The Department of State has approved Italy’s request to purchase missiles and small diameter bombs. According to the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, the Italian government separately proposed to buy 12 AIM-120C-8 advanced medium-range air-to-air missiles and 125 units of small diameter bombs. The foreign military sale would cost Rome $69.3 million for the missile procurement...
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Jacobs Named Turner & Townsend Partner for UK Defense Procurement Project
The U.K. Defence Equipment and Support, an independent unit of the British Ministry of Defense, has appointed Dallas, Texas-based consultancy firm Jacobs as a program partner in the project and operational delivery of equipment and support across the MoD defense network. Jacobs said the project is administered via DE&C’s Project Delivery Partner-Successor framework of its...
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NATO Missile Defense Integration Tops USAFE-AFAFRICA Priorities, Commander Says
Gen. James Hecker, commander of U.S. Air Forces in Europe-Air Forces Africa and NATO Allied Air Command, said missile defense system integration stays among the command’s top priorities, as it bolsters collective defense and supports NATO’s commitment to leverage high-end military capabilities for regional security and defense. Speaking to reporters at the recent Air and...
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Lockheed, Rhea Group to Develop Secure Control System for Future UK Military Satellites
The U.K. Ministry of Defence’s Defence Equipment and Support has awarded Lockheed Martin and Rhea Group $5 million contracts to provide a secure control system for the United Kingdom’s military satellites. The selected companies awarded under the MoD’s Project Beroe will help develop a software solution to capture and process onboard system data for satellite...
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Recorded Future Bares New AI-Based Solution for Defense Intelligence Analytics
U.S. intelligence solutions provider Recorded Future has released a new cybersecurity platform with a generative artificial intelligence-based assistant for defense analysts. The company said the product, called Recorded Future AI, can pinpoint enterprise threats in the physical environment and cyberspace and use the gathered data for AI analytics. The software is designed to help analysts...
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BlackBerry Wins German Certification for Mobile Device Management Solution
Germany’s national cybersecurity authority has certified BlackBerry’s Unified Endpoint Management for mobile device management on Apple iNDIGO devices. The MDM certification from the Federal Office for Information Security allows agencies to now store government information on iOS devices employees use at work. According to BlackBerry, BSI evaluated its UEM solution based on the agency’s Common...
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Rheinmetall Breaks Ground on New $321M Ammunition Factory in Northern Germany
Duesseldorf-based arms manufacturing company Rheinmetall broke ground on a new ammunition factory in Lower Saxony, northern Germany, on Monday in a bid to boost the country’s self-reliance in producing ammunition. The dignitaries who attended the groundbreaking ceremony included German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius. The company...
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Saudi Arabia Still Wants to Join UK-Italy-Japan Fighter Jet Program
Saudi Arabia wants to join the Global Combat Air Program, a multinational initiative to develop a new sixth-generation fighter jet, but local production remains the Middle Eastern nation’s top priority. Ahmad Al-Ohali, governor of the Saudi government’s general authority for military industries, told Breaking Defense at the World Defense Show that the kingdom is having...
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Airbus Secures Regulatory Clearance to Produce C295 Parts, Assemblies in India
Airbus Defence and Space has secured regulatory approval from New Delhi to manufacture C295 aircraft parts and subassemblies in India. The work will see Airbus collaborate with Tata Advanced Systems Ltd to locally produce the aircraft components. Jorge Tamarit Degenhardt, vice president of the C295 India Program at Airbus, said the certification awarded by India’s...
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QinetiQ-Led Engineering Partnership To Support British Royal Navy
The U.K. Ministry of Defence’s Defence Equipment and Support has awarded a $16.4 million contract to a collaborative effort between QinetiQ, AtkinsRealis and BMT to provide operational support and services to the British Royal Navy. Under the four-year agreement, the Aurora Engineering Delivery Partnership will perform engineering services to ensure that the naval warfare force’s...