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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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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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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Elbit Systems Receives $260M Israeli Contracts for Advanced Airborne Munitions
Elbit Systems announced on Monday that it will supply the Israel Ministry of Defense with advanced airborne munitions under two contracts totalling $260 million. Bezhalel Machlis, president and CEO of Elbit Systems, said the contract awards highlight the company’s continuing support of providing cutting-edge technologies suited to the evolving needs of the Israeli defense...
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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...
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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...
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Australian Navy Tests Viability of Logistics Drone Integration
The Royal Australian Navy’s ships could soon be equipped with an unmanned aerial vehicle delivery system, following the validation of the technology’s effectiveness for naval missions. During Exercise Talisman Sabre 25, personnel from Navy Minor Project 1983 tested the potential of the FreeSpace Operations-made Callisto 50 logistics drone, which can carry out a variety of...