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Babcock Expands With AtkinsRéalis

British defense contractor has signed a five-year partnership agreement with Canadian engineering company to expand engineering support for UK defense and submarine programs. The arrangement is designed to strengthen...

Airbus Opens A330 Conversion Center

has announced plans to establish a new A330 Multi Role Tanker Transport conversion facility in Seville, Spain, as part of efforts to increase global military tanker production capacity. The...

Shield AI Adds Autonomy to LUCAS

The US has partnered with to integrate the company’s Hivemind autonomy software into the Low-Cost Uncrewed Combat System (LUCAS) loitering munition. Developed for the Pentagon, the LUCAS platform is...

Germany Deploys Patriot System to Turkey

Germany will deploy a Patriot air defense battery to Turkey as part of a NATO rotational mission aimed at strengthening regional missile defense capabilities. Around 150 German troops from...

Germany Orders More JSM for F-35s

Germany has awarded Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace a 3.5-billion-krone contract to procure additional Joint Strike Missiles for its future fleet of 35 F-35 Lightning II fighter jets. The acquisition...

France Orders 17 Saab Giraffe Radars

France has ordered 17 Saab Giraffe 1X radars to strengthen its short-range air defense and counter-drone capabilities with highly mobile surveillance systems. Under the agreement, Saab will deliver one...

Sweden to Buy Naval Group Frigates

Sweden has selected France’s Naval Group to build four new frigates for the Swedish Navy in a major defense-industrial agreement valued at more than 10 billion kronor per vessel....

US Clears $4.2B Helicopter Deal

The United States has approved military helicopter sales worth more than $4 billion to South Korea, including 24 MH-60R Seahawk naval helicopters and upgrades for the country’s Apache attack...

V2X Wins KC-130J Upgrade Contract

V2X has secured a US Navy contract to integrate the Large Aircraft Infrared Countermeasures system onto Marine Corps KC-130J tanker and transport aircraft. The LAIRCM system is designed to...

US Approves JSM Sale to Belgium

Belgium is set to strengthen the strike capability of its future F-35 fighter fleet after the US approved a potential $236-million sale of Joint Strike Missiles. The package includes...