BAE Systems Australia, in partnership with defense cooperative research center Trusted Autonomous Systems, has introduced an advanced artificial intelligence system to power uncrewed ground vehicles called TAGVIEW. The two organizations created the Trusted Autonomous Ground Vehicles in Electronic Warfare. After a four-year research and demonstration program, According to BAE Systems, TAGVIEW has a modular design...
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BlackSky Secures $50M Deal to Provide Indonesia With Electro-Optical Imaging Satellites
BlackSky has secured $50 million worth of contracts to support Indonesia’s efforts to acquire sovereign space capabilities. According to the company, it will partner with Thales Alenia Space to provide the country with advanced Earth observation satellites bundled with ground station capabilities and flight operation support. Under the companies’ agreement with state-owned defense company PT...
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US To Supply Poland With Airspace, Surface Radar Reconnaissance Systems
The United States has approved Poland’s request to purchase Airspace and Surface Radar Reconnaissance aerostat systems to bolster its air defense capabilities. The Department of State cleared the proposed $1.2 billion foreign military sale, and the Defense Security Cooperation Agency has delivered the deal’s certification documents to Congress. Besides the aerostat systems, the Polish government’s...
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UK Royal School of Artillery to Use Cubic’s Simulation Technology
The U.K. Ministry of Defence has awarded a two-year contract to Cubic Defense to use the company’s Light Gun Simulation System for training at the Royal School of Artillery in Larkhill, Wiltshire. According to Cubic, the contract also allows for the British Army to open LGSS use to Royal Artillery regular and reserve units in camp...
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IonQ Advances Commitment to Develop South Korea’s Quantum Computing Technology
College Park, Maryland-based quantum computing company IonQ has renewed its partnership with South Korea’s Sungkyunkwan University to help grow South Korean quantum technology capabilities. IonQ said that under the tie-up, researchers and academics will continue to have access to IonQ’s trapped-ion quantum systems through SKKU’s Q Center in Seoul. IonQ President and CEO Peter Chapman...
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Nokia Network Products Pass Buy America Rules, June Deliveries Seen
Finnish technology company Nokia announced that its U.S.-made fiber optic broadband network electronics and optical modules have passed the final Department of Commerce Buy America guidelines. The company said on Friday that compliance with the guidelines developed by the department’s National Telecommunications Information and Administration will enable full Nokia support to U.S. states’ launch of...
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MDA To Support GA-ASI’s Delivery of SkyGuardian Unmanned Aircraft to Canadian Armed Forces
MDA will collaborate with General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. to deliver MQ-9B SkyGuardian remotely piloted aircraft systems to the Canadian Armed Forces. The Ontario-based technology and services provider secured a $74 million contract from GA-ASI to assemble ground control stations for the RPAS at its facilities in Richmond, British Columbia. “We’re honored to be partnering with...
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US, Italy to Fund Joint Artificial Intelligence Research
The U.S. National Science Foundation has allotted funding for collaborative American and Italian research projects on artificial intelligence under a memorandum of understanding signed with Italy’s Ministry of Universities and Research. The MOU, which the NSF announced on Tuesday, outlines the framework for U.S. researchers to secure funding from the foundation and for their Italian...
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Australia to Integrate Nvidia Toolkit Into National Supercomputing and Quantum Computing Hub
Australia’s Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre will integrate the Nvidia CUDA Quantum toolkit into its national supercomputing and quantum computing innovation hub. According to Nvidia, the setup will enhance the Perth-based center’s programming capabilities with CUDA’s hybrid central processing unit, graphical processing unit and quantum processing unit. Other features that will be available to the center’s...
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Canada Purchases $168.4M Worth of Saab RBS 70 NG Air Defense Systems
The Canadian government has placed an order for RBS 70 NG short-range air defense systems worth about $168.4 million from Swedish company Saab. “We are pleased to deliver our proven and efficient air defense solution RBS 70 NG, which is a critical capability for nations in the current environment,” said Micael Johansson, president and CEO...