Seventeen NATO countries now will share intelligence information in one place at the alliance’s new Intelligence Fusion Center. Some 100 international dignitaries, military leaders, and local British officials gathered at an opening ceremony on Oct. 16 in Cambridgeshire, England, reports Stars and Stripes. “The purpose of this center is to share, not to protect [intelligence],” said Marine Corps Gen. James Jones, Supreme Allied Commander Europe. Information will be gathered from NATO partners around the world, especially in Afghanistan, to consolidate information better and faster.
Canadian-based CAE announced plans to buy L3Harris Technologies’ Military Training business for $1.05 billion, saying the acquisition broadens its training and simulation portfolio and doubles its U.S. defense presence. The proposed acquisition, which is slated to close in the second half of 2021, “accelerates our growth strategy in defense and…