U.S. defense solutions manufacturer L3Harris Technologies and aircraft maker Airbus Helicopters are collaborating to install electro-optical/infrared sensor systems into Germany’s new Airbus H145M helicopters. L3Harris said the WESCAM MX-15D sensor technology is an ideal solution for a wide range of missions, including intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, covert intelligence, and target designation. Its high-precision and high-sensitivity...
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NATO Official: New Cyber Center to Combine Alliance’s Threat Response Capabilities
NATO is set to launch a new cyber center based in Mons, Belgium, to enhance the military alliance’s response to cyber threats. “This center will allow us to better combine the way in which we are monitoring the threat, the way we are controlling the attack surface of the enterprise [and] the way we are...
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US, UK to Tackle Global Disinformation in 2025 Phoenix Challenge Conference
The U.S. Department of Defense is inviting participants, speakers and exhibitors to the annual Phoenix Challenge conference on the information operations environment, which will be held from March 4 to 6, 2025, in London. DOD’s Office of Information Operations Policy and the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence, Military Strategic Effects are co-sponsoring the event, dubbed...
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Carmen-Maja Rex Joins Airbus as HR Chief
Carmen-Maja Rex will join European aerospace firm Airbus SE as chief human resources officer in 2025, succeeding Thierry Baril, who held the post for 12 years. As the newest member of the company’s executive committee, Rex has years of experience in the human resource field. She started her career as a change management consultant for...
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BAE Systems Secures $2.5B in Combat Vehicle Contracts With Denmark, Sweden
BAE Systems will supply Denmark and Sweden with new CV90 combat vehicles under new contracts totaling $2.5 billion. The agreements fall under a trilateral framework involving the Danish Ministry of Defence Acquisition and Logistics Organisation and the Swedish Defense Materiel Administration. Denmark will acquire 115 CV9035MkIIIC vehicles while Sweden’s order comprises 50 vehicles. The contracts...
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RTX to Provide Netherlands With $807M Worth of AMRAAM Units
The U.S. Department of State has approved a potential sale of AIM-120D3 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles to the Netherlands, valued at up to $807 million. Amsterdam plans to acquire 226 AIM-120D3 AMRAAMs, five guidance sections with precision positioning and an integrated test vehicle. Additional items include control sections, support equipment and spare parts, encryption...
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NATO to Use Drones to Protect Undersea Infrastructure in Baltic, Mediterranean Seas
NATO is at an early stage of developing a fleet of unmanned surface vessels to ensure the safety of critical undersea infrastructure in the Baltic and Mediterranean seas, according to French Navy Adm. Pierre Vandier, the alliance’s Supreme Allied Commander Transformation. Vandier said in an interview with Defense News that the USV fleet will act...
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Fluor Secures Heidelberg Materials Deal for Carbon Capture Solution
U.S. engineering firm Fluor will design and provide front-end engineering for several carbon capture solutions for Heidelberg Materials‘ Geseke factory in Germany. Fluor said it secured a contract with Heidelberg Materials to install several industrial-scale carbon capture and storage solutions into the facility’s cement production line. Work on the factory’s new components will start in...
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New NATO Digital Foundry Project to Seek Industry Collaboration
The NATO Communications and Information Agency will organize the NATO Digital Foundry project to open opportunities for collaboration on new technologies with industry, nonprofits and other alliance stakeholders. According to Antonio Calderon, NCIA chief technology officer, the project is an offshoot of the agency’s first technology strategy for NATO to acquire innovative digital capabilities for...
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Indian Navy Selects Kongsberg for Maritime Logistics Tech
Kongsberg Maritime has secured a contract with Hindustan Shipyard Ltd to supply its electric replenishment-at-sea technology for the Indian Navy’s new fleet support ships. The contract includes a comprehensive range of replenishment and refueling equipment, such as electric winches, masts and an astern refueling system, for the five new vessels. According to Kongsberg, its electric...