The European Union is inviting innovators from across Europe to participate in the EUDIS Defence Hackathon Spring 2026 to help develop new defense capabilities. According to the EU, the theme of the hackathon’s fourth edition, Defending Airspace, will focus on strengthening airspace security in response to evolving threats, including drone detection, monitoring and protection systems. The challenges...
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Canada Teams Up With Germany to Drive Innovation, Boost Sovereign AI Capacities
Canada and Germany have agreed to cooperate on advancing secure, resilient and sovereign artificial intelligence globally. On Saturday, Evan Solomon, Canada’s minister of artificial intelligence and digital innovation, and Karsten Wildberger, Germany’s minister for digital transformation and government modernization, signed a joint declaration of intent on artificial intelligence at the Munich Security Conference. Innovators from...
Red Hat Signs Enterprise Agreement With UK Ministry of Defence for Hybrid Cloud, AI Capabilities
organization’sRed Hat is providing cloud services to improve resilience and interoperability and enable artificial intelligence capabilities across the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence. The Raleigh, North Carolina-headquartered technology company said Wednesday that it signed an enterprise agreement with MOD for access to Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Red Hat AI, Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform, Red...
C Speed Teams Up With DEMCO Holdings to Deliver Advanced Radar Capabilities to Saudi Arabia
C Speed has signed a memorandum of understanding with DEMCO Holdings to support defense and security initiatives in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The agreement, signed at World Defense Show 2026, establishes a framework for long-term collaboration aligned with Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 objectives, C Speed said Monday. Under the MOU, the companies plan to...
BidClever AI Introduces Intelligent Platform for Discovering Government Tenders Across US, EU
BidClever AI has officially launched an artificial intelligence-enabled platform that enables organizations to assess government tenders and pursue opportunities most relevant to their products and services. The company said Wednesday that the platform, called the Tender Relevancy Scorer, or TRS, provides customers with tenders based on relevance, replacing the normal process of manually searching and...
Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania to Establish Baltic Military Mobility Area to Strengthen Defense Posture
Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have unveiled plans to establish the joint Military Mobility Area, or MMA, to enable the free movement of military equipment and personnel across the Baltic States. During a meeting in Tallinn, the capital of Estonia, defense ministers from the three nations signed a letter of intent for the formation of the...
Australia Forms Counter-sUAS Industry Panel Under Project Land 156
The Australian government has established a panel of industry experts to advise defence and other agencies on all matters relating to countering the threat of small uncrewed aerial systems, or sUAS. The Australian subsidiaries of Anduril, Cubic Defense, Leidos, L3Harris, RTX and Saab are among the 28 companies selected to join the panel, dubbed the...
UK to Digitize, Integrate Military Health Records Into NHS
“The United Kingdom’s Ministry of Defence has launched a new effort to digitize and integrate military records into a digital system already in use across the National Health Service to boost recruitment and ensure that service leavers can transition to civilian life more seamlessly. MOD said Friday it awarded software company The Phoenix Partnership, also...
NCC Group Backs European Commission’s Proposed Cybersecurity Act Reforms
NCC Group, a United Kingdom-based cybersecurity organization, has welcomed the European Commission’s proposals to modernize the European Union’s Cybersecurity Act and sign the policy with the NIS2 Directive and the Cyber Resilience Act. The draft reforms aim to simplify compliance requirements while promoting a more resilient and secure digital ecosystem across the region, NCC Group...
China Blacklists Over a Dozen American, Israeli Cybersecurity Software Providers
The Chinese government has barred domestic companies from using American- and Israeli-made cybersecurity software, citing national security concerns, people familiar with the matter told Reuters. In a report published Thursday, the American companies covered by the ban are VMware, Palo Alto Networks, Alphabet-owned Mandiant and Wiz, CrowdStrike, SentinelOne, Recorded Future, McAfee, Claroty and Rapid7. The...










