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Sweden Orders CV90 New Builds to Replace Units Shipped to Ukraine
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Sweden Orders CV90 New Builds to Replace Units Shipped to Ukraine

Sweden has ordered new Combat Vehicle 90 builds from BAE Systems to replace the units that the country shipped to Ukraine. The new builds will also expand Ukraine’s arsenal and allow other nations to participate in the procurement process for the military vehicle, BAE said. “These new CV9035 MkIIICs will extend the capabilities of both...

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Raytheon UK Names James Gray as Chief Executive, Managing Director

Raytheon UK has selected James Gray to succeed Jeff Lewis as chief executive and managing director. The appointment will take effect on June 1, when Lewis retires after over five years in the company, including a year as chief operating officer. Gray has been the managing director of Raytheon UK’s cyber, space and training business...

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Sweden Looks to Strengthen Defense, Cybersecurity Partnership With US

Swedish government leaders are visiting the United States this week to strengthen trans-Atlantic cooperation on defense and cybersecurity.  Carl-Oskar Bohlin, Sweden’s minister of civil defense, is scheduled to meet with representatives from the White House to discuss heightening geopolitical tensions and ongoing support for Ukraine. The delegation, including Swedish State Secretary Johan Berggren, is expected...

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Lockheed Ships First F-16 Block 70 Jet Fighters for Bahrain

Lockheed Martin announced that the first ferry cell of three F-16 Block 70 jet fighters took off from Greenville, South Carolina, to Bahrain on Wednesday, making the Arab island nation the first Gulf Cooperation Council member armed with the warplane. The aircraft’s features include an active electronically scanned array fire control radar, advanced avionics, and...

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BAE, ASC to Build Australia’s Fleet of Sovereign Nuclear-Powered Submarines; Charles Woodburn Quoted

BAE Systems is collaborating with ASC to deliver Australia’s sovereign nuclear-powered submarines. The Australian government selected the two companies to build a fleet of advanced attack submarines under its AUKUS security pact with the United States and the United Kingdom. Under the agreement, BAE and ASC will combine their skills, expertise and capabilities to produce...

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Rheinmetall Expands Portfolio to Autonomous Light Hybrid Vehicles With Dutch Startup Acquisition

German automotive and arms manufacturer Rheinmetall announced that its Dutch subsidiary, Rheinmetall Defence Nederland, has acquired the startup REEQ, a manufacturer of lightweight tactical vehicles, for an undisclosed amount. The acquisition expands the Rheinmetall Vehicle System Division’s portfolio to hybrid technology, with the REEQ military vehicles’ fully electric drive train drawing power from a mobile...

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Thales Launches New AI Accelerator for Defense

Thales has launched a new initiative to accelerate the development of artificial intelligence for aircraft, armed forces and critical infrastructures. The new cortAIx is an accelerator that brings together experts from industry and academia. The accelerator has three core elements: the cortAIx Lab, cortAIx Factory and cortAIx Sensors. According to Thales, cortAIx Lab is the...

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Italy’s Fincantieri Prepares for Opportunities in Undersea Market Growth; Pierroberto Folgiero Quoted

Italian ship manufacturer Fincantieri is preparing for the anticipated growth of the undersea market over the coming years, according to company CEO Pierroberto Folgiero. In an interview with Breaking Defense, Folgiero predicted that the market would be worth up to $400 billion by 2030. “Underwater will be what was space 40 years ago,” the CEO...

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RAF Wing Commander Completes Course to Qualify as E-7 Wedgetail Operator

The Royal Air Force’s Wing Commander Sarah McDonnell recently completed a qualifying course in Australia to operate the E-7 Wedgetail. Administered by the Royal Australian Air Force and Boeing Australia under the RAF’s E-7 Wedgetail AEW1 Programme, the course provided class-based instruction and simulator training to McDonnell and allowed her to fly Australia’s E-7A. The...

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Infleqtion Awarded Defense Slot in UK Quantum Catalyst Fund

Quantum information company Infleqtion said it has won a defense project award under Innovate UK‘s Quantum Contextual Artificial Intelligence for Long-range Correlations. The Austin, Texas-based company will partner with U.K. defense company QinetiQ in the Q-CALC data analysis project. The project, titled Quantum End-to-end Compilation for Combinatorial Optimisation, QECCO for short, is a three-year undertaking...