Safran Electronics & Defense has signed a new framework agreement with Rheinmetall Electronics to expand collaboration on defense technologies and streamline procurement and simplify logistics and administration processes. The agreement, signed at DSEI 2025 in London, will see the two companies pool resources to offer advanced technologies, including atomic clock timeservers and navigation systems for...
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Deloitte, SaskTel Partner to Build Sovereign AI Infrastructure in Canada
Deloitte Canada and SaskTel have formed a strategic alliance to accelerate the development and deployment of artificial intelligence across the country. Announced on Tuesday, the partnership focuses on enhancing Canada’s sovereign AI infrastructure and fostering the creation of new intellectual property. A key component of their initiative is establishing an “AI factory” in Saskatchewan, which...
MIT to Open New AI Research Lab in Seoul
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is set to establish a research laboratory dedicated to artificial intelligence development in Seoul, South Korea. Kim Man-ki, chairman of the Seoul AI Foundation, said in an interview with JoongAng Ilbo that MIT’s Senseable City Lab and the Seoul metropolitan government will sign a memorandum of agreement on Tuesday to...
NATO Nations Invest $728M to Boost Space Operations Center
Sixteen NATO countries have contributed to a $728 million fund to enhance the alliance’s Space Operations Center, U.S. Space Force Col. Jonathan Whitaker, chief of staff of the Combined Forces Space Component Command at NATO, told Breaking Defense. The funding aims to provide the necessary mission systems, contractors, training and data for the operations center,...
NVIDIA, Abu Dhabi’s TII to Set Up Joint Research Lab for AI, Robotics
NVIDIA, an artificial intelligence chip manufacturer, has chosen the United Arab Emirates to establish its first NVIDIA AI Technology Center in the Middle East. This center will partner with Abu Dhabi’s Technology Innovation Institute to launch a joint lab focused on AI and robotics. The TII-NVAITC Joint Lab aims to accelerate the development of intelligent...
SEALSQ Partners With Seoul for Quantum Chip R&D Center
Secure semiconductor manufacturer SEALSQ has announced plans to establish a Post-Quantum Semiconductor Personalization, Research and Design Center in Seoul. The initiative aims to advance the integration of quantum-resistant cryptographic keys and identities into semiconductor chips. SEALSQ has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Seoul metropolitan government to formalize the initiative. Both parties will now...
Saab Heads NATO Effort to Strengthen Undersea Connectivity, Interoperability
NATO has commissioned MANGROVE, a consortium led by Saab, to design a mission network architecture aimed at unifying how allied forces share data and operate in the underwater domain. Launched on Sept. 1, the Allied Underwater Battlespace Mission Network project, spearheaded by Saab’s Kockums business area, will develop a reference architecture and test environment to connect submarines,...
US, Canada Warn Startups of Foreign Exploitation at Pitch Competitions
U.S. and Canadian intelligence agencies have issued a warning that international pitch competitions are increasingly becoming prime venues for foreign adversaries to steal innovations from Western startups, including technologies crucial to national security. The bulletin, titled “Safeguarding Western Tech Startups: Exploitation of International Pitch Competitions,” emphasizes that adversaries are taking advantage of these events to...
German Armed Forces Advance Digital Transformation With SitaWare Edge License
Germany’s Bundeswehr has acquired an enterprise license to equip its dismounted personnel with SitaWare Edge, a command-and-control software developed by Danish defense technology company Systematic. The software will be fielded in the “Portable” variant of the Bundeswehr’s Mission Enabling Service, or MESBw, which is designed to unify digital command at all levels. It will complement...
Northrop Grumman Partners With Taiwan Businesses on Long-Range Advanced Radar
Northrop Grumman has partnered with several Taiwanese companies to bring its AN/TPS-78 Advanced Capability radar to Taiwan. Ramatek, Champion Auto and Vivian and Vincent International Trading signed memoranda of understanding with the U.S. defense contractor to support local delivery of the system. The AN/TPS-78 ADCAP is a mobile radar designed to enhance air surveillance and...










