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Canada Building New Quick Reaction Alert Facility to Support NORAD Operations

A new $120 million quick reaction alert facility under construction at Canadian Forces Base Bagotville will house a new fleet of flight-ready CF-35A fighter jets to enhance support for North American Aerospace Defense Command operations. NORAD, a joint organization between the United States and Canada, conducts aerospace warning, aerospace control and maritime warning missions to...

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Lockheed Martin Delivers First of Five C-130J Super Hercules to New Zealand

New Zealand has received the first of five C-130J Super Hercules tactical airlifters from Lockheed Martin. The C-130Js, purchased through a Foreign Military Sale agreement with the U.S. Air Force to replace the New Zealand Defence Force’s C-130H planes, will be operated by the Royal New Zealand Air Force’s No. 40 Squadron at RNZAF Base...

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Elbit Secures $130M Iron Fist Active Protection Systems Order From BAE Systems Hägglunds

BAE Systems Hägglunds has placed a $130 million order for Elbit Systems’ Iron Fist active protection systems for installation on a European country’s CV90 infantry fighting vehicles. According to Elbit, the Iron Fist APS is an advanced “hard kill” system designed to provide armored platforms with 360-degree self-defense capabilities against the latest battlefield threats —...

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Northrop Wins New Contract Under Deep Space Advanced Radar Capability Program

Northrop Grumman has secured a contract from Space Systems Command to build the U.S. base of the Deep Space Advanced Radar Capability project for tracking satellites and debris in geosynchronous orbits. Under the AUKUS trilateral partnership, the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia agreed to host and operate a DARC site to enable allied...

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Airbus Secures CNES Radiometer Development Contract for International Climate Satellite Mission

The French Space Agency has awarded Airbus a contract to build and design two microwave radiometers for the Atmosphere Observing System: Convective Core Observations through MicrOwave Derivatives in the trOpics mission. AOS, a component of NASA’s Earth System Observatory, is a collaborative project between the United States and partner organizations in Canada, Japan, Italy and...

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Axiom Space Preparing for International Astronaut Mission to ISS in October

Axiom Space will send three astronauts from India, Poland and Hungary to the International Space Station as part of Axiom Mission 4, which will be launched as early as October on board a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft. A Falcon 9 rocket will carry the crew — Shubhanshu Shukla, Slawosz Uznanski and Tibor Kapu with American biochemistry...

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Australia Raises Threat Level Amid Speedy Radicalization, Violence and Extremism Concerns

The Australian government has elevated its terrorism threat alert level from “possible” to “probable” — the midpoint of the country’s five-tier scale — for the first time since November 2022. AP News reported that the action, recommended by the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation, stems from a change in climate that has increased the danger of...

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Spanish Army Awards Rheinmetall $223M Contract to Supply Modular Propellant Systems for Artillery Application

Rheinmetall has received a $223.3 million order from the Spanish Army for 500,000 modular propellant systems for 155 mm extended-range artillery ammunition. Under a framework agreement, the company is expected to complete the delivery of the systems for the M109 and SIAC howitzers by 2025. The deal includes an option for Spain to extend the...

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General Dynamics European Land Systems Appoints Debora Cappucci Burke as VP, General Counsel

Military vehicle manufacturer General Dynamics European Land Systems has named Debora Cappucci Burke as vice president and general counsel. Burke, who most recently held the same role at General Dynamics NASSCO, announced the appointment in a LinkedIn post. According to her LinkedIn profile, the executive will lead a 12-person department with 10 attorneys, providing legal...

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