Defense Department CIO Katie Arrington said on July 24 that the follow-on to the Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability – JWCC Next – will bring in smaller cloud providers offering AI tools, satellite relays, and rugged edge services not typically available from major vendors.
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On July 24, Italy moved forward with a major defense project as L3Harris Technologies and ELT Group signed an agreement to build Europe’s first multi-sensor calibration and flight-test center. The signing took place inside a Ministry of Defense hangar in Rome. The new installation will let Italian and allied aircraft check radar, electronic warfare, and navigation systems without needing to travel to the U.S. The facility draws on L3Harris’ experience with its Greenville, Texas range and ELT’s long history in electromagnetic support.
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Turkey and the UK signed a memorandum on 23 July during the Istanbul defense fair. Defense ministers Yasar Güler and John Healey formalized plans for Turkey to buy 40 Eurofighter Typhoon Tranche 4 jets, support gear, and weapons. The package is valued at around £2.8 billion. Industry sources report that draft contracts will reach both governments in August, with final signature expected in early autumn.
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Royal International Air Tattoo, Fairford – Michael Williamson, who heads Lockheed Martin International, says that several NATO members not flying the F-35 have come to the company with questions about what it would take to set up repair options for the jet at their own bases. This logic is straightforward: when an F-35 has to divert because of weather or combat damage, the crew shouldn’t have to wait for a transport plane or move the jet over a border just for repairs.
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President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has set a six-month deadline for reaching a home-grown share of one-half in Ukraine’s overall weapons supply. The target, announced on 17 July after parliament approved a reshuffled cabinet, would lift the current forty-percent domestic share to fifty before mid-January 2026. Zelenskyy told lawmakers the country must move the fight onto Russian territory and cannot wait for each foreign shipment.
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A new alliance between Bechtel Plant Machinery Inc. (BPMI) and Pittsburgh-based Gecko Robotics was unveiled on July 15. Announced during a White House technology round-table in Pittsburgh, the arrangement places Gecko’s autonomous inspection robots and data-analytics software inside BPMI’s nuclear-propulsion supply chain. Senior Navy officials describe the move as a direct response to slipping submarine-delivery schedules and mounting maintenance backlogs.
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) and Japan’s Acquisition, Technology and Logistics Agency (ATLA) have signalled a shift in Tokyo’s approach to defence exports. They’re offering to hand all intellectual property related to the Mogami-class frigate to Australia. This marks a departure from Japan’s decades-long policy of strictly domestic defence development, confined to the Japan Self-Defense Forces.
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Australia has confirmed a 2.12 billion-dollar Australian investment – about $1.39 billion U.S. – to secure the newest AIM-120 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missiles, reinforcing both its air-defense shield and its long-range strike reach. Defense officials say the order covers the AIM-120D-3 and AIM-120C-8 variants, sourced through Washington’s Foreign Military Sales channel, with deliveries starting next year.
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The Franco-German-Spanish Future Combat Air System, better known as FCAS, now faces its toughest moment. France has told Germany it wants about 80 percent of the work on the new fighter that anchors the program. The number surfaced late Sunday and was confirmed by people close to the talks. If Paris holds that line, the current parity deal dies and Berlin’s stake shrinks to a token slice. Spanish industry would lose almost as much. Negotiators ended the weekend without setting a fresh meeting date.
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