The Swedish Defence Materiel Administration has ordered additional lightweight torpedoes and torpedo tubes from Saab in a $135.4 million deal to enhance the country’s naval defense. Designated Torped 47 by the Swedish Armed Forces, the Saab Lightweight Torpedo is designed for deployment from submarines, ships and helicopters. Saab said it features a fully digital homing...
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Leonardo Launches New Aeronautics Division, Appoints Managing Director
Leonardo has set up an aeronautics division, naming Stefano Bortoli as managing director. The Italian defense firm said the move supports its industrial plan introduced in March 2024 and aims to strengthen its competitiveness in military and civil aeronautics. The new division, which will consolidate Leonardo’s aerostructures and aircraft divisions and bring together over 11,000...
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Berlin Extends Planet Labs’ Earth Data Supply Contract
Germany’s Ministry of the Interior and Community and Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy, or BKG, are tapping Planet Labs’ Earth data products under a one-year contract with a two-year renewal option. The deal, which the Berlin-based software company said was a “seven-figure” award, provides a fixed rate for all Planet Labs’ data covering the whole of...
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Slovakia Hosts Innovation Day, Highlights Decent, Frequentis’ Work on Cybersecurity
Slovakia hosted its cybersecurity-focused 34th Innovation Day, in which the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs highlighted the work of Decent Cybersecurity and its partner Frequentis Solutions & Services in supporting organizations’ cyber posture. The Innovation Day highlighted the two companies’ partnership, in which Frequentis helped Decent accelerate the validation of its cybersecurity solutions and its...
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Nico Gaviola, Daniel Holz Join Databricks EMEA Team
Nico Gaviola and Daniel Holz have joined data and artificial intelligence company Databricks‘ Europe, Middle East and Africa senior leadership team to expand the Data Intelligence Platform’s user base in the region. Gaviola will become the company’s vice president of emerging enterprise and digital natives. He most recently served as Google’s data analytics and AI...
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UK Extends Weapons R&D Via New $213M QinetiQ Contract
The U.K. Defence Science and Technology Laboratory has extended its Weapons Sector Research Framework under a new two-year contract with QineteQ. The company administers the WSRF program, which seeks to harness industry and academic institutions for research on weapons science and technology. The five-year program is budgeted for about $400 million, with QinetiQ as the...
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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...
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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,...
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Akamai Partners With P3M Works to Offer Zero Trust ICAM in the UK
Cybersecurity and cloud computing company Akamai Technologies has partnered with P3M Works, a cyber resilience and transformation consultancy based in the United Kingdom, to offer zero trust identity, credential and access management solutions to British government and defense customers. Martin Hellmer, vice president of strategic alliances at Akamai, said that after two decades of delivering...
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EU Members Appoint New Defence Agency Chief Executive
European Union member states have appointed Maj. Gen. Andre Erich Denk as the new chief executive of the European Defence Agency, effective May 16. Kaja Kallas, EDA head and high representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, said the German military official has years of logistical and operational experience and a deep...