BlueForge Alliance, a nonprofit defense integrator, has awarded Honeywell a key contract on behalf of the U.S. Navy’s AUKUS Acquisition and Integration Office to lead a pilot program designed to securely share technology and build Australia’s industrial base for the AUKUS submarine project. For the AUKUS Submarine Industrial Base pilot program, Honeywell will establish a...
Oracle will invest $5 billion in cloud infrastructure in the United Kingdom over the next five years to meet the growing demand for its services and support London’s artificial intelligence goals. According to the firm, the expansion will assist public and private organizations across various industries in migrating workloads to the cloud, modernizing applications and...
Oracle has established an artificial intelligence center of excellence in Singapore to accelerate AI adoption and innovation across Southeast Asia. Part of the Oracle Solution Center, the Oracle AI Centre of Excellence seeks to bring together stakeholders to help organizations leverage advancements in AI. The company said the new facility will provide a digital and...
Defense and aerospace company Northrop Grumman has secured a $267.2 million modification from the U.S. Department of Defense exercising an option to acquire two new Navy MQ-4C Triton unmanned air systems, a Navy main operating base and MQ-4C spare parts for Australia’s fleet. The new deal, a modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-fixed-fee, firm-fixed-price, fixed-price...
The Idaho National Laboratory has conducted the first safety test on high-burnup fast reactor fuel in over two decades. The test, performed at INL’s Transient Reactor Test facility, is part of a collaboration between the U.S. Department of Energy and the Japan Atomic Energy Agency to advance fast reactor fuel development. According to DOE, the...
The U.S. Space Command recently hosted Adm. Giuseppe Cavo Dragone, chair of the NATO Military Committee, and other NATO representatives at its headquarters at Peterson Space Force Base to strengthen the alliance’s understanding of and enhance cooperation in space. During their March 6 visit, the NATO delegates received briefings on the command’s mission and operational...
Canadian Public Services and Procurement Minister and Quebec Lieutenant Jean-Yves Duclos has announced the start of the initial phase of the Canadian Program for Cyber Security Certification, a move to secure the nation’s defense supply chain. “Cybersecurity is national security and threats are ever more intricate and in a state of constant change. In defense...
The U.S. Air Force plans to hold four allied exercises in 2025 similar to the recent ShOC-N, short for Shadow Operations Center-Nellis, Capstone 24B, to test artificial intelligence applications in combat. Lt. Col. Wesley Schultz of the U.S. Air Force’s 805th Combat Training Squadron told Defense One that ShOC-N addresses the challenge of advancing interoperability...
Defense ministers from France, Germany, Italy, Poland and the United Kingdom — Europe’s five largest military spenders — met in Paris on Wednesday and affirmed their continued support for Ukraine even in the event of a ceasefire or peace deal with Russia. According to a Defense News report, French Armed Forces Minister Sébastian Lecornu called...
HII will lead the new Australian Submarine Supplier Qualification, or AUSSQ, program aimed at accelerating the development of Australia’s supply chain to support the AUKUS trilateral security partnership between Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States. The program will identify and qualify Australian suppliers and products that will support the AUKUS Submarine Industry Strategy,...
