U.S. Space Force Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman and Italian Air Force Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Luca Goretti have signed a new statement of understanding to expand their bilateral cooperation in space security. The signing occurred on Thursday during AeroSpace Power Conference 2025 in Rome. The USSF said the agreement, which affirmed...
Category: Defense Security Cooperation
Kongsberg, BAE Systems Deepen Defense Cooperation
Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace and BAE Systems have signed a new cooperation agreement to strengthen long-term industrial collaboration. According to Kongsberg, the agreement, signed aboard HMS St Albans in Oslo on Friday, aims to support the defense needs of Norway, the United Kingdom and allied nations. The two companies aim to expand their partnership in...
Australia Hosts Naval Leaders to Discuss Global Combat Ship Initiative Progress
Advancements and challenges affecting the Global Combat Ship program were front and center at a Royal Australian Navy-hosted event attended by naval representatives from Australia, Canada and the United Kingdom. Held in St Kilda, Adelaide, the weeklong 2025 GCS User Group meeting brought together several naval leaders to discuss the initiative’s progress, including shipbuilding practices,...
NATO Highlights Urgent Need to Counter Growing Interference Threat to Civil Aviation
The NATO Aviation Committee is working with organizations such as the International Civil Aviation Organisation and EUROCONTROL to mitigate the increasing threat of electromagnetic interference, including jamming and spoofing, to civil aviation. In a Thursday statement, NATO said deliberate jamming and false Global Navigation Satellite Systems signals can disrupt global trade, transport and tourism. The...
US Seeks Contractors for Military Shipments to Australian Defence Force
The U.S. Department of Defense is soliciting contractor proposals for handling and transporting American military cargo shipped through four Australian ports. According to ABC News, a Yokohama-based U.S. transportation battalion in Japan issued the solicitation as part of an expanded U.S. government contract. The shipment – which includes hazardous items such as gases, explosives and...
Thales to Supply NATO With Scorpion HMD Retrofit Kits
Thales Defense & Security is set to supply the NATO Support and Procurement Agency with Scorpion helmet-mounted display retrofit kits to aid the U.S. Air Force’s F-16 HMD modernization initiative. The order marks the first of several anticipated procurements for the HMDs. The kits, a replacement for the Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing System, will give...
ST Engineering to Provide Singapore Navy With Unmanned Mine Countermeasure Systems
ST Engineering has secured contracts from Singapore’s Ministry of Defence to provide mine countermeasure unmanned systems for the Republic of Singapore Navy. The defense tech manufacturer announced Wednesday that the package will include unmanned surface vessels, autonomous underwater vehicles, a command and control center, and a simulation platform. ST Engineering said the USVs and AUVs...
Rheinmetall to Help Improve Singapore Armed Forces’ Training
Rheinmetall’s electronics subsidiary will collaborate with Singapore’s Defence Science and Technology Agency to seek digitization opportunities that will improve training capabilities for the Singapore Armed Forces. The company said the advanced technologies to be explored under the partnership include artificial intelligence, cloud and extended reality. The collaboration will combine the two entities’ capabilities to pursue...
L3Harris Supplies Germany With Interoperable Communication Systems
U.S. defense company L3Harris Technologies has secured a contract to deliver interoperable communication systems to improve the German armed forces’ operational capabilities. The deal forms part of multiple orders with an accumulated value of $214 million that benefits a program to digitalize the Bundeswehr’s land-based operations. “We are proud to support our NATO ally with...
European Coalition Eyes June Milestone in Joint Long-Range Strike Effort
European defense cooperation on long-range ground-launched strike capabilities is gaining momentum, with the six-nation ELSA coalition expected to name lead contractors in June, French lawmaker Jean-Louis Thiériot told parliament last week. Thiériot, co-author of a recent French parliamentary report on artillery, said ELSA, or the European Long-range Strike Approach, has divided development into 13 pillars,...










