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The upper house of Swiss Parliament–the Council of States–on Sept. 18 approved a measure lifting the spending ceiling for the procurement of Swedish aerospace and defense contractor Saab Group’s Gripen E […]

The U.K. Ministry of Defense on Sept. 11 said it has awarded an approximately $580 million contract in a six-year agreement with Rolls-Royce Turbomeca to provide engine maintenance for two of the […]

The Defense Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) and Kennametal Manufacturing UK Ltd are jointly funding a $3.1 million Center of Excellence for Ceramic Armor facility in Newport, South Wales. The center will […]

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) on Tuesday announced five new projects valued at more than $7 million aimed at helping to develop more secure ways to conduct […]

A new report from Defense Group Inc., a consulting group, suggests that growth in the Chinese cloud computing industry could pose national security risks to the United States. The report warns that […]

Northrop Grumman [NOC] said it is ready, if selected, to begin full-rate production of its Freedom 350 radio to satisfy the Army acquisition rate for the Mid-Tier Networking Vehicular Radio (MNVR).  […]

The Longbow Limited Liability Company, a joint venture of Lockheed Martin [LMT] and Northrop Grumman [NOC], on Sept. 12 said it received a $51 million foreign military sales contract to provide South Korea with […]

The United States anticipates that its international Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) satellite constellation partners–Canada, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom–will join it in performing terminal development testing in the […]

The Dutch government formally committed to the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program by announcing plans Tuesday to purchase 37 of the next generation stealth fighter jets built by Lockheed Martin […]

General Dynamics’ [GD] C4Systems on Sept. 16 said the first Brigade-level deployment of the General Dynamics-built Warfighter Information Network–Tactical (WIN-T) Increment 2, the soldier’s Network, is successfully supporting soldiers with the […]