George Robertson, former NATO secretary general, said government leaders in NATO countries have to convince their constituents that defense spending must increase to 5 percent of the gross domestic product by 2032, as alliance members have pledged recently. He told Politico on Tuesday that such an increase will be difficult for some NATO members, including the...
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Elbit Secures $1.6B European Supply Contract on Advanced Defense Systems
Elbit Systems has booked a $1.6 billion contract to supply an unnamed European customer with two lineups of advanced defense platforms with embedded artificial intelligence technology. The award provides a potential five-year implementation, the Israeli defense technology company said Wednesday. The first batch of the contract’s deliverables covers long-range precision strike artillery-rocket systems. The group...
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Guidehouse Offers Government Services Via UK Management Consultancy Framework
Global artificial intelligence company Guidehouse announced on Tuesday that eight of its service offerings have been pre-approved under Management Consultancy Framework Four, or MCF4, of the Crown Commercial Service, the U.K.’s central procurement agency. The framework allows British government agencies to procure support services across 10 specializations. The offerings include consultancy services in business, finance,...
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Japan, Philippines’ New Military Agreement Comes Into Force in September
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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...