ST Engineering has partnered with Kazakhstan Paramount Engineering to establish local manufacturing capability for a new 8×8 amphibious armored vehicle in Kazakhstan. The collaboration, which will support the Armed Forces of Kazakhstan, will include engineering and technical services for the production of the vehicle based on ST Engineering’s Terrex infantry fighting vehicle. Revealed at this...
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NATO Official: New Cyber Center to Combine Alliance’s Threat Response Capabilities
NATO is set to launch a new cyber center based in Mons, Belgium, to enhance the military alliance’s response to cyber threats. “This center will allow us to better combine the way in which we are monitoring the threat, the way we are controlling the attack surface of the enterprise [and] the way we are...
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US, UK to Tackle Global Disinformation in 2025 Phoenix Challenge Conference
The U.S. Department of Defense is inviting participants, speakers and exhibitors to the annual Phoenix Challenge conference on the information operations environment, which will be held from March 4 to 6, 2025, in London. DOD’s Office of Information Operations Policy and the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence, Military Strategic Effects are co-sponsoring the event, dubbed...
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BAE Systems Secures $2.5B in Combat Vehicle Contracts With Denmark, Sweden
BAE Systems will supply Denmark and Sweden with new CV90 combat vehicles under new contracts totaling $2.5 billion. The agreements fall under a trilateral framework involving the Danish Ministry of Defence Acquisition and Logistics Organisation and the Swedish Defense Materiel Administration. Denmark will acquire 115 CV9035MkIIIC vehicles while Sweden’s order comprises 50 vehicles. The contracts...
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RTX to Provide Netherlands With $807M Worth of AMRAAM Units
The U.S. Department of State has approved a potential sale of AIM-120D3 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles to the Netherlands, valued at up to $807 million. Amsterdam plans to acquire 226 AIM-120D3 AMRAAMs, five guidance sections with precision positioning and an integrated test vehicle. Additional items include control sections, support equipment and spare parts, encryption...
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NATO to Use Drones to Protect Undersea Infrastructure in Baltic, Mediterranean Seas
NATO is at an early stage of developing a fleet of unmanned surface vessels to ensure the safety of critical undersea infrastructure in the Baltic and Mediterranean seas, according to French Navy Adm. Pierre Vandier, the alliance’s Supreme Allied Commander Transformation. Vandier said in an interview with Defense News that the USV fleet will act...
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DOD Official: US-Canada Pilot Achieves ICAM Link With Potential for NATO Use
The U.S. Department of Defense’s Office of the Chief Information Officer and its Canadian counterpart have initiated a joint pilot program that achieved a federated identity, credential and access management, or ICAM, connection between their armed forces. Leslie Beavers, acting CIO at DOD, told DefenseScoop that the program will build momentum from the initial U.S.-Canadian...
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New NATO Digital Foundry Project to Seek Industry Collaboration
The NATO Communications and Information Agency will organize the NATO Digital Foundry project to open opportunities for collaboration on new technologies with industry, nonprofits and other alliance stakeholders. According to Antonio Calderon, NCIA chief technology officer, the project is an offshoot of the agency’s first technology strategy for NATO to acquire innovative digital capabilities for...
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Japan Picks GA-ASI’s SeaGuardian for Maritime Defense Drone Program
Japan has chosen General Atomics’ SeaGuardian remotely piloted aircraft system for the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force’s long-endurance unmanned aerial vehicle program. The decision follows a trial period known as the Medium-Altitude, Long Endurance RPA System Trial Operations Project, during which the defense force used the SeaGuardian for various tests, including evaluating its potential to replace...
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Sweden, US Special Forces Seek to Improve Collaboration
The United States and Sweden have agreed to improve cooperation between their special forces. Officials from both nations affirmed their commitment with a statement of intent signed on Tuesday. While no further details were disclosed, Christopher P. Maier, U.S. assistant secretary of defense for special operations and low-intensity conflict, shared that the document signifies both...