Houston, Texas-based Axiom Space has established a joint venture with South Korean company Boryung to explore opportunities in low-Earth orbit commercial space ventures. The new company, named Brax Space Corp., will be based in Korea, where Boryung operates from Seoul. It will focus on potential businesses from Axiom Space, a planned LEO commercial space station,...
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UK, India Eye Increased Industry Ties to Support Defense Cooperation
The United Kingdom and India said they will work more with industry partners to support the two countries’ increasing defense cooperation. The two sides agreed to deepen their strategic collaboration during Indian Defense Minister Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh’s visit to the U.K. on Wednesday. According to the British Ministry of Defence, experts from both...
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Indonesian Defense Ministry Taps BlackSky for Space-Based Intelligence Solutions
Indonesia’s Ministry of Defense has awarded BlackSky Technology a contract worth over $1 million for access to the Herndon, Virginia-based company’s space-based, high-frequency imagery and analytics services. Under the contract, the Indonesian ministry gains a multi-year subscription to BlackSky’s Assured access program that guarantees dawn-to-dusk delivery of imagery within a predefined area of interest. The...
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Australia Joins Military Exercise Focused on Indo-Pacific Anti-Submarine Mission Capabilities
The Royal Australian Air Force sent two P-8A Poseidon aircraft and 51 airmen to the Sea Dragon 2024 exercise that the U.S. Navy is hosting at Anderson Air Force Base, Guam, from Jan. 8 to 24. The exercise, which also includes representatives from the United States, India, South Korea and Japan, is focused on anti-submarine...
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Boeing Eyes 6 E-7s Annually to Meet Increasing Global Demand
Boeing said it is targeting an annual production output of six E-7 Wedgetails to meet increasing demand from international customers. According to Stu Voboril, program manager for the E-7 at Boeing, the company expects to achieve the production goal in the latter part of the decade. He added that the increased aircraft production will address...
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Viasat, BAE Systems, Other US Defense Companies Receive Chinese Sanctions Over Arms Sales to Taiwan
China has issued new sanctions on five U.S.-based arms manufacturers over sales of weapons to Taiwan, which it considers a renegade province. According to an AP News report, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said in a statement Sunday that it has barred organizations and individuals in China from doing business with AeroVironment, Alliant Techsystems Operation, BAE Systems...
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US Alliance Beefs Up Data Interoperability in Third Tactical Environment Summit
U.S. military zero trust experts conferred with their allied counterparts during the third Security Interoperability in the Tactical Environment summit to accelerate data sharing in various strategic scenarios. The U.S. allies that participated in the event held in Suffolk, Virginia, included the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, Germany, France, Japan and South Korea. According to a...
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US Legislators Want Stronger Trade Actions to Curb China’s Dominance in Legacy Chips
U.S. House lawmakers want stronger actions to curtail China’s continued domination of older-generation microchip manufacturing. In a letter addressed to U.S. government business and trade officials, Reps. Mike Gallagher, R-Wis., and Raja Krishnamoorth, D-Ill., recommended implementing tariffs and other efforts to reduce the overreliance on China for less-advanced semiconductors in use across several industries. The legislators called on...
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Pakistan Plans FC-31 Fighter Aircraft Purchase From China
Pakistan’s government plans to acquire FC-31 Gyrfalcon fighter aircraft from China. According to Air Chief Marshal Zaheer Ahmed Baber Sidhu of the Pakistan Air Force, the South Asian nation’s upcoming fleet of FC-31s will begin operations in the near future. The PAF chief mentioned the acquisition of the fifth-generation fighters on Monday during the induction of...
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Big Blue Wins $95M USAID Cybersecurity Protection and Response Contract
The USAID Bureau for Europe and Eurasia has awarded a cybersecurity protection and response contract to IBM nearly $95 million, according to a Sam .gov posting. Under the contract award dated Dec. 29, the global technology company, nicknamed Big Blue, will strengthen the cybersecurity capabilities of USAID host governments’ civilian infrastructures in the region. It...