Accenture has expanded its SAP and supply chain capabilities with the acquisition of Camelot Management Consultants, a SAP-focused management and technology consulting firm based in Germany. In a press release on Monday, the global professional services firm said customers will benefit from Camelot’s analytics, data strategy and modernization expertise at a time when more organizations...
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Embraer Seals Deal to Provide Netherlands, Austria With Nine C-390 Millennium
Embraer has secured a contract with the Dutch Ministry of Defense to deliver nine C-390 Millennium aircraft. The joint purchase agreement will supply five C-390s for the Royal Netherlands Air Force and four aircraft for the Austrian Air Force. The aerospace company said the procurement will improve the European countries’ ability to rapidly move personnel...
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Collins Aerospace Marks Milestone in Europe’s Sustainable Aircraft Program HECATE
The European Union’s Clean Aviation HECATE program has reached a new milestone after completing its preliminary design review for the electric aircraft, Collins Aerospace announced on Monday. Collins is one of the aerospace industry leaders working on HECATE, short for Hybrid Electric Regional Aircraft Distribution Technologies. The RTX business leads the project’s steering committee, while...
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BAE Systems to Demo Airborne Combat Simulation on RAF Hawk Training Aircraft
BAE Systems will hold an in-flight demonstration of the Advanced Tactical Augmented Reality Systems on a Hawk TMk2 training aircraft of the U.K. Royal Air Force in 2024. ATARS offers synthetic training for fighter pilots to track and engage virtual foes programmed for combat and other hostile activities. The platform’s systems, developed by U.S. technology...
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GE Aerospace Completes Assessment of Powerplant Options for Future NATO Helicopter
GE Aerospace has completed an initial study supporting the development of NATO’s next generation of rotorcraft capability. The company said the effort, conducted with its Italian partner Avio Aero, analyzed powerplant solutions for the envisioned helicopter, such as advanced gas turbines, hybrid electric systems, hydrogen fuel cells, and hydrogen combustion engines. The partnership also explored...
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Silentium Ships First Batch of Sensors for Australia’s Air Battle Management System; Warren McDonald Quoted
Silentium Defence, a spinoff from Defence Australia, has delivered the first batch of passive radar systems for AIR6500, Australia’s Joint Air Battle Management System. Lockheed Martin Australia, which will build AIR6500, confirmed receiving the Maverick Fortress 3D sensors. Warren McDonald, the company’s chief executive in Australia and New Zealand, said the Adelaide-based deep-technology startup made...
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Lockheed Martin Australia Realigns R&D Lab’s Focus to Advanced Systems and Technologies
Lockheed Martin’s research operations center in Australia is now known as Advanced Systems and Technologies. The company said the transition from the old name — STELaRLab, short for Science, Technology, Engineering Leadership and Research Laboratory — will enable the facility to better meet the Australian Defence Force’s mission objective and capability development requirements. AST advances research and...
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IBM to Support USAID Initiative to Strengthen Cybersecurity in Europe; Alice Fakir Quoted
IBM has secured a contract from the U.S. Agency for International Development to provide cybersecurity support in European and Eurasian countries. The deal includes a $26 million in initial funding to support the agency’s Cybersecurity Protection and Response program, which helps strengthen cybersecurity across government and critical infrastructure and bolster information sharing in Europe and...
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Spain to Improve Air Defense Capabilities With Lockheed Martin PAC-3 Missile Acquisition
Lockheed Martin has received a new order from Spain for Patriot Advanced Capability-3 Missile Segment Enhancement missiles. According to Lockheed, with over 90 successful flight tests, the PAC-3 family of missiles defends against adversary systems through direct body-to-body contact, making the missiles more destructive compared to blast-fragmentation mechanisms. The deal, which comes after reaching an...
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Planet Brings AI Technology to Maritime Domain Awareness Under New Contract
Planet Labs has received a contract to supply an international customer with an advanced maritime domain awareness solution for vessel detection and monitoring. Under the agreement, the San Franciso-based company will work with partner SynMax to deliver its artificial intelligence-enhanced PlanetScope data to the client. According to Planet, the unnamed defense customer also expanded its SkySat...