Helsing, a Munich-based defense company focused on creating artificial intelligence-based military solutions and components, has secured over $490 million from a Series C financing round it initiated to raise funds for product research and development. U.S.-based venture capital firm General Catalyst led the funding round, with Elad Gil, Accel, Saab, Lightspeed, Plural and Greenoaks as...
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Indopacom Chief Broaches Possibility of Nuclear-Powered Submarines in SKorea
The newly appointed commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command said South Korea may acquire nuclear-powered submarines in the future amid increasing tension with neighboring North Korea. In an interview with South Korean reporters on Thursday, Adm. Samuel Paparo said the possibility of introducing SSNs in the region depends on the result of its operational analysis. “From...
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Croatia Buys More Black Hawks Through US Security Assistance Program
Lockheed Martin said Croatia has acquired eight more UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters through the U.S. Foreign Military Sales program. The order follows an earlier purchase of six units of the Sikorsky-built aircraft, bringing Croatia’s fleet of the twin-engine platform to 12. The agreement will also provide the Croatian Army with aircraft, organizational equipment, spare and...
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IBM Buys SiXworks for $150M to Grow UK Public Sector Business
IBM expanded its market presence in the public sector with its acquisition of U.K. defense consultancy company SiXworks. The multinational technology firm said in a blog post on Tuesday that SiXworks’ digital, cyber and defense cloud capabilities complement its existing U.K. offerings on cybersecurity, data and artificial intelligence. IBM purchased SiXworks from London-based private equity...
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Germany Gets Additional Patriot Missiles Under $1.2B Contract From Raytheon
Germany has placed a new $1.2 billion order with Raytheon for additional Patriot air and missile defense systems, including Configuration 3+ command and control stations, launchers, radars, associated spares and support. In a press release on Thursday, Tom Laliberty, president of land and air defense systems at Raytheon, said several nations depend on the Patriot...
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South Korea Taps BAE Systems for $111M Secure Communications Solution
BAE Systems said South Korea is collaborating with the company to deploy a secure communications system amid growing threats in the Indo-Pacific region. Under multiple contracts with a combined value of $111 million, BAE Systems will deliver ARC-232A, a SATURN waveform, providing the East Asian nation’s fixed-wing and rotary aircraft with secure and interoperable command...
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Lithuanian MOD Orders Air Defense Systems From Saab
The Lithuanian Ministry of National Defence has placed an order for Saab’s mobile short-range air defense missile system under a framework agreement with the company and the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration. Lithuania signed the agreement in 2023 for the procurement of the RBS 70 NG air defense solution, Defence Industry Europe reported. Saab received the...
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Teledyne FLIR Defense to Provide Thermal Weapon Sights to NATO Ally
The U.S. Army has awarded Teledyne FLIR Defense a $15 million contract to deliver more than 150 clip-on thermal weapon sights to a NATO ally. The ThermoSight HISS-XLR optical attachment allows snipers to detect man-size targets over 2,000 meters away. It can be mounted on any MIL-STD-1913 rail interface in front of existing scopes and...
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US-Led Partnership Moves to Unplug Social Media-Based Russian Disinformation Campaign
U.S. law enforcers have seized two domain names and issued search warrants on 968 accounts allegedly created on the social media platform X by Russian actors as an artificial intelligence-powered bot farm for a global disinformation campaign. According to a statement from the Department of Justice on the cases’ affidavits opened on Tuesday, the bot...
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Iceye Promises Not to Share Satellite Images of Ukraine to Hostile Nations
Iceye has signed a memorandum of cooperation with the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine to ensure that imagery captured in the region is not shared with hostile nations. The Finnish company operates a synthetic aperture radar satellite constellation for Earth observation and provides the Ukrainian government with SAR satellite imaging data to aid its fight...