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Bollinger ready to vie for US, Canada, Findland icebreaker contracts

Bollinger Shipyards announced Thursday that its Pascagoula Mississippi shipyard now exceeds 1,000 employees, touting the milestone as it gears up to make the first heavy icebreaker in the U.S. in more than 50 years – vessels Washington is keen to produce more of as it...
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At NATO summit, a question of what the alliance wants from the Pacific

It’s been a busy two months of travel for Lithuania’s defense minister. In June, Laurynas Kasčiūnas traveled to Singapore for the Shangri-La Dialogue, Asia’s largest defense conference — and one, since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, that’s seen far more...
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Germany buys more Patriots as it supplements Ukraine’s air defense

Raytheon has won a second contract this year, worth $1.2 billion, to provide major Patriot air and missile defense system components to Germany as the country sends additional Patriot systems to Ukraine. Raytheon received a previous contract — for the same amount —...
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Switzerland squares neutrality with its European air-defense push

MILAN — Switzerland is moving to formalize its membership in the European Sky Shield Initiative, a step that officials and analysts believe is in line with the country’s neutrality stance thanks to the project’s procurement focus and some special wording. Through its...
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