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The three largest cloud companies in the world are fighting over a huge contract with aerospace giant Boeing. Amazon, Microsoft, and Google are bidding for the deal, which could be worth more than $1bn over several years, multiple people familiar with the negotiations told The Information. Boeing already operates a hybrid IT model, shifting some of its workloads to AWS and Azure from around 2011.
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Sydney, Australia, May 26, 2021 - (ABN Newswire) - Etherstack plc (ASX:ESK) is pleased to announce its Australian subsidiary, Auria Wireless Pty Limited, has entered a contract valued at A$515,000 (~USD$400,000) with the Commonwealth of Australia, represented by the Department of Home Affairs, to supply the Company's technology and associated delivery services to the Commonwealth.
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In last week’s expansionary budget, one area that felt a bit underdone was defence. Here, the government delivered what it promised 12 months ago: $44.6 billion, an increase over last year’s budget of 4.1% in real terms. At any time in the last 25 years a defence budget growing at that level would have been welcome. But now Australia and the wider region faces the direst strategic outlook since perhaps the end of World War II.
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The US State Department on Monday approved a potential $1.7 billion Foreign Military Sale (FMS) of the Aegis Combat System (ACS) to Canada for use in its new Canadian Surface Combatant (CSC) ships. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) notified Congress of the sale on Monday as well.
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A senior Royal Australian Air Force officer whose childhood idol was Neil Armstrong will become Australia's first space commander next year. Air Vice-Marshal Catherine Roberts, who is currently the Head of Air Force Capability, will take over the newly created position of Head of Space Division from January. The trained engineer, who has served in the RAAF for 35 years, was awarded a Conspicuous Service Cross for her work in overseeing the introduction of major aviation capabilities.
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Australia’s defence spending has hit a post-Cold War high, as the government bolsters the nation’s security in response to China’s growing military power in the region. New analysis shows spending on defence was worth 2.45 per cent of the economy by late last year, the highest since the early 1990s at the end of the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union.
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archTIS has announced that the company has entered a contract with the Defence for the expanded deployment of NC Protect. The contract, valued at $296,000, isa software support engagement for archTIS for architecture and implementation services for the migration of NC Protect. The contract is effective immediately for a fixed term ending 30 June 2021.
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FLIR Systems announced on Tuesday that it has won an additional $15.4 million contract to deliver its Black Hornet Nano Unmanned Aerial Vehicle to the U.S. Army. The award, announced by the FLIR on 04 May, covers delivery of FLIR Black Hornet 3 Personal Reconnaissance Systems (PRS), a hand-held surveillance device that can be used to provide small-unit recon in the Central Command area of responsibility as part of the Immediate Response Force mission.
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In a boost for the Indian Armed Forces, the Defence Ministry on Friday (16 April) said that the forces will migrate to 5G network considering the use of unmanned vehicles and artificial intelligence (AI) in the future. The ministry will also be taking necessary steps to take forward the 5G connectivity with the relevant use case circumstances, reports Economic Times.