British multinational company Serco has been awarded the Armed Forces Recruitment Service contract by the U.K. Ministry of Defence. The contract aims to create a comprehensive enlistment system for the nation’s armed forces, benefitting the Royal Navy, the British Army, the Royal Air Force and Strategic Command. The new service will use Serco’s expertise, experience...
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UK Spurs Construction of Small Nuclear Power Plants
The U.K. government is revising its nuclear energy policy to achieve the country’s goals of energy security and clean power. London announced in a statement Thursday that the revisions include integrating small nuclear power stations in policy planning to facilitate the plants’ construction in areas that need them. It added that Britain’s limit on eight...
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Mistral, Zoltix Win US-Singapore Drone Technology Challenge
Mistral and Zoltix have won the top prizes in a joint challenge by the U.S. Defense Innovation Unit and the Singapore Ministry of Defence. The startups won a combined $150,000 in awards from the initiative that aims to develop advanced drone communications and counter-drone technologies for both nations’ militaries. The challenge comprised two parts: one...
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France Eyes Modified Airbus Jet as Maritime Patrol Aircraft
Airbus Defence and Space has booked a two-year contract to conduct a risk assessment study on modifying an A321XLR twin-engine jet into a maritime patrol aircraft called A321 MPA for the French Navy. The company said the contract from the French defense procurement agency DGA follows an architecture and feasibility study on the conversion launched...
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RTX Business to Deliver FLIR HD Turret Spares Under FMS Transaction
RTX business Raytheon has secured a $52.2 million firm-fixed-price delivery order from the U.S. Naval Air Systems Command to deliver 18 forward-looking infrared high-definition turret assembly spares for foreign governments-owned MH-60 aircraft. The Sikorsky MH-60 Seahawk is a twin turboshaft engine, multi-mission helicopter derived from the UH-60 Black Hawk. The Foreign Military Sale transaction with...
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Thales Alenia Space to Develop Emirates Airlock Module for Lunar Gateway
Thales Alenia Space has signed a contract with the Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre to design and develop the Emirates Crew and Science Airlock Module for the upcoming Lunar Gateway cislunar space station. Signed in Abu Dhabi, the agreement is expected to strengthen the United Arab Emirates’ space program and scientific and engineering communities. According...
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Rheinmetall Secures Major Contract for Bundeswehr’s Tactical Network
Rheinmetall has received a multibillion-dollar framework contract from Germany’s Bundeswehr to develop the Tactical Wide Area Network for Land-Based Operations, or TaWAN LBO for short. Representatives of the German military procurement office and Rheinmetall Electronics signed the 10-year agreement. According to the company, an initial order worth $1.96 billion has been placed to equip a...
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Riyadh Wooing Defense Companies With Incentives, Saudi Official Says
Saudi Arabia’s General Authority for Military Industries has invited defense companies to explore business opportunities in Saudi Arabia. GAMI Governor Ahmad Abdulaziz bin Al-Ohali, addressing participants at a recent defense and aerospace conference in Antalya, said the agency has partnered with industry stakeholders to create investment incentives for companies serving local and international defense markets....
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Bulgaria Receives First F-16 Block 70 From Lockheed Martin
Lockheed Martin has delivered the first of Bulgaria’s 16 F-16 Block 70 fighter jets, making Bulgaria the second European nation to operate the aircraft. A handover ceremony took place on Jan. 31 in Greenville, South Carolina, where the F-16s were constructed, with Bulgarian Defense Minister Atanas Zapryanov and other American and Bulgarian officials in attendance....
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US, Japan Launch First Joint National Security Space Mission
Japan has launched a U.S.-developed space domain awareness payload aboard its Quasi-Zenith Satellite 6, marking the two nations’ first bilateral space collaboration focused on national security. The satellite, locally known as Michibiki No. 6, launched from the Tanegashima Space Center on Sunday aboard a Japanese H-3 launch vehicle. It is the first of two launches...