Japan and the Philippines have entered a reciprocal access agreement, marking the start of enhanced collaboration to strengthen the Philippines’ defense capabilities. Formalized by Ma. Theresa Lazaro, Philippine foreign affairs secretary, and Endo Kazuya, Japanese ambassador to the Philippines, with Philippine Defense Secretary Gilbert Teodoro in attendance, during a recent ceremony in Manila, the pact...
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Leidos Launches Australia’s First Fixed-Wing Aircrew Certifications
Leidos Australia has introduced nationally accredited certifications for fixed-wing aircrew training, marking the first such qualifications in the country and setting a new standard for professional aviation training. As an approved Registered Training Organisation, Leidos is now issuing Certificates III and IV in Airborne Operations, which were developed with Industry Skills Australia and released earlier...
Cubic Partners With ShootHouse, Digimation for Middle East, Singapore Training Solutions
Cubic Defense has teamed up with simulation firms ShootHouse and Digimation to supply a family of integrated firearms training systems to customers in the Middle East and Singapore. Under the agreement, Cubic will hold exclusive rights to ShootHouse’s VIPER and Digimation’s DART MAX platforms for those markets and will provide tailored in-country operations and maintenance...
Leidos Achieves Vetted Partner Status From AWS for Secure Information Sharing
Leidos said that its Leidos Secure Environment offering has gained Trusted Secure Enclave Vetted Partner status from Amazon Web Services. The distinction is given to organizations that display the highest standards for secure enclave design and deployment. In a statement issued Tuesday, the company said achieving the status is part of an initiative to support...
Inaugural Five Power Defence Arrangements Roundtable Focuses on Challenges, Future
Australia hosted the inaugural Five Power Defence Arrangements roundtable discussion, which provided a chance to discuss the challenges each force faces and future training opportunities. The FPDA roundtable, held near the end of the three-week Talisman Sabre 2025 military exercise, was attended by chiefs of joint operations from Australia, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore and the United...
Lockheed to Tap Local Talent in Philippine Multi-Role Fighter Program
Lockheed Martin has partnered with Dallas-based Southern Methodist University to tap the support of academia and industry in the Philippines for the country’s F-16 Block 70 multi-role fighter program. The collaboration will allow Filipino professionals access to SMU tools and equipment for developing solutions and prototypes for the program and establish an advanced research laboratory...
Curtiss-Wright to Supply Turret Drive Stabilization System for Rheinmetall Panther Tanks
North Carolina-based Curtiss-Wright will deliver its turret drive stabilization system to Rheinmetall Landsysteme Germany for integration into the KF51 Panther main battle tank. Curtiss-Wright Defense Solutions is carrying out the work under the agreement, which took effect in December 2024. The contract covers the stabilization system and associated hand controllers from Curtiss-Wright’s facility in Neuhausen...
Canada Continues to Protect Interests, Freedom in Arctic With Improved Military Presence
Canada is enhancing its presence in the Arctic by deploying military assets and personnel to protect its regional interests throughout the summer until early fall of 2025. The initiative, supported by the Royal Canadian Navy, Canadian Army, Royal Canadian Air Force and Canadian Special Operations Forces Command, will initially deploy the Halifax-class frigate HMCS Regina...
UK Report Flags Cyber Risks in Cloud-Based Space Ground Segments
Implementing cloud-based ground station/segment as a service effectively can enhance cybersecurity against malicious actors, according to a recent report from the U.K. Department for Science, Innovation and Technology. In a statement announcing the release of the report titled “Cyber Risks of Cloud Computing in the Ground Segment of the Space Sector,” DSIT emphasized that proper...
John Kim to Lead Anduril’s First Office in S. Korea
Anduril Industries has appointed former Boeing executive John Kim to lead its first office in Seoul, South Korea. The defense technology firm announced the executive move during founder Palmer Luckey’s two-day visit to the country. As vice president and head of Anduril Korea, Kim, formerly interim president and head of defense business at Boeing Korea,...










