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...
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US Approves Potential $304M Radar Sale to Egypt
The U.S. Department of State has approved a possible $304 million foreign military sale to Egypt for AN/TPS-78 long-range radar systems and related logistics support. Egypt requested AN/TPS-78 radar turnkey systems, KIV-78 cryptographic devices, GPS units with selective availability anti-spoofing modules, spare parts, software, training, engineering and technical support. Northrop Grumman will serve as the...
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UK Taps Leidos for Geospatial Intelligence Support
Leidos has secured a seven-year contract from the United Kingdom’s Ministry of Defence to provide meteorological and oceanographic data information and services to support the National Centre for Geospatial Intelligence. The award covers the delivery of THOR, a scalable data and services capability that would provide the MoD with enhanced environmental insights. THOR will succeed...
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Collins Aerospace Division Secures Navy’s $65M E-2D Training Platform for France
Rockwell Collins Simulation and Training Solutions, a Collins Aerospace division, has received a $65 million firm-fixed-price contract from the Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division to deliver a weapons system training platform for France’s E-2D Advanced Hawkeye aircraft fleet. The sole-source award, a foreign military sale to France, also covers related technical data and...
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Diehl Defence to Develop New Variant of IRIS-T Missile for Germany, Spain, Sweden and Italy
Germany’s military procurement office, BAAINBw, has partnered with Diehl Defence to develop and produce the next variant of the IRIS-T missile system. The IRIS-T Block II program agreement was finalized in late December, with BAAINBw signing the contract on behalf of a four-nation development program that also includes Sweden, Spain and Italy. The IRIS-T, short...
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Amazon Web Services Signs News Deal With Australia, Accelerates Access to Cloud
Australia’s Digital Transformation Agency and Amazon Web Services Australia have signed a three-year whole-of-government arrangement that builds on the success of a previous deal from 2019, which aimed to accelerate access to cloud computing services. The initial agreement promised a faster way to procure AWS services. The reduction in time, resources and effort is made...
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Bundestag OKs Germany-Lithuania Defense Pact
The Bundestag, Germany’s federal parliament, has approved the Lithuanian-German defense cooperation agreement laid out in a Roadmap Action Plan signed in December 2023. The Lithuanian legislature, Seimas, ratified it in October 2024. According to Lithuania’s Ministry of National Defence, Germany will deploy signal, headquarters and service companies, as well as medical and logistical units, in...
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Northrop Grumman to Integrate NATO Radio System Into Japan’s E-2D Fleet
Northrop Grumman has received a $57.4 million modification to previously awarded U.S. Naval Air Systems Command contract, exercising an option to integrate the SATURN radio system into Japan’s E-2D Advanced Hawkeye aircraft fleet. The contract modification, awarded under the U.S. Foreign Military Sales program, also covers the delivery of a systems integration laboratory to support...
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US OKs $900M Potential Sale of SM-6 Missiles to Japan
The U.S. Department of State has approved a potential sale of up to 150 Standard Missile 6 Block I missiles to Japan for an estimated $900 million. RTX will build the missiles at its Camden facility in Arizona as the primary contractor for the deal, which also includes MK 21 Mod 3 Vertical Launch System...