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Report: US Stalls AMD Bid to Supply China With AI Processor
The United States has reportedly stalled Advanced Micro Devices’ bid to sell an artificial intelligence chip with lower performance capability to China. Citing people familiar with the matter, Bloomberg reported that U.S. officials informed AMD that the AI processor was still classified as powerful. They advised the chipmaker to secure a license from the Department...
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Bechtel Partners With Polish University to Shape Nuclear Power Workforce
Bechtel and Warsaw University of Technology have agreed to cooperate in developing a curriculum for students and professionals interested in joining Poland’s nuclear power workforce. The Polish government announced its plan to build its first nuclear power plant in Pomerania in November 2022. Bechtel, together with Westinghouse Electric and Polish utility Polskie Elektrownie Jadrowe, was...
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Canada Sharpens Arctic Military Capabilities With Northern Allies in Operation Nanook-Nunalivu
The Canadian Armed Forces deployed more than 300 members to the Operation Nanook-Nunalivut military exercise to demonstrate and sharpen the service’s Arctic capabilities and ensure the CAF’s continuing coordination with allies and partners in the region. The operation is one of four annual military exercises launched in 2007 to secure Canada’s northern regions and demonstrate...
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US, South Korea Kick Off Freedom Shield With 12 UN Command Members
The United States and South Korea have started the 2024 Freedom Shield Exercise to boost their defenses against North Korean threats. The exercise began amid Pyongyang’s continued aggressive military activities, such as artillery firings and missile launches. Yonhap News Agency reported that joining the 11-day exercise that kicked off Monday are military elements from the...
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US, Partner Countries Participate in Project Convergence Capstone 4
The United States is holding a multinational force experiment at Camp Pendleton and Fort Irwin National Training Center in California to identify technologies that can enable joint multidomain operations. Military members from the U.S. and its allied countries, including the United Kingdom and Australia, are participating in the U.S. Army-led Project Convergence Capstone 4, which...
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Foreign Military Sales of Joint Light Tactical Vehicles Increase in 2024, US Army Official Says
The U.S. military is seeing increasing demand for the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle from defense customers around the world, according to an official. Munira Tourner, product manager for systems integration at the U.S. Army’s Joint Program Office for Joint Light Tactical Vehicles, said her team is “knee deep” in facilitating JLTV foreign military sales. The...
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Joint Advisory on Ivanti Gateways’ Cyber Vulnerabilities Provides Detection Solutions, Remedies
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, working with its U.S. and international partners, has announced a joint advisory on the multiple cyberattack vulnerabilities of the Ivanti Connect Secure and Ivanti Policy Secure gateways. The announcement followed Emergency Directive 24-01 that CISA released in January ordering U.S. government agencies’ immediate action to mitigate cyberthreats to...
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US, Poland Finalize $2.5B IBCS Purchase Agreement
The U.S. government has signed an Integrated Battle Command System purchase agreement with the Polish Ministry of National Defence worth $2.5 billion, with deliveries to begin later in 2024. According to a Defense News report, Poland plans to use the IBCS to operate Patriot missile launchers under the Wisla and Narew defense programs. At the...
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Leonardo, Bell Team Up on Next-Generation Rotorcraft Concept Study Proposal
Bell Textron has agreed to support Leonardo in developing a next-generation rotorcraft concept study proposal for NATO. In a press release, Leonardo said it signed a memorandum of understanding with Bell to study in which areas they can create opportunities to collaborate on tiltrotor technology. Lisa Atherton, president and CEO at Bell, said the companies...