The Russian military will receive state-of-the-art Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missiles, which, according to the manufacturer, can pierce through any existing air defense. The signing of a state contract “for the production and supply of the Sarmat strategic missile system” was announced on Tuesday during the Army 2022 forum, which is …
Read More »Norway dumps NATO helicopter contract
Norway, one of the founding NATO members, is terminating a contract for NH-90 military helicopters it signed back in 2001, the country’s Defense Minister Bjorn Arild Gram announced at a press conference on Friday. The model, which was developed specifically to meet the military alliance’s requirements, has been deemed suboptimal …
Read More »Serbia secures new gas contract with Russia
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Sunday he had agreed a new three-year gas contract with Moscow during phone talks with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Apart from the gas contract, the two presidents also discussed the prospects of expanding gas storage facilities in Serbia, Vucic revealed. The price of …
Read More »La Liga to lodge legal complaint amid Mbappe contract extension
Spanish league chiefs have announced they are to file a complaint to UEFA, French courts and the European Union regarding the circumstances of Kylian Mbappe’s contract renewal with French powerhouse club Paris Saint-Germain. Mbappe, considered by many to be among the finest young talents in world football, had appeared to …
Read More »Russia’s rubles-for-gas plan breaches contract – EU
Leaders from some European Union member states have claimed that Moscow’s demand that “unfriendly” countries pay rubles for Russia’s gas could breach supply contracts, Reuters reported on Thursday. On Wednesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered that gas contracts with “unfriendly countries” – those responsible for sanctions against Russia – be …
Read More »Google ‘aggressively pursuing’ Pentagon’s cloud-computing contract set to replace scrapped ‘JEDI’ project — media
The tech behemoth has been “aggressively pursuing” the contract, New York Times reported on Wednesday, citing “four people familiar with the matter.” Google sees the issue as a priority, designating it a “code yellow” emergency in internal documents, the report claims. Google has reportedly been working hard behind the scenes …
Read More »Russia will cut gas supply to Moldova unless debt is paid and new contract signed before December 1 – Gazprom
The company says that Moldova’s government has created the gas supply crisis the country now finds itself in, and that Moldova’s total debt is currently $709 million. However, Gazprom insisted that the situation has nothing to do with politics, since the company can’t afford to operate at a loss. Moldova …
Read More »If you can’t beat ‘em, sue ‘em: Bezos’ Blue Origin challenges NASA in court over moon lander contract with rival Musk’s SpaceX
Blue Origin filed its suit with the US Court of Federal Claims under a protective order on Monday The company’s lawyers describe it as a challenge to NASA’s “unlawful and improper evaluation of proposals submitted” under the Project Artemis call for submissions. Blue Origin’s initial $5.9 billion lunar landing system …
Read More »Pentagon cancels $10bn ‘JEDI’ cloud-computing contract with Microsoft amid Amazon dispute over deal
The Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure Cloud (JEDI) contract, part of the Pentagon’s modernization drive and worth up to $10 billion, was originally awarded to Microsoft two years ago. However, just a month later, the tech giant was hit by a lawsuit filed in the US Court of Federal Claims by …
Read More »UK govt gave contract to IT firm that is ‘openly plotting’ to turn vaccine passports into a national ID card, privacy groups warns
Entrust, an IT firm that bills itself as a “global leader in identities, payments, and data protection,” was awarded a contract by the Department of Health and Social Care last month to work on the UK’s Covid-19 vaccine certificate system. The company was given £250,000 ($346,000) to provide cloud-computing services …
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