The Australian Department of Defence is currently investigating how F-35 components bound for the US in late May were diverted to Hong Kong. The incident could make Western suppliers more cautious about transferring technology or including distant companies in their supply chains. At the same time, it could incentivise them to double down on MRO localisation to minimise cross-borders movements of parts and components.
Edgewing, the joint venture established to design and develop a fighter aircraft under the Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP), has awarded an 18-month contract to the GCAP Electronics Evolution (G2E) consortium to further develop the aircraft’s integrated sensing and communications systems.
Poland and Canada deepened their existing defence-industrial cooperation at MSPO, where Canada served as the exhibition's lead nation. Poland’s WB GROUP signed four agreements with Canadian companies CAE, Robotics Centre, WESCAM, and Rosborough Boats, covering the production of unmanned systems, electro-optical integration, maritime platforms, and training and simulation.
Mechanical and Chemical Industry Corporation (MKE), the Turkish state-owned defence manufacturer, has established Zafer, a wholly owned subsidiary in Cairo, to facilitate local joint production with Egyptian defence industry partners.
France’s Safran Electronics & Defense has signed an MoU with Brazilian missile systems company Sistemas Integrados de Alto Teor Tecnológico (SIATT) to explore cooperation on missile systems, loitering munitions, coastal defence, and related technologies.
Havoc, a US company specialising in unmanned systems, and Taiwanese shipbuilder CSBC Corporation announced on 10 September that they were pursuing a partnership to pursue the licensed co-production of autonomous unmanned surface vessels (USVs) in Taiwan.