The U.S. business arms of Hensoldt and QinetiQ are looking to work on collaborative engagements in the country’s defense and national security markets and, in connection, have entered into an agreement to create a strategic partnership framework. The companies will strategically cooperate to develop, integrate, test and field Hensoldt’s sensing technologies for national security projects, […] More

Germany-based sensor provider Hensoldt has tested its counter unmanned aerial vehicle system designed to defend airports and other infrastructure from potential threats. The company said Wednesday its Xpeller counter-UAV system was demonstrated at the Airbus airfield in Hamburg, Germany for spectators that included airport operators and representatives from armed forces, industrial companies and police forces. […] More

Leonardo and Hensoldt, formerly Airbus“™ electronics and border security business, have agreed to partner to market the former“™s Mode 5 identification friend-or-foe system to potential customers worldwide. The U.K. defense ministry has selected the Leonardo-Hensoldt team, also known as Team Skytale, to update IFF systems on at least 400 aerial, maritime and ground vehicles, Leonardo said […] More

L3Harris Technologies has teamed up with five other companies to compete for a project to develop a new airborne warning and control system for NATO. L3Harris said Monday it plans to bid for the Alliance Future Surveillance and Control program in partnership with CAE, General Dynamics, Jacobs, Viasat and Hensoldt. The industry team intends to […] More

BAE Systems' electronic systems business has recognized various suppliers and partners for their efforts to help the company fulfill its services. The firm said Wednesday it awarded various distinctions to 11 firms during the Partner 2 Win Supplier Symposium that took place Tuesday in Manchester, N.H.

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Lockheed Martin“™s Sikorsky subsidiary has introduced an industrialization plan that seeks to advance partnership with the German aerospace and defense industry in support of its effort to compete for the European country“™s heavy lift helicopter program. Sikorsky and Rheinmetall Group agreed to team up in February to offer the former“™s CH-53K King Stallion helicopter for the German air force“™s […] More

A team led by Alion Science and Technology has submitted a proposal to build a naval platform to replace Canada’s Iroquois-class destroyers and Halifax-class frigates. Alion said Friday its proposed ship for the Canadian Surface Combatant program is based on Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding‘s De Zeven Provincien-class frigate and features Atlas Elektronik‘s combat management system and Hensoldt‘s radar technology. […] More

Germany plans to buy three Northrop Grumman-built Triton unmanned aerial vehicles from the U.S. Navy for use in signal intelligence operations of its armed forces, Defense News reported Wednesday. The inspector general with Germany“™s armed forces Bundeswehr said the country“™s military aims to procure the first Triton UAV in 2025 and the other two drones by […] More

The electronics and border security arm of Airbus‘ defense and space business has introduced a new portable jamming system to its portfolio of counter-unmanned aerial vehicle products that detect illicit intrusions of small drones, Trade Arabia reported Tuesday. The report said the counter-UAV product line, which will be christened as Xpeller at the Consumer Electronics Show […] More