QinetiQ has a new research facility in Australia that will support defense initiatives under the 2024 National Defence Strategy and the Integrated Investment Program. Tanya Monro, Australia’s chief defense scientist, inaugurated the facility, called QinetiQ Labs, on Wednesday. QinetiQ Chief Executive Australia Sector Gary Stewart said the facility’s establishment aims to strengthen collaborations and advance...
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JSW of India to Invest in Manufacturing Facility for Shield AI’s VTOL Drone
JSW Defence, an Indian manufacturer of defense equipment, will invest around $90 million in the next two years to build a production facility for Shield AI’s vertical takeoff and landing drone, V-BAT, designed for reconnaissance, surveillance and intelligence missions. Shield AI entered into an agreement with JSW Defence to establish a global production hub in...
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US Navy Awards Kongsberg $1.1B Naval Strike Missile Contract
Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace will deliver Naval Strike Missiles to the U.S. Navy under a potential $1.1 billion firm-fixed-fixed-price contract. The award is valued at $960.77 million but will increase to the billion-dollar amount if the Navy exercises the contract’s options, the Department of Defense said Tuesday. Kongsberg will perform work in Norway, France, the...
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General Dynamics, KNDS to Develop New Artillery System for Swiss Army
Switzerland’s armasuisse procurement agency has selected KNDS Deutschland and General Dynamics European Land Systems to build a new artillery system for the Swiss Armed Forces. It plans to submit the procurement request to Parliament in 2025. The combination of KNDS’ 155 mm artillery gun module and GDELS’ PIRANHA IV heavy mission carrier will add a...
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Pratt & Whitney Canada to Test Hydrogen Combustion Technology on Turboprop Engine
Pratt & Whitney Canada will use its PW127XT regional turboprop engine to demonstrate hydrogen combustion technology under the Hydrogen Advanced Design Engine Study, or HyADES. According to the company, the PW127XT engine, the most advanced member of the PW100 engine series, offers over 3 percent better fuel efficiency, 40 percent improved time on wing and...
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Rheinmetall Reorganizes Executive Board; Armin Papperger Remains at Helm
A GovConExec-nél arra törekszünk, hogy az iparági szakértők, szerződéskezelők és üzletfejlesztési szakemberek számára biztosítsuk azokat az ismereteket, amelyekre szükségük van tevékenységük bővítéséhez és fenntartható növekedésük eléréséhez. Miközben a tőkére és a szerződésekre koncentrálunk, tisztában vagyunk a szabadidő és a szórakozás fontosságával is a versenykörnyezetben dolgozó szakemberek számára. Ebben játszanak fontos szerepet az olyan platformok, mint...
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AWS, NTT to Develop Platform for Enhanced Access to EU Procurement Data
The European Commission has selected Amazon Web Services and NTT Data to implement the Public Procurement Data Space initiative, which aims to provide authorities in European Union member states with streamlined access to public procurement data. Currently, such information can be accessed through the Tenders Electronic Daily portal but only 20 percent is searchable due...
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Airbus H135 Selected as Training Aircraft for Royal Canadian Air Force Pilots
Airbus Helicopters will deliver 19 units of H135 aircraft to the Royal Canadian Air Force for training pilots under a contract with SkyAlyne, a joint venture between Canadian defense companies CAE and KF Aerospace. In May, the Canadian government awarded SkyAlyne a 25-year, $8 billion contract to support the Future Aircrew Training program, which will...
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SSTL Secures $50M UK MOD Contract to Build ISR Satellite
The U.K. Ministry of Defence has awarded a $51.95 million contract to Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd to build an intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance satellite under the MINERVA technology and innovation program of the U.K. Space Command’s $1.26 billion ISTARI project. Called Juno, the spacecraft will be the second satellite of a constellation the British defense...
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Cognyte to Provide EMEA Customer With AI, Analytics Capabilities
A national security agency in the Europe, Middle East and Africa region has entered into a $20 million deal with Cognyte Software to continue using the company’s advanced artificial intelligence and investigative analytics capabilities for a year. According to Cognyte, the agency is a longstanding customer, responsible for protecting national interests and assets and the...