Cyber
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GNSS disruption threatens navigation, timing, infrastructure, and operational continuity worldwide. Prof Aled Catherall of Plextek examines why layered PNT resilience is becoming an economic and security imperative.
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MANTECH has secured a $345 million naval cyber research contract. The five-year task order spans C3I, electronic warfare, tactical networks, integration, testing, and field engineering.
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NEC and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries will deepen defence systems collaboration. Their new alliance covers command and control, unmanned assets, cloud integration, and sovereign data and AI capability.
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Cellebrite launches portable C-TEK field forensics kit for military teams. The backpack-sized system combines extraction software, ruggedised hardware, and independent power for forward-deployed digital intelligence work without conventional laboratory infrastructure.
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Palladyne AI and NORDA will combine autonomy technologies for drones. SwarmOS will coordinate multiple aircraft while Underdog provides terminal guidance when navigation and communications are degraded.
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Five Nordic technology groups have joined a new defence track. Ericsson, Kongsberg, Nokia, Patria, and Saab will develop industry-backed initiatives spanning connectivity, artificial intelligence, autonomy, and regional defence resilience.
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BEL has secured ₹730 crore in additional defence electronics orders. The package spans communications, radar, avionics, land systems, electro-optics, cyber security, jamming, batteries, spares, and support.
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SealingTech has secured US Cyber Command’s full-rate JCHK production award. The five-year agreement has a $750 million ceiling and standardises deployable defensive-cyber hardware for joint teams.
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UK Defence has opened a new industry route into AI. TF RAID’s Industry Front Door will collect technologies for experimentation and engagement, but it is not itself a procurement competition.
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Leidos has won a $301 million US Army cyber contract. The five-year follow-on covers continuous network defence alongside engineering and development of AI-enabled resilience capabilities.