Embraer has secured a contract with the Dutch Ministry of Defense to deliver nine C-390 Millennium aircraft. The joint purchase agreement will supply five C-390s for the Royal Netherlands Air Force and four aircraft for the Austrian Air Force. The aerospace company said the procurement will improve the European countries’ ability to rapidly move personnel...
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Czech Republic to Purchase $138M Worth of Hellfire Missiles and Related Services
The United States has approved the Czech Republic’s request to purchase Hellfire missiles and advanced precision kill weapon systems. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency said Congress has been notified about the potential foreign military sale, estimated to cost $138.26 million. The decision was made after the Department of State determined that the acquisition would not harm...
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IBM to Support USAID Initiative to Strengthen Cybersecurity in Europe; Alice Fakir Quoted
IBM has secured a contract from the U.S. Agency for International Development to provide cybersecurity support in European and Eurasian countries. The deal includes a $26 million in initial funding to support the agency’s Cybersecurity Protection and Response program, which helps strengthen cybersecurity across government and critical infrastructure and bolster information sharing in Europe and...
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Planet Brings AI Technology to Maritime Domain Awareness Under New Contract
Planet Labs has received a contract to supply an international customer with an advanced maritime domain awareness solution for vessel detection and monitoring. Under the agreement, the San Franciso-based company will work with partner SynMax to deliver its artificial intelligence-enhanced PlanetScope data to the client. According to Planet, the unnamed defense customer also expanded its SkySat...
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Germany Places Order for Rheinmetall Practice Rockets
The German Armed Forces has ordered unguided 70 mm practice rockets from Rheinmetall under a potential $109.42 million framework contract. An initial order worth a mid-double-digit million euro was placed in the second quarter, with deliveries expected to be completed in the coming months and serial production to commence between 2025 and 2029. The practice...
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Canada Awards Hitachi Energy Funding to Build HVDC Simulation Center in Quebec
Hitachi Energy Canada has secured funding from the Canadian government to build a new high-voltage direct current simulation center in Montreal. HVDC is a key component that integrates large-scale renewable electricity into the power grid. On Monday, the company said it received around $22 million from the Strategic Innovation Fund, a national investment program supporting...
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Australia Selects Quantum-Systems, Sypaq to Provide New Drones to ADF
The Australian Defence Force will see its drone assets expand with the Albanese government’s procurement of new lethal and nonlethal small uncrewed aerial systems worth over $67.79 million from Quantum-Systems and Sypaq Systems. Quantum-Systems was awarded two contracts to deliver Vector fixed-wing electric vertical takeoff and landing drones and provide training, maintenance, engineering, supply and...
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Croatia Buys More Black Hawks Through US Security Assistance Program
Lockheed Martin said Croatia has acquired eight more UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters through the U.S. Foreign Military Sales program. The order follows an earlier purchase of six units of the Sikorsky-built aircraft, bringing Croatia’s fleet of the twin-engine platform to 12. The agreement will also provide the Croatian Army with aircraft, organizational equipment, spare and...
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Lockheed Awarded $300M Navy Contract Modification to Support Australia Surface Combatant Program
Naval Sea Systems Command has awarded Lockheed Martin’s rotary and mission systems business a contract modification worth $300.94 million to provide software engineering and on-site support for the Australia Surface Combatant program. Work will be performed in Moorestown, New Jersey, and Adelaide, Australia, through September 2031. The ASC initiative involves the modernization of three Hobart-class...
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Saudi Arabia to Expand MRTT Fleet With New Airbus Order
Airbus has received an order from Saudi Arabia for four additional A330 Multi Role Tanker Transport aircraft. According to Jean-Brice Dumont, head of air power at Airbus Defence and Space, the new contract is the third the country has awarded on A330 MRTT units for the Royal Saudi Arabia Air Force, which is now set...