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Helsing’s CA-1 Europa. Credit: Helsing. Helsing reported that investor demand “significantly exceeded” the available allocation during its latest Series E funding round, which raised $1.8bn for the defence AI company. The round valued the company at $18bn, the company said in a 13 July release. Discover B2B Marketing That Performs Combine business intelligence and editorial excellence to reach engaged professionals across 36 leading media platforms. Find out more Among the participants were Dragoneer Investment Group, Disruptive, Iconiq, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Growth Equity at Goldman Sachs Alternatives, JPMorganChase, General Catalyst, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments), Plural, and Stepstone. Existing…

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Omnia Training will provide the British Army with a digital training system to prepare soldiers for modern warfare. Credit: RTX. A new contract from the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD), valued at £2bn ($2.6bn), will see 60,000 British soldiers trained each year using AI and advanced analytics to build a more capable and combat-ready British Army. The MoD has selected Omnia Training as its Strategic Training Partner to lead the delivery of the Army’s Collective Training Service (ACTS) over a 15-year period. Discover B2B Marketing That Performs Combine business intelligence and editorial excellence to reach engaged professionals across 36 leading…

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Officials at the opening of the new manufacturing facility. Credit: Echodyne Corp. Echodyne has expanded its production capability of radars with the opening of a manufacturing facility in Washington State. According to a 9 July release, the company has commenced operations at the site, with production expected to surpass 30,000 radars annually when fully scaled. Discover B2B Marketing That Performs Combine business intelligence and editorial excellence to reach engaged professionals across 36 leading media platforms. Find out more Built with a $40m investment, the 86,350ft2 plant encompasses approximately 74,350ft2 for manufacturing activities and 12,000ft2 for warehousing. To establish a central…

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Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s coalition has suffered a significant setback during a state election in Johor, losing ground to its main federal coalition partner, with whom it is set for a possible showdown at the next general election. Barisan Nasional (BN), the incumbent coalition in Johor, an economically important state at the tip of peninsular Malaysia, ​secured a commanding victory in Saturday’s polls, winning 48 of 56 state assembly seats, up from 40 at the last election in 2022. Anwar’s Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition won the remaining eight seats, down from 12 previously. While the poor result in Johor…

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Precision Strike Missile (PrSM) Increment 1 engagements. Credit: DVIDS. The Nato Summit in Ankara saw 12 allies commit $50bn to accelerate existing deep strike projects Ukraine’s strike campaign inside Russia leverages homegrown cruise missiles, such as the FP-5 Flamingo The UK will lead the new initative since the country already serves as a participant in numerous deep strike partnerships The ability to disrupt an adversary’s centre of gravity – significant enablers and assets beyond the reach of frontline combat – is not new, and Nato allies are realising that this is a capability gap across the continent. Historically, artillery barrages…

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