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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Slovakia Air Force Base Gets New Aircraft Arresting System for F-16s
The U.S. Air Force 435th Air Ground Operations Wing worked with the Slovak Air Force to install a new Barrier Arresting Kit-12 system at the Malacky Air Base for the fleet of F-16 Fighting Falcons operated by U.S. Air Forces in Europe–Air Forces Africa. Martin Vojtasovic, the Slovakian state defense secretary, said the strategic introduction of...
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UK’s New Government Announces Strategic Defense Review to Boost Armed Forces
The United Kingdom’s new government led by the Labour Party has launched a Strategic Defence Review to identify the resources and capabilities needed to boost all British military domains in response to existing international threats, including the Russian military aggression against Ukraine and Chinese activities in the Indo-Pacific region. The review was announced after the...
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Helsing Poised to Boost AI Defense R&D With $490M New Funding
Helsing, a Munich-based defense company focused on creating artificial intelligence-based military solutions and components, has secured over $490 million from a Series C financing round it initiated to raise funds for product research and development. U.S.-based venture capital firm General Catalyst led the funding round, with Elad Gil, Accel, Saab, Lightspeed, Plural and Greenoaks as...
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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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NATO Members Pledge Commitment to Stronger Defense Industry Capability; Jens Stoltenberg Quoted
Leaders of NATO member states have expressed their commitment to an initiative that will improve defense industrial capacity and production among affiliated nations. At the Washington Summit on Wednesday, senior government officials signed the NATO Industrial Capacity Expansion pledge, ensuring that the alliance possesses technologies to defend members from adversaries. Outgoing NATO Secretary General Jens...
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Leonardo to Support Ammunition Production for Italian Armed Forces
The Defence Industries Agency, a component of the Italian Ministry of Defence that supplies military equipment to the Italian Armed Forces, has partnered with Leonardo to develop conventional 155 mm artillery ammunition over 18 months. Leonardo said the collaboration, with options to extend further, aims to improve the operational capabilities of the Italian Armed Forces...
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US Forms ICE Pact With Canada, Finland on Polar Icebreaker Production
The United States, Canada and Finland have announced a new partnership focused on producing polar icebreakers and workforce development in the shipbuilding industry. The Icebreaker Collaboration Effort Pact, unveiled on the sidelines of a three-day NATO summit in Washington D.C., comes as the U.S. Coast Guard builds new heavy icebreakers to ensure access to the...
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IBM Buys SiXworks for $150M to Grow UK Public Sector Business
IBM expanded its market presence in the public sector with its acquisition of U.K. defense consultancy company SiXworks. The multinational technology firm said in a blog post on Tuesday that SiXworks’ digital, cyber and defense cloud capabilities complement its existing U.K. offerings on cybersecurity, data and artificial intelligence. IBM purchased SiXworks from London-based private equity...
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Germany Gets Additional Patriot Missiles Under $1.2B Contract From Raytheon
Germany has placed a new $1.2 billion order with Raytheon for additional Patriot air and missile defense systems, including Configuration 3+ command and control stations, launchers, radars, associated spares and support. In a press release on Thursday, Tom Laliberty, president of land and air defense systems at Raytheon, said several nations depend on the Patriot...