The United States has approved Canada’s request to purchase Joint Direct Attack Munition tail kits and related elements. On Tuesday, the Department of Defense’s Defense Security Cooperation Agency issued a press release to announce the potential foreign military sale valued at $96.4 million. The proposed acquisition was approved after the Department of State determined it...
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UK Selects CGI as Emergency Services Mobile Communications Program’s Technology Delivery Partner
The United Kingdom has partnered with CGI to strengthen emergency communications across England, Scotland and Wales. The U.K. government’s Home Office awarded the global IT and business consulting firm with a five-year contract valued at $59.6 million. The acquisition is part of the Emergency Services Mobile Communications Program, which aims to modernize the nation’s Emergency...
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CACI to Provide Canadian Soldiers With SkyTracker Tech for Counter-UAS Operations; John Mengucci Quoted
CACI International will supply Canadian soldiers with technologies to take down enemy drones. According to the defense company, it received a contract from the Canadian Armed Forces to provide its SkyTracker counter-uncrewed technology suite. SkyTracker can detect and track unmanned aircraft systems and offer precision mitigation recommendations to ward off threats. The technology was first introduced...
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UK Sends Typhoon Combat Aircraft to Poland for Eucom-Hosted Astral Knight Exercise
The United Kingdom’s Royal Air Force sent three Typhoon multi-role combat aircraft to Poland for Exercise Astral Knight 24. Over 50 personnel from the 140 Expeditionary Air Wing traveled for the military event from Mihail Kogalniceanu Airbase in southeastern Romania to the 31st Air Base in Krzesiny, Poland. Astral Knight is part of the Large-Scale...
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Axient Opens Dutch Subsidiary’s New International Office in Netherlands’ Innovation Center
Axient has established a new subsidiary and opened a new office in the Netherlands to better serve its customers in Europe. On Thursday, company executives celebrated the milestone with Dutch government leaders and industry representatives. The American defense technology provider first announced its Dutch subsidiary, Axient Systems, in April. It marks the first time the company...
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US Sanctions Sudanese Paramilitary Group Leaders Over Expanding War
The United States has imposed sanctions on leaders of the Sudanese paramilitary group Rapid Support Forces. On Wednesday, the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control designated Ali Yagoub Gibril and Osman Mohamed Hamid Mohamed of the RSF pursuant to Executive Order 14098. The EO authorizes the government to seize assets of persons and...
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UK, South Korea Conduct Joint Maritime Patrol to Enforce UN Sanctions Against North Korea
The United Kingdom said the Royal Navy recently conducted maritime patrols around the Korean Peninsula. British sailors on the HMS Spey offshore patrol vessel sailed the region alongside their South Korean counterparts to enforce the United Nations Security Council Resolutions against North Korea. Since 2006, the UNSC has imposed nine major sanctions on Pyongyang over...
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UK Completes Flight Tests for Secure Quantum Navigation Technology
The United Kingdom demonstrated the security of advanced quantum-based navigation systems during recent commercial flight trials. Quantum technology firm Infleqtion, in partnership with BAE Systems and QinetiQ, completed the trials at the Ministry of Defence’s Boscombe Down site in England. The companies used the Tiqker optical atomic clock and an ultracold-atom-based quantum system on a...
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German Defense Minister Urges Washington, Berlin to Increase Defense Spending as Russia-Ukraine War Persists
Boris Pistorius, Germany’s defense minister, has called on Berlin and Washington to increase military-related expenditure to 3 percent of each country’s gross domestic product. During a Thursday speech, Pistorius pointed out that neither the United States nor Germany has solved the challenge of producing ammunition at the pace of need. He hinted that Berlin may...
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Leonardo Sells Underwater Armaments Systems to Shipbuilder Fincantieri; Roberto Cingolani Quoted
Leonardo is divesting its business line responsible for making torpedos. The defense company signed a definitive agreement with Fincantieri, one of the biggest shipbuilders in Europe, for the sale of Underwater Armaments Systems for up to $447 million. In a press release, Leonardo said Fincantieri will pay a fixed amount of about $323 million for...