The U.K. Cabinet Office has extended its contract with Serco working on resilience learning development until 2028. The extension supports the transition of the Emergency Planning College into the U.K. Resilience Academy, which is set to launch in the spring. EPC serves as the national center for resilience learning and development in the United Kingdom....
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Collins Aerospace Division Secures Navy’s $65M E-2D Training Platform for France
Rockwell Collins Simulation and Training Solutions, a Collins Aerospace division, has received a $65 million firm-fixed-price contract from the Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division to deliver a weapons system training platform for France’s E-2D Advanced Hawkeye aircraft fleet. The sole-source award, a foreign military sale to France, also covers related technical data and...
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Diehl Defence to Develop New Variant of IRIS-T Missile for Germany, Spain, Sweden and Italy
Germany’s military procurement office, BAAINBw, has partnered with Diehl Defence to develop and produce the next variant of the IRIS-T missile system. The IRIS-T Block II program agreement was finalized in late December, with BAAINBw signing the contract on behalf of a four-nation development program that also includes Sweden, Spain and Italy. The IRIS-T, short...
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Saab Announces Group Management Team Changes
Saab has appointed Eva Karlsson as senior vice president and chief operating officer, effective Aug. 1. A new member of the company’s Group Management team, Karlsson will now lead Saab’s Group Operational Excellence organization. She joins Saab from Dometic, where she served as president of Segment Land Vehicles for Europe, the Middle East and Africa....
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Bundestag OKs Germany-Lithuania Defense Pact
The Bundestag, Germany’s federal parliament, has approved the Lithuanian-German defense cooperation agreement laid out in a Roadmap Action Plan signed in December 2023. The Lithuanian legislature, Seimas, ratified it in October 2024. According to Lithuania’s Ministry of National Defence, Germany will deploy signal, headquarters and service companies, as well as medical and logistical units, in...
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Leidos to Support NHS Supply Chain’s Cybersecurity Upgrade Efforts
Leidos has announced a contract from NHS Supply Chain to deliver cybersecurity support services to improve the agency’s cyber posture and ensure timely procurement and delivery of healthcare products across National Health Service locations in England and Wales. The award will see the U.S. IT services company deliver 24/7 cyberthreat monitoring while helping the NHS...
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CGI Agrees to Acquire BJSS; Merger to Close in February
IT and business consulting firm CGI is set to acquire BJSS after signing a share purchase agreement with the U.K.-based technology and engineering consultancy. Pending regulatory approval and other customary closing conditions in February, the acquisition will add BJSS’s workforce of more than 2,400, including experts in health, government and financial services, to CGI’s global...
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Executive Mosaic Names GovCon Leaders Joining Wash100’s 2025 Batch
Executive Mosaic has named the recipients of the 2025 Wash100 Award, recognizing the contributions of government contracting leaders to the community. Personalities included in the latest list are: CACI President and CEO John Mengucci, Leidos CEO Thomas Bell, Iridium CEO Matt Desch, Jerry McGinn, executive director of the Center for Government Contracting at George Mason...
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Royal Air Force Participates in 50th Exercise Red Flag
The United Kingdom’s Royal Air Force participated in the 50th iteration of Exercise Red Flag Nellis, held at Nellis Air Force Base in Las Vegas, Nevada, from Jan. 26 to Feb. 7. British personnel from various backgrounds joined the military exercise, including 51 Squadron Rivet Joint aircrew, air operations controllers from 19 and 20 Squadrons,...
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BAE Systems to Maintain, Modernize UK Navy Combat Management Systems
BAE Systems has received a $355 million contract to support the Royal Navy’s shared infrastructure, combat management systems and warship networks. Under the award, the British defense company will maintain and modernize several solutions installed on a wide range of Royal Navy ships, including Type 23 frigates, Type 45 destroyers and Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft...