Michta, RCD
A rapidly shifting internal power dynamic on the continent is now unequivocally favoring Germany, with Berlin working to bring Paris and London onboard to form what it expects to…
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The company delivered 142 MEIs under LRIP phase, which include 35 engagement operations centres (EOC), 32 integrated fire control network (IFCN) relays, and 75 integrated collaborative…
Douglas Doan, RealClearDefense
The great debate regarding the slow pace of innovation in the U.S.
The Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy has received two new Type 052DM destroyers from the Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Company, with the vessels now serving under the Northern Theatre Command. The two warships, the Heze (number 126) and Zhumadian (number 127), were launched on March 10 and August 28, 2023, before undergoing sea trials. They are respectively assigned to the 10th and 1st Destroyer Detachments of the North Sea Fleet. The Type 052D forms the backbone of the Chinese surface fleet, and is in production on a far larger scale than any other destroyer class in thew world.
Ask any historian when Rome officially “fell” and you are likely to get a litany of different dates. For many, the deposition of the boy emperor Romulus Augustulus by Odoacer the German in September 476 marks a definite end to the Western Roman Empire.
Others will point out (rightfully, in the opinion of this author) that the empire endured for another millennium, though its seat of power was unquestionably far to the east, in Constantinople (the Eastern Romans are also now commonly referred to as the Byzantines).
The American military AI giant Anduril Industries has signed a memorandum of understanding for direct collaboration with the Republic of China’s top defence research institute the National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology (NCSIST), which represents a major landmark in the strengthening of military research and development ties between Taipei and Washington. The agreement covers cooperation in areas that include autonomous systems and the Lattice AI-enabled command and control platform, which is being developed to support realtime battlefield decision making.
Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Aerospace Forces Lieutenant General Alexander Maksimtsev has confirmed that preparations are underway for the deliveries of Su-57 fifth generation fighters at an accelerated rate. “In accordance with the state procurement order, the Russian Aerospace Forces are receiving modern and upgraded weapons and equipment on an annual basis… The delivery of Su-57 fifth-generation fighter jets with modern aircraft armaments and hypersonic weapons is being ramped up,” he stated.
The future on the high seas for the Navy may be one without sailors. Unmanned ships like the USS Mariner and Ranger, and the recently launched USX-1 Defiant, are opening up a world that gives the Navy and other branches incredible capabilities on the water, no seamen necessary.
This quest for drone warships began in earnest in 2010 under the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s (DARPA) Anti-Submarine Warfare Continuous Trail Unmanned Vessel (ACTUV) program.
Leidos’ AUKUS White Paper examines the critical importance of Information Sharing to the success of the AUKUS security partnership, and the cultural, policy and technical challenges that must be addressed to realise its full potential.