Accenture has acquired Japanese firm Yumemi in a continued bid to expand the market footprint of Accenture Song, its design and digital products unit. The terms of the acquisition, still subject to customary closing conditions, were not disclosed. In a statement on the Japanese acquisition Thursday, Accenture noted recent forecasts from Research and Markets of...
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ICEYE Newly Opened R&D Facility Seeks to Boost Spain’s Defense Intelligence
ICEYE, a Finland-based synthetic aperture radar satellite manufacturer and operator, has announced that it will work with the Spanish government to help boost Spain’s defense intelligence and national security. The company made the announcement during the inauguration of a new research and development facility in Valencia on Wednesday. Rafal Modrzewski, ICEYE co-founder and CEO, said...
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Rheinmetall to Help Improve Singapore Armed Forces’ Training
Rheinmetall’s electronics subsidiary will collaborate with Singapore’s Defence Science and Technology Agency to seek digitization opportunities that will improve training capabilities for the Singapore Armed Forces. The company said the advanced technologies to be explored under the partnership include artificial intelligence, cloud and extended reality. The collaboration will combine the two entities’ capabilities to pursue...
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Berlin Extends Planet Labs’ Earth Data Supply Contract
Germany’s Ministry of the Interior and Community and Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy, or BKG, are tapping Planet Labs’ Earth data products under a one-year contract with a two-year renewal option. The deal, which the Berlin-based software company said was a “seven-figure” award, provides a fixed rate for all Planet Labs’ data covering the whole of...
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UK Extends Weapons R&D Via New $213M QinetiQ Contract
The U.K. Defence Science and Technology Laboratory has extended its Weapons Sector Research Framework under a new two-year contract with QineteQ. The company administers the WSRF program, which seeks to harness industry and academic institutions for research on weapons science and technology. The five-year program is budgeted for about $400 million, with QinetiQ as the...
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European Coalition Eyes June Milestone in Joint Long-Range Strike Effort
European defense cooperation on long-range ground-launched strike capabilities is gaining momentum, with the six-nation ELSA coalition expected to name lead contractors in June, French lawmaker Jean-Louis Thiériot told parliament last week. Thiériot, co-author of a recent French parliamentary report on artillery, said ELSA, or the European Long-range Strike Approach, has divided development into 13 pillars,...
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Ocean Power Technologies Books USV Contract From Military Allies
Ocean Power Technologies has booked a contract to deliver several units of its Wave Adaptive Modular Vessel to several U.S.-allied countries. The deal calls for a contractor-owned, contractor-operated delivery of unmanned surface vehicles, integrated sensors and WAM-V operators, OPT said Monday. The contract’s details contain sensitive security matters and were not disclosed. In his remarks,...
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India’s Andhra Pradesh Tech Park to Anchor on IBM Quantum Computer
IBM is establishing quantum computing technology partnerships in India, including anchoring the new Quantum Valley Tech Park in Andhra Pradesh state to IBM Quantum System Two. Among its strategic agreements in the tech park is one with Tata Consultancy Services. This collaboration calls for opening Indian industry and academia access to IBM’s cloud-based computers, including...
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AUKUS Space Surveillance Partnership to Focus on Defense
The United States, Australia and the United Kingdom have signed a combined operation concept agreement to support the Deep Space Advanced Radar Capability, or DARC, network of three ground-based sensors. According to the U.S. signatory, Brig. Gen. Chandler Atwood of U.S. Space Operations Command, DARC provides a “critical capability” for all three countries’ defense. “Enhanced...
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US Space Command Global Sentinel 2025 Exercise Seeks International Collaboration
Representatives from 29 countries are participating in the Global Sentinel 2025 exercises hosted by U.S. Space Command at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California to strengthen and expand operational collaboration in space. The two-week event, which ends on Friday, also seeks to promote responsible activities in space, the U.S. Space Force said. C2 for Real-World...