CYSIAM and CrowdStrike will collaborate to improve the posture of the United Kingdom’s defense supply chain using their expertise in incident response, managed security services and threat intelligence. The partnership comes as the local defense supply chain faces increasing cyber threats that could impact operations. According to Ben Emslie, Northern EMEA vice president at CrowdStrike,...
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SandboxAQ Extends Support as UN AI Hub Founding Member
The United Nations International Computing Centre has accepted artificial intelligence-powered solutions provider SandboxAQ as a founding member of the AI Hub, a primary AI solutions provider and resource center for the U.N. system and international partners. The AI Hub will act as a center of excellence, gathering experts to assist the intergovernmental organization in using...
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Redwire Joins European Consortium for Mars Spacecraft Design
Redwire’s Belgian subsidiary Redwire Space NV has secured a study contract from the European Space Agency to design a spacecraft that could be sent to Mars as part of the space agency’s LightShip program. Redwire said the contract supports one of four parallel industry studies ESA has organized to evaluate viable small satellite platforms for...
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Leidos Taps Leonardo Veteran to Lead UK, Europe Operations
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Serco Promotes Anthony Kirby as Group Chief Executive
Government services company Serco has appointed Anthony Kirby as its new group chief executive, effective Monday. Kirby succeeds Mark Irwin, who retired after a 12-year tenure as group CEO at the firm based in Hart, England. Prior to this promotion, Kirby served as the group’s chief operating officer for over two years and as the...
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Cubic Awarded Contract to Supply Live Training Systems in Indo-Pacific
Cubic Defense has secured a Foreign Military Sales contract to provide its live training systems to an unspecified country in the Indo-Pacific region. The systems will support both force-on-force and force-on-target training exercises, enhancing the partner nation’s readiness and interoperability with U.S. and allied forces. According to the San Diego-based defense firm, the contract includes...
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Applied Research Institute Approved as NATO Supplier for Defense, Security Tech
NATO has certified Applied Research Institute, a national security innovation firm, as an approved partner under the NATO Communications and Information Agency’s Framework Agreement program. This designation allows ARI to provide commercial off-the-shelf products and services to NATO and its member nations. According to the Indiana-based nonprofit, the partnership involves a basic ordering agreement framework...
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Thales Secures $2B UK Deal for Missile Supply to Kyiv
Global defense company Thales has secured a $2 billion contract from the U.K. Ministry of Defence to manufacture over 5,000 lightweight multirole missiles for Ukraine, Breaking Defense reported on Monday. London announced the procurement on Sunday as British Prime Minister Keir Starmer proposed a coalition in a meeting with 18 European leaders to renew support...
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US B-52 Bombers Conduct Joint Weapons Drop Exercise in Turkey
Two US B-52H Stratofortress bombers assigned to the 69th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron at Royal Air Force Fairford have completed a combined Bomber Task Force mission in Turkey. Called Spartan Sword, the Thursday mission involved Turkish F-16s escorting the bombers before they conducted inert weapons drops with Turkish Joint Terminal Attack Controllers 150 miles northwest of...
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Corvid Books $268M Contract for US Navy, UK, Australia Suborbital Spacecraft Services
Corvid Technologies has secured a potential five-year, $268 million contract for the design, production and supply of suborbital vehicle configurations for the U.S. Navy and foreign military sales to Australia and the United Kingdom. The purchases in the firm-fixed-price contract involve 90 percent for the Navy and 5 percent each to Australia and the U.K....