Finland’s Patria Group has signed a cooperation agreement with Sweden’s ACC Innovation to produce military versions of a wide range of unmanned aerial systems for a NATO member state. The partnership’s initial phase will focus on transforming ACC Innovation’s Thunder Wasp GT quadcopter drone for defense applications. The Thunder Wasp GT UAS is designed for...
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US Trillion-Dollar Worth of Deals in Qatar Seen to Boost American Manufacturing
President Donald Trump announced Wednesday several deals made during his visit to Qatar, including at least $1.2 trillion in economic exchange and an economic deal amounting to over $243.5 billion. The deals align with the Trump administration’s goal of ushering in a new Golden Age of American manufacturing. According to the White House, one key...
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BlackSky Offers Gen-3 Early Access to International Defense Clients
BlackSky Technology has entered several Gen-3 early access agreements to enable international defense sector customers to integrate very high-resolution images into their intelligence operations. Gen-3 is the company’s next-generation satellite. It combines hourly revisit with very high-resolution imagery and artificial intelligence-enabled outputs, offering the opportunity to track assets and detect changes faster. It has several...
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US Gains $600B Investment Commitment Through Agreements in Saudi Arabia
President Donald Trump announced a commitment of $600 billion from various companies aimed at enhancing the United States’ energy security, technology leadership and access to critical minerals. The deal was disclosed during the president’s visit to Saudi Arabia as part of his Middle East tour. Saudi Arabia is among the U.S.’s major trading partners in...
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NZ Space, Advanced Aviation Industries Boost National Economy
New Zealand’s economy was injected with over $1.47 billion from the space and advanced aviation industries in fiscal year 2023-2024, according to a Deloitte/Space report. Released Friday by Space Minister Judith Collins, the “TrailBlazer Innovation for Growth, Charting the Space and Advanced Aviation Sectors” report disclosed a total of $285.4 million that came from the...
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Lockheed Martin Advances Radar Production for Spain’s Frigate
Lockheed Martin plans to start prototype builds of the SPY-7(V)2 radar in mid-2025 for Spain’s F-110 multi-mission frigate program. Production of the radar is earmarked for early 2026. According to a company statement Monday, its radar parts suppliers, Escribano and Integral de Conexión y Montajes, have delivered more than 10,000 components for installation and integration...
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US Space Force, Italian Air Force Expand Space Security Cooperation
U.S. Space Force Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman and Italian Air Force Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Luca Goretti have signed a new statement of understanding to expand their bilateral cooperation in space security. The signing occurred on Thursday during AeroSpace Power Conference 2025 in Rome. The USSF said the agreement, which affirmed...
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Kongsberg, BAE Systems Deepen Defense Cooperation
Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace and BAE Systems have signed a new cooperation agreement to strengthen long-term industrial collaboration. According to Kongsberg, the agreement, signed aboard HMS St Albans in Oslo on Friday, aims to support the defense needs of Norway, the United Kingdom and allied nations. The two companies aim to expand their partnership in...
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Rafael Sees Asia Pacific, Europe as Growth Markets
Ran Tavor, vice president and head of naval warfare systems at Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, said global interest is rising in the company’s multi-layered naval defense platforms, such as the Iron Dome and Iron Beam. The executive said the platforms are increasingly drawing the attention of navies from Asia Pacific and Europe. With those regions’...
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Australian Government Seeks Industry Proposals to Counter Small Drones
The Australian government is soliciting industry proposals for counter-drone measures through a project under its Advanced Strategic Capabilities Accelerator program. Called Mission Syracuse, the project focuses on the rapid development of advanced technologies for intercepting uncrewed aerial systems that the Australian Defence Force can integrate into its existing counter-small uncrewed aerial systems, or CsUAS. The...