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The Norwegian Defence Materiel Agency has today signed a contract with Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace for sensor upgrades of the Skjold-class corvettes. The contract has a value of about NOK 410 million. The upgrade includes improved fire control radars and new electro-optical sensors for four vessels, as well as their integration into existing combat systems. Accordong to the Norwegian Defence Materiel Agency, this will strengthen the ability to detect and follow targets, including smaller and fast targets such as drones, while the vessels’ 76 mm guns can deliver precise fire also for years to come. The measures are part of…

Listen to the article 2 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Southern Glazer’s Wine and Spirits opened a distribution facility in West Columbia, South Carolina, according to a Feb. 10 press release. The 412,500-square-foot facility in Lexington County aims to strengthen the distributor’s supply chain network and support suppliers in the state, per the release. The distribution center is equipped with advanced material handling systems and scalable storage capacity, according to the release. Dive Insight: The West Columbia facility, which sits on an 85-acre campus and has an expansion capacity of…

The UT30 MK2 is designed to enhance the firepower of APCs. Credit: © Elbit Systems Ltd. Elbit Systems has secured a contract to supply 30mm turret systems and munitions to an unnamed international customer under contracts valued at approximately $277m. The agreements, involving UT30 MK2 turrets, will be carried out over a three-year period. Discover B2B Marketing That Performs Combine business intelligence and editorial excellence to reach engaged professionals across 36 leading media platforms. Find out more Intended for use on armoured personnel carriers (APCs), Elbit Systems’ UT30 MK2 is designed to increase the operational capabilities of the vehicles by…

Kratos is a technology company in defence, national security and global markets. Credit: Sundry Photography/Shutterstock.com. Kratos Defense & Security Solutions has secured a contract from the US Department of Defense’s Joint Hypersonics Transition Office (JHTO) to support test and evaluation activities for thermal protection systems in hypersonic vehicles. Under the agreement, Kratos will analyse various mission scenarios and flight conditions to determine suitable testing environments. Discover B2B Marketing That Performs Combine business intelligence and editorial excellence to reach engaged professionals across 36 leading media platforms. Find out more The company will also develop standard testing procedures and techniques intended to…

Editor’s note: This is an epilogue to “Maneuver Under a Lying Sky,” a work of FICINT. In it, the author of the short story extracts five real-world lessons from it for US and allied military forces. You can read the story here. “Maneuver Under a Lying Sky” is a work of fiction. But the details the story weaves together are not. FICINT—fictional intelligence—offers a powerful means of anticipating and understanding threats because it blends imagination and reality. It secures our understanding of potential threats to ground truths while simultaneously freeing us to consider how those threats might present themselves before…

News February 19, 2026 Lisa Daigle Assistant Managing Editor Military Embedded Systems U.S. Navy image ESCONDIDO, Calif. One Stop Systems (OSS) announced several new awards totaling $10.5 million — one from the U.S. Navy and another from a leading U.S.-based prime defense contractor — under which OSS will deliver data-storage units in support of the P-8A Poseidon reconnaissance aircraft. Under the terms of the announced agreements, OSS is tasked with delivering rugged data-storage units to support the C5ISR [command, control, communication, computers, cyber, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance] mission capabilities onboard the P-8A Poseidon. These rugged data-storage units are designed and manufactured…

For nearly three decades, the Evolution Championship Series has grown and expanded to host the largest fighting game events in the world, but there’s been another change in ownership for the organizers again. Saudi Arabia’s Qiddiya now appears to have 100% control over the Evo brand through RTS. According to a report from ShackNews, Qiddiya City has bought out the co-ownership rights of Evo from NODWIN Gaming to become the…

One year after taking charge of the nation’s health department, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. hasn’t held true to many of the promises he made while appealing to U.S. senators concerned about the longtime anti-vaccine activist’s plans for the nation’s care.Kennedy squeaked through a narrow Senate vote to be confirmed as head of the Department of Health and Human Services, only after making a number of public and private guarantees about how he would handle vaccine funding and recommendations as secretary.Here’s a look at some of the promises Kennedy made during his confirmation process.The Childhood Vaccine…

Audio of this article is brought to you by the Air & Space Forces Association, honoring and supporting our Airmen, Guardians, and their families. Find out more at afa.org Boeing announced Feb. 20 it has opened a new production line dedicated to building electro-optical infrared sensors for the Space Force and other customers.  The 9,000-square foot manufacturing line is housed within the company’s satellite production facility in El Segundo, Calif. The expansion will help the firm’s small spacecraft arm, Millennium Space Systems, fulfill its contract to deliver 12 satellites in 2027 for the Space Force’s Resilient Missile Warning and Tracking…

New kinds of aircraft taking to the skies could mean unfamiliar sounds overhead — and where you’re hearing them might matter, according to new NASA research. NASA aeronautics has worked for years to enable new air transportation options for people and goods, and to find ways to make sure they can be safely and effectively integrated into U.S. communities. That’s why the agency continues to study how people respond to aircraft noise.   In this case, NASA’s work focused on air taxis, shorthand for a variety of aircraft intended to carry people short distances for everything from personal travel to medical…