By Jim Garamone , DOD News The United States will transfer military equipment worth up to $400 million to Ukraine to aid its defense against the Russian invasion, Defense Department officials said today. This security assistance package features ammunition and support equipment to meet Ukraine’s critical security and defense needs. Since Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24, … Read More “U.S. Sends Ukraine $400 Million in Military Equipment” »
152nd Airlift Wing Public AffairsStory by Master Sgt. Garrett Wake Channel Islands Air National Guard Station, Calif — The 152nd Airlift Wing (Nevada) and 153rd Airlift Wing (Wyoming) participated in Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System, or MAFFS, spring training here from April 11 – 16, 2023. Several flight crews from both Air National Guard units … Read More “Air National Guard MAFFS units practice aerial wildland firefighting with U.S. Forest Service” »
M-LIDS sensors and effectors are currently employed on two M-ATVs; Leonardo DRS leads an integration effort to consolidate the capability onto one Stryker. Drones continue to become more capable and more dangerous. They’re being deployed effectively for surveillance and attack by both sides of the on-going conflict in Ukraine. Drones are impacting each side’s ability … Read More “The latest counter-UAS system targets drones with dual-defeat kinetics and EW” »
By Courtney Albon WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Defense selected Hypersonix Launch Systems, an Australian aerospace company, to develop a high-speed aircraft that can test hypersonic technologies. The aircraft will support a Defense Innovation Unit program called Hypersonic and High-Cadence Airborne Testing Capabilities, or HyCAT. The organization, which works to push technology from non-traditional companies to military users, … Read More “Pentagon chooses Australian firm to build hypersonic test aircraft” »
Consumer applications for augmented reality, like gaming and the metaverse aren’t making money, but military contracts are highly lucrative. By Tim Culpan / March 26, 2023 For more than a decade, technology pioneers have toiled away making virtual reality headsets in the hope that one day there’ll be a compelling and profitable need for these … Read More “Microsoft Has a $22 Billion Case for Combat-Ready AR” »
By Jen Judson I Monday, Mar 20 WASHINGTON — The U.S. and Japan are exploring a partnership to develop a hypersonic missile defense capability as the Pentagon enters the early stages of a program to develop an interceptor capable of neutralizing hypersonic threats in the glide phase of flight. Vice Adm. Jon Hill, who leads the U.S. Missile Defense Agency, … Read More “US, Japan exploring partnership on hypersonic missile interceptor” »
Tokyo 13 March 2023 11:00 Leonardo is proud to have been working with Japan for over 40 years A key highlight is the collaboration under the Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP) GCAP will strengthen the partnerships between Leonardo and Japanese industry Leonardo is taking part in DSEI Japan (Tokyo, 15-17 March 2023 – stand H7-300), … Read More “Leonardo at DSEI Japan: a partner for high technology and innovative multi-domain defence solutions” »
By Jerry Dunleavy, Justice Department Reporter March 08, 2023 12:08 PM The United States left behind more than $7 billion in military equipment in August 2021 amid a chaotic and disastrous U.S. military withdrawal from Afghanistan, with the weapons and specialized technologies likely now in the hands of the Taliban. John Sopko, the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction, detailed the … Read More “US left behind more than $7 billion of military equipment in Taliban-run Afghanistan“ »
A Russian A-50U Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft was destroyed in a drone attack at the Machulishchy air base in Belarus in the incident that took place on Sunday evening. ByParth Satam Following initial reports claiming it to have been carried out by a Ukraine-aligned Belarusian partisan group BYPOL, the organization later claimed … Read More “‘Deficient’ On AWCAS, Russian Air Force Loses A-50 Plane At A Base That Hosts Hypersonic-Firing MiG-31K Jets” »
Associated Press | By Stephen Groves WASHINGTON — As the only current U.S. senator to have visited space, Mark Kelly knows something about unexplained objects in the skies. Back in his aviator days, Kelly saw Mylar party balloons fly by his cockpit. And once when he was piloting a NASA aircraft, he spotted an object at roughly … Read More “Congress Floats Ways to Secure Skies After Chinese Balloon” »