Saab has signed a $307.1 million contract with the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration for additional equipment to support Sweden’s Gripen E fighter aircraft production. According to Saab, the new order will allow the country to maintain full operational capability of its current Gripen C/D fighters while also preparing to deploy the next-generation Gripen Es. Sweden...
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US OKs Export of Space Launchers to Swedish Esrange Center
The United States and Sweden have signed a five-year technology safeguards agreement that allows American space satellite launchers to be exported to Sweden’s Esrange Space Center. The agreement seeks to boost information exchange and cooperation with U.S. launcher manufacturers and protect advanced space technology, Stockholm announced Monday. Expand your space industry network at the Potomac...
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Calian Appoints Former Thales Exec as President of Defence & Space
Calian Group has appointed Chris Pogue of Thales Canada as the president of its newly established Defence & Space unit, a role he will officially take on starting July 7. In a press release issued on Tuesday, the Canadian services and solutions company announced that Pogue will lead a high-performance organization that merges its Advanced...
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Keegan Caldwell: US Companies Must Rethink China IP Strategy
Keegan Caldwell, global managing partner and founder of law firm Caldwell and a 4×24 member, has urged U.S. businesses to realign their intellectual property strategies in China following significant amendments to Beijing’s IP policy in March. His comments come in light of the Chinese State Council’s release of March Order No. 801, titled “Provisions of...
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Raytheon Awarded $250M Contract to Boost Japan’s Domestic Missile Production
RTX company Raytheon has secured a $250 million direct commercial sale contract with Japan‘s Mitsubishi Electric Corp. to support the licensed production of the Evolved SeaSparrow Missile Block 2 at MELCO’s local facility. The deal covers missile kits, components and technical support, marking a new phase in the companies’ defense cooperation that stretches back over 50 years....
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SRC’s Counter-Drone Technology Gains Foothold Under $1B Qatar FMS
Nonprofit defense research and development firm SRC ie set to mark the first international sale of its counter-unmanned aircraft technologies through the $1 billion foreign military sale approved by Washington for Qatar. Under the FMS, the Syracuse, New York-based company will supply its detection technologies to the Fixed Site-LIDS, which is part of the U.S....
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Amentum to Advise Norwegian Government on Nuclear Power Options
The Norwegian Nuclear Commission has selected Amentum and Multiconsult Norge to assess nuclear energy’s viability as a future power system for Norway. Announced Monday, the study will evaluate reactor types and power plant designs, including small and advanced modular reactors. Amentum said it will assess each option’s technological readiness, implementation timelines, commercial availability, construction and...
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New Joint Venture Edgewing to Deliver Next-Gen Combat Aircraft
BAE Systems has launched Edgewing, a joint venture with Leonardo and Japan Aircraft Industrial Enhancement Co. Ltd focused on designing and developing Tempest, the next generation of combat aircraft under the Global Combat Air Programme. GCAP is a partnership between Japan, Italy and the United Kingdom formed in 2022 after a British government study called...
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8 Allies Named in Japan’s $56M Official Security Assistance Scheme for 2025
Japan has named this year’s recipients of its Official Security Assistance scheme, amounting to $56 million for fiscal year 2025, Kyodo News reported. The allocation to the eight countries – Thailand, Tonga, Timor-Leste, Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines and Sri Lanka – represents an increase from the OSA budgets in previous years. The...
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ICEYE to Deliver ISR Capability to Royal Netherlands Air Force
ICEYE has won a contract to provide the Royal Netherlands Air Force with sovereign space-based intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capability. The company said the deal, announced Monday, lays the foundation for the Netherlands’ first operational military satellite mission and supports the Dutch government’s national security initiatives. The agreement includes the delivery of four synthetic aperture...