Elbit Systems will supply the Israeli Defense Forces Artillery Corps with the upgraded version of its Skylark small tactical unmanned aerial systems, one of the two Israeli drone acquisitions reported this week. The Skylark 1 tactical drone for IDF weighs up to 20 kg and is capable of vertical takeoff and landing, with the endurance...
The Swedish government has released its 2024 budget bill, which proposes an added military defense funding of about $63 million. The increase, considering final adjustments, would add over $2.43 billion to the Swedish defense budget, an increase of 28 percent at $10.72 billion from $8.24 billion in 2023. This doubles the country’s military appropriations since...
Elbit Systems has received a $109 million contract from BAE Systems Hägglunds to deploy the Iron Fist Active Protection System for a European customer’s tracked armored Combat Vehicle 90 platform. According to Elbit, the APS features low volume, weight and power requirements and offers 360-degree protection in open terrain and urban environments. Its sensor employs...
Canada has selected Netskope as a preferred cloud access security broker under Shared Services Canada’s cybersecurity procurement vehicle. Netskope said it won the CSPV slot after passing a competitive process to determine if a commercial CASB meets the wide-ranging requirements of Canadian government organizations and agencies. The services that qualified brokers provide to government users...
The Chertoff Group, a security and risk management consultant, said it has partnered with software-as-a-service company Exiger to provide federal contractors with solutions to manage the risk of foreign ownership, control, or influence in their supply chains. The tools that Exiger will contribute in the tie-up include supply chain mapping technologies and strategic FOCI risk...
Australia’s federal government will continue to purchase flood and bushfire data from natural catastrophe services company Iceye. Under the agreement with Iceye, the federal government, states and territories can access the Finland-based company’s Flood Insights and Bushfire Insights products, to be made available to agencies via Esri’s ArcGIS software. Using a combination of synthetic aperture...
Norway’s Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace has won a $1.49 billion contract to supply Poland with four Naval Strike Missile Coastal Defense System squadrons. Both land- and sea-based platforms can launch the NSM fifth-generation strike missile, for delivery to or already in use in 12 countries. It was initially developed for the Norwegian Navy. The NSM...
German automotive and arms manufacturer Rheinmetall delivered a Mission Master XT to the Norwegian Defence Research Establishment in August, its first customer delivery of the uncrewed ground vehicle. During field tests in Finland in March, the vehicle demonstrated Arctic mobility capabilities on icy rivers and steep, slippery banks in minus-30 degrees Celsius temperatures. According to Alain...
The United States has added to its sanctions list two individuals and one Russian company for their involvement in generating funds for North Korea’s development of weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missiles. The Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control imposed the sanctions on Moscow-based company Intellekt, Russian national Sergey Mikhaylovich Kozlov...
BAE Systems said it will showcase its multidomain defense and security solutions and military partnerships in Poland at the annual International Defense Industry Exhibition MSPO set at Targi Kielce from Sept. 5 to 8. Visitors of the trade show will be able to view a wide range of BAE’s exhibits containing radar, aircraft survivability equipment,...
