Denmark‘s Ministry of Defence has announced the establishment of an Acceleration Fund to increase military spending by $7 billion in 2025 and 2026. The initiative has the support of the Danish government and parties regulating Copenhagen’s defense budget. The ministry said that with this funding, Denmark’s defense budget is expected to exceed 3 percent of...
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EU’s Copernicus Constellation Expands With Air Pollution Monitoring Satellite
The European Commission is set to launch the Copernicus Sentinel-4 satellite in the summer of 2025, expanding the Copernicus constellation to support the region’s efforts to combat air pollution. Once deployed, Sentinel-4 will partner with a payload in EUMETSAT’s MTG-Sounder satellite to provide continuous air quality monitoring and meteorological observations. The latest spacecraft to join...
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EDGE’s KATIM, Nokia to Develop Secure Communications for UAE
Nokia and EDGE Group subsidiary KATIM have signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate on secure telecommunications networks for defense and mission-critical applications in the United Arab Emirates. Under the agreement, Nokia and KATIM will collaborate on developing and providing military 5G and portable 5G solutions that meet stringent security and reliability requirements for the...
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Northrop, Hanwha Partner to Support South Korea’s Mine Countermeasure Initiative
Northrop Grumman has signed a memorandum of understanding with South Korean conglomerate Hanwha to advance Seoul’s Mine Countermeasures Helicopter program. The deal continues the U.S. aerospace company’s long history of working with the country’s Defense Acquisition Program Administration. The deal with Hanwha follows the collaboration between Northrop and defense and aerospace communications company Genohco in...
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Forward Slope to Support Egypt’s Maritime Domain Awareness Capabilities
Forward Slope Inc. has secured a $15 million contract from the U.S. Navy Naval Sea Systems Command to deliver a command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance system to enhance maritime domain awareness in support of the Egyptian Navy. FSI, a San Diego-based technology and services provider, outbid four other companies to win this...
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New UK-Norway Defense Pact Is Shaping Up
U.K. Defence Secretary John Healey said the U.K. and Norwegian governments are looking to forge a new defense agreement to strengthen security in the European region. The announcement was made during Healey’s visit to Norway, where he conferred with Norwegian Defence Minister Tore Sandvik in the High North near the Russian border. The British defense...
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Australia Wraps Up LAND 121 Military Logistics Vehicle Procurement as Rheinmetall Completes HX Truck Delivery
Rheinmetall‘s Australian military vehicles unit has delivered 3,580 medium and heavy military logistics vehicles, marking the conclusion of the LAND 121 Phase 3B/5B procurement for the Australian Department of Defence. Michael Wittlinger, Rheinmetall chief of staff and supervisory board chairman of Rheinmetall MAN Military Vehicles Australia, emphasized that the HX truck-based vehicles delivered serve as...
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Saab Gripen Donation Takes Back Seat to F-16 Deployment in Ukraine
NATO’s air force capability coalition has advised Sweden to postpone sending Saab’s JAS 39 Gripen multirole fighter jets to Ukraine until after the deployment of F-16s in the country is implemented, a defense ministry official told Breaking Defense on Wednesday. The alliance requested the delay to avoid overloading Ukrainian pilots with different aircraft types, which...
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EU Mulls Easing Budget Rules to Boost Defense Spending
The European Commission is poised to act on proposals aimed at relaxing budget rules to enable European Union member states to boost defense spending, according to Executive Vice President Valdis Dombrovskis. Ahead of a meeting of EU finance ministers in Brussels, Dombrovskis emphasized that the EC plans to work on specific modalities in the coming...
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Hanwha Aerospace, Milrem Robotics to Advance, Market Robotic Combat Vehicles
Estonia’s Milrem Robotics and South Korea’s Hanwha Aerospace will collaborate to develop and market robotic combat vehicles and other ground robotic systems. Under a recently signed memorandum of understanding, the two companies will focus on improving RCV performance requirements and marketing the solutions to potential international customers, using their experience and expertise to connect with...