The Canadian Armed Forces has awarded GM Defense Canada a $25.96 million contract to procure 90 light tactical vehicles to support the NATO Enhanced Forward Presence Multinational Battlegroup in Latvia. The order could increase to up to 108 units if the CAF exercises an option to purchase more LTVs. Under the contract, the GM Defense...
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Canada Awards Hitachi Energy Funding to Build HVDC Simulation Center in Quebec
Hitachi Energy Canada has secured funding from the Canadian government to build a new high-voltage direct current simulation center in Montreal. HVDC is a key component that integrates large-scale renewable electricity into the power grid. On Monday, the company said it received around $22 million from the Strategic Innovation Fund, a national investment program supporting...
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Lockheed Awarded $300M Navy Contract Modification to Support Australia Surface Combatant Program
Naval Sea Systems Command has awarded Lockheed Martin’s rotary and mission systems business a contract modification worth $300.94 million to provide software engineering and on-site support for the Australia Surface Combatant program. Work will be performed in Moorestown, New Jersey, and Adelaide, Australia, through September 2031. The ASC initiative involves the modernization of three Hobart-class...
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US Forms ICE Pact With Canada, Finland on Polar Icebreaker Production
The United States, Canada and Finland have announced a new partnership focused on producing polar icebreakers and workforce development in the shipbuilding industry. The Icebreaker Collaboration Effort Pact, unveiled on the sidelines of a three-day NATO summit in Washington D.C., comes as the U.S. Coast Guard builds new heavy icebreakers to ensure access to 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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Bell Seeks to Deliver Canada’s First Modified Griffon Helicopter in 2026
Bell Textron Canada targets a 2026 delivery for the first modernized CH-146 Griffon of the Royal Canadian Air Force, pending military certification. The company is upgrading RCAF’s fleet of Bell 412EP variant helicopters under a $2.28 billion in-service support contract awarded in January to support the Griffon Limited Life Extension project through 2039. The first...
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Treasury Seeking Comments on Proposal to Prohibit Tech-Related Deals in Countries of Concern
The Department of the Treasury is soliciting comments on its proposed regulations addressing potential national security issues posed by U.S. investments in locations deemed countries of concern under an executive order on national security technologies and products. The Treasury issued a notice of proposed rulemaking in compliance with Executive Order 14105, under which the department...
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Iridium Partners Authorized to Sell STL Service in Europe, Asia; Matt Desch Quoted
Iridium has authorized its partners to offer the company’s alternative positioning, timing and navigation service to customers in Europe and Asia Pacific, in addition to those in North America. The Iridium Satellite Time and Location service, designed to deliver precise timing information resilient to global navigation satellite system outages, was launched in April after the...
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Canada Deploying Three Warships in Indo-Pacific
Canada will deploy navy ships in the Indo-Pacific to promote peace and stability in the region. Minister of National Defence Bill Blair, who announced the Canadian government’s decision at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, noted that Ottawa’s naval presence in the region will support a free, open and inclusive Indo-Pacific. “This Canadian naval deployment demonstrates that...
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Canadian Surface Combatant Warships to Use L3Harris’ Communications System; Anthony Nigara Quoted
L3Harris Technologies will supply Lockheed Martin Canada with the integrated communication system for the Royal Canadian Navy’s planned new warships. Lockheed Martin Canada and Irving Shipbuilding are leading a consortium tasked to build the vessels under Ottawa’s Canadian Surface Combatant program. According to Anthony Nigara, maritime sector president at L3 Harris Technologies, the contract award...