Raytheon has received a $1.02 billion U.S. Army contract to provide NASAMS fire units for Kuwait through the Foreign Military Sales program, with work set to continue through May 2031.
Raytheon Gets Kuwait NASAMS Contract
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OpenAI Sidles into Pentagon as Trump Cans Anthropic
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Anthropic is being phased out of Pentagon systems after a dispute over safeguards tied to domestic surveillance and autonomous weapons. President Donald Trump ordered federal agencies to stop using the company’s AI, while OpenAI announced a new agreement to deploy its models in classified networks.
Anthropic Rejects Pentagon AI-Safety Off Demands
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Anthropic has refused Pentagon demands that it remove safety safeguards from its Claude AI model, including for mass surveillance and fully autonomous weapons. CEO Dario Amodei said the company “cannot in good conscience accede” to the request, even as the Pentagon threatens contract removal and designation as a supply chain risk under the Defense Production Act.
U.S. Pentagon Deploys AI Platform on All Computers
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The U.S. War Department has rolled out GenAI.mil, a new generative AI platform featuring Google’s Gemini for Government, making advanced AI tools available to all military and civilian personnel, marking a major move towards an AI-enabled workforce.
German defence minister: Ukraine no longer a regional war
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Russian President Vladimir Putin “has long since switched completely to a war economy,” and the country is currently producing as many weapons and ammunition in three months as the entire European Union does in a year, Pistorius said.
Legal trouble for defence, drone companies
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Chinese drone manufacturer DJI is facing trouble doing business in the U.S with all kinds of legal hurdles and has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Pentagon, while Raytheon has been fined almost $1 billion and Sweden’s Saab has been subpoenaed for its sale of Gripen fighters to Brazil.
Australia, Taiwan in $$$$ missile defence buys
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Australia announced a $4.7 billion purchase of Raytheon SM-2 and SM-6 missiles and Taiwan is likely to buy three Raytheon NASAMS medium-range air defence systems in a $2 billion sale.
U.S. announces $2.35B military aid for Ukraine
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The latest round of military aid worth USD 150 million is the Biden administration’s 60th tranche of aid since August 2021, including artillery and ammunition from its own inventories, in addition to purchases of air defence systems worth USD 2.2 billion for Ukraine.
Germany to surrender key airbase in Niger after talks fail
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While French troops had left the military-run country last year, the last U.S. troops are also expected to imminently depart the country, with Russian troops already on site to take their place after creating a presence in Mali and Burkina Faso, also taken over by the military.
U.S. Air Force to buy Turkish F-35s
Turkey had intended to order 100 fighters and had paid for at least 14 aircraft
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Eight of the F-35A fighters intended for Turkey will now be acquired by the USAF in an order that also includes six additional F-35A aircraft, for an order worth USD 861.73 million.
Why India, not Russia, is supplying Russian-built helicopters to Afghanistan
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Why isn’t Afghanistan getting the Mi-25 attack helicopters from Russia, which is the original manufacturer? Answer: Ukraine, Syria, sanctions, defense lobby
Indian defense ministry team in US
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The team is in the US to discuss the Defense Trade and Technology Initiative (DTTI) and terms for the new Defense Framework Agreement in a trip timed just before the Modi visit.
US sharply hikes M-777 artillery price for India
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In purely dollar terms, the new price represents a 37 percent hike in the cost of the offer to India, but would effectively be even higher given the fall in the value of the rupee against the dollar since 2010.
Iran warns US battleship to keep out of Gulf
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Iran’s military leadership Tuesday warned a US aircraft carrier to keep out of the Persian Gulf. The warning from army commander Major General Ataollah Salehi comes after a 10-day Iranian naval exercise ended in the Strait of Hormuz.
Reality Check: US F-35 offer report
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The US offer of information on the F-35 to India in a report made to the country’s Senate Armed Services Committee comes curiously on the eve of the opening of the commercial bids of the IAF’s MMRCA competition.
