DAN TAYLOR, TECHNOLOGY EDITOR

BAE Systems and Leonardo UK will further develop and integrate the European Common Radar System (ECRS) Mk2 radar into the Royal Air Force's Typhoon fighter jets, according to a statement from the Eurofighter Typhoon consortium, which is made up of the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, and Spain.

DAN TAYLOR, TECHNOLOGY EDITOR

Hensoldt will upgrade helicopters of the Ukrainian Armed Forces with advanced detection and self-protection sensor technology called the Airborne Missile Protection System (AMPS), which will be installed in 16 Ukrainian military helicopters, according to a company statement.

DAN TAYLOR, TECHNOLOGY EDITOR

L3Harris Technologies has won a U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command contract to provide a sensor payload design for the medium Earth orbit (MEO) – Missile Track Custody (MTC) Epoch 1 program, the company announced in a statement.

DAN TAYLOR, TECHNOLOGY EDITOR

Saab's Arexis sensor suite has been selected by Germany's defence procurement office (BAAINBw) to be integrated into the German Eurofighter for electronic warfare (EW) adaptation, according to a company announcement.

DAN TAYLOR, TECHNOLOGY EDITOR

Kongsberg has won a contract with the Norwegian Defence Materiel Agency (FMA) to upgrade the radars on the Norwegian Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System (NASAMS), the company announced in a statement.

DAN TAYLOR, TECHNOLOGY EDITOR

Hensoldt is once again shipping air defense radars to Ukraine, this time winning a contract to provide four additional multifunction radars for the IRIS-T SLM air defense system developed by Diehl Defence in an effort to bolster Ukraine's protection against aerial attacks, Hensoldt announced in a statement.

DAN TAYLOR, TECHNOLOGY EDITOR

Thales has won a contract to delivery and install of SMART-L Multi Mission Fixed (MM/F) long-range radars for the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV), according to a company statement.

DAN TAYLOR, TECHNOLOGY EDITOR

Northrop Grumman's MQ-4C Triton flying test bed (FTB) demonstrated persistent long-range targeting at the Northern Edge 2023 military training exercise, according to a statement by the company.

DAN TAYLOR, TECHNOLOGY EDITOR

BAE Systems has bought Radio Frequency Systems (Australia), a former subsidiary of Radio Frequency Systems (Germany), after the parent company decided to withdraw from the defense sector, according to a statement by BAE Systems.

DAN TAYLOR, TECHNOLOGY EDITOR

Global defense budgets will grow by more than $500 billion in the next five years, according to a new report.

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