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Saab JAS 39 Gripen multi-role fighter aircraft. Credit: © GKN Aerospace. GKN Aerospace has agreed a long-term partnership with Saab that will expand its role in the propulsion system for the Gripen E/F fighter.  Under the agreement, GKN Aerospace will become Saab’s preferred provider of engine services for Gripen E/F.   Discover B2B Marketing That Performs Combine business intelligence and editorial excellence to reach engaged professionals across 36 leading media platforms. Find out more Its responsibilities will include propulsion support, capability development and contributions to Saab’s international Gripen campaigns.  GKN Aerospace, defence and space governmental solutions SVP Sara Eklöf said: “Gripen…

BEIRUT — French aerospace and defense giant Thales is pitching its new artificial intelligence-enabled command and control system, dubbed HexaForce, as a solution specifically for the Gulf market, a top executive told Breaking Defense. “We do believe that there is an operational need and a solution based on our open standard, being able to address the sovereignty for the countries. We do believe that this solution is already fit for purpose regarding the Gulf,” Thales Vice President for Multi-Domain Operations Patrick Moreau said in an interview Tuesday. Moreau declined to comment on any discussions the company may be having with…

10th Fires Brigade conducted a HIMARS live fire exercise at TFTA as part of Exercise Pozieres Run. Credit: WO2 Darren Tomlin. The Australian Army has received a second tranche of High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) launchers from the US, with deliveries completed two years earlier than initially planned.   This expansion is part of a broader effort to strengthen the country’s long-range strike capabilities amid record defence investment.  Discover B2B Marketing That Performs Combine business intelligence and editorial excellence to reach engaged professionals across 36 leading media platforms. Find out more The new HIMARS units, which comes just a year…

STOCKHOLM — Against a backdrop of political controversy over Sweden’s approach to the nations on NATO’s eastern flank, Stockholm this week announced it will be sending Patriot batteries to Poland, the first time it has deployed the high-end air defenses as part of a NATO mission.  About 100 personnel from the Swedish Air Defense Regiment (Lv 6) in Halmstad will protect NATO’s logistics hub in southeastern Poland, outgoing Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said at a press briefing at the government headquarters on Tuesday. Saab Gripen fighters from the Blekinge Air Wing (F 17) are already flying over Poland this month…

The US military is asking more of its unmanned systems, all of which are constrained by the energy capacity of today’s batteries. The demand for increasingly capable and power-hungry drones means the battery’s capability determines range, endurance, payload, and time on station.  Breaking Defense spoke with Sion Power CTO Job Rijssenbeek about advances in high-capacity battery chemistry, where lithium-metal technology may be applicable, and why batteries and unmanned platforms increasingly need to be co-designed as a single system. Breaking Defense: As unmanned systems take on more demanding missions, is energy becoming a limiting factor in what they can do? Job…

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Lockheed Martin’s S-70i Black Hawk virtual maintenance trainer provides interactive 3D maintenance simulations. Credit: Lockheed Martin. Lockheed Martin has signed a contract with the Philippine Department of National Defence to supply training equipment for the Philippine Air Force’s S-70i Black Hawk fleet.  The direct commercial sale includes a full-flight simulator, a virtual maintenance trainer, courseware, sustainment and spares support through 2032.   Discover B2B Marketing That Performs Combine business intelligence and editorial excellence to reach engaged professionals across 36 leading media platforms. Find out more It represents the first order for Lockheed Martin’s S-70i Black Hawk training devices, the company said…

WASHINGTON — The Pentagon and Lockheed Martin are in discussions over a mega-deal for the company’s F-35 Joint Strike Fighter that could span up to a decade and include both production and maintenance for the stealth jet, according to people familiar with the negotiations.  Officials have weighed an F-35 multi-year procurement contract for years, and the latest push comes as the Trump administration seeks to expand the use of long-term agreements to buy key weapons like munitions. A successful deal covering both production and sustainment of the tri-variant fighter could be worth tens of billions of dollars.  “There’s been talk…

The Army is bringing futures back.The service announced the creation of Futures and Autonomous Systems Command on Friday, a day after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced the creation of a new combatant command for autonomous warfare in a speech to troops.”Secretary Hegseth made it clear: We are done with the bureaucratic inertia holding back modernization,” acting Army Secretary Adam Telle said in a news release. So how do they cut through bureaucracy with a new bureaucratic organization? FASCOM will stand up in the wake of last year’s decision to consolidate Army Futures Command and Training and Doctrine Command, part of a multi-year…

JERSUALEM — For the first time, Israel’s Ministry of Defense has sent a delegation and a national pavilion to the Marrakech Airshow, which opened today. “This marks Israel’s first official participation in the defense exhibition held in Morocco since the signing of the Abraham Accords,” Israel’s Ministry of Defense said. Yair Kulas, the head of the ministry’s SIBAT office, praised this first participation in the Moroccan exhibition, calling it a “milestone” for Israel’s defense industry. The ministry continued that the “opening of the Israeli national pavilion at the Marrakech Airshow is part of the IMOD’s strategy to increase defense exports…