The French Armament General Directorate has received its first NH90 Standard 2, a variant of the NH90 TTH helicopter from Airbus Helicopters.
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As the Army cuts thousands of junior jobs in its aviation corps, the service is offering bonuses as high as $200,000 to senior pilots to remain on active duty for up to six years.
The move comes as the Army announced last year that it would cut 6,500 aviation jobs, and close down nearly all flying units in the reserves. The new Active Duty Service Obligation, or ADSO agreements, will be open to senior flyers but be capped at a soldier’s 25th year in service, according to a July 26 Army message.
Department of Defense CIO Kirsten Davies recently approved a far-reaching directive laying out policy, responsibilities and procedures for information technology category management and digital modernization investments.
The new guidance follows in the footsteps of other Trump administration tech-buying initiatives meant to streamline enterprise IT procurement and leverage economies of scale across the government’s massive footprint, like the General Services Administration’s OneGov initiative for federal civilian agencies.
DoW Instruction 8000.
Marines will get a new type of ammunition that can be fired from their M4 carbines and M27 Infantry Automatic Rifles and is designed to help them shoot down small drones, a Marine Corps acquisition spokesperson said.
The Drone Round 5.56 L Variant separates into five distinct projectiles after being fired to provide shooters with a better chance of hitting small drones, according to Drone Round, the company that makes the ammunition.
So far, the Marine Corps has bought 400,000 of the rounds, and it intends to purchase another 1 million cartridges in fiscal year 2027, which begins on Oct.
War in the Middle East Expands, with Egypt, Kuwait, and Bahrain Struck: On Friday, the conflict in the Middle East continued to escalate, with more countries becoming involved.
According to CNBC, Iran’s army said on Friday that it has launched strategic strikes on U.S. military assets at Ahmad al-Jaber Air Base in Kuwait and Sheik Isa Air Base in Bahrain.
A U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle assigned to the 335th Fighter Squadron, Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina, taxis during Checkered Flag 25-2 at Tyndall AFB, Florida, May 14, 2025.
The AH-64 Apache is the world’s primary a
Superstitious Russians Believe August Is Cursed, Putin Should Take Notice: The cruelest month of the year is April, according to the poet T.S. Eliot, but many Russians consider the month of August cursed.
Could this coming month prove to be Vladimir Putin’s bleakest month? Much of that hinges on an old Russian superstition known as the “August curse,” coupled with mounting domestic pressure from the ongoing meatgrinder in Ukraine, economic strains, and historical precedents of national crises occurring during the month of August.
Putin New Year’s Message.
President Trump is backtracking on allowing Ukraine to build Patriot missiles, saying in an interview he was “not sure” about the move.
The president told the Financial Times in a phone interview that “We’re looking at it,” Trump said. ” It’s a very extraordinary weapon, and we have to be a little bit careful of who we license it to. We don’t really license equipment.”
President Donald J. Trump, joined by Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, Physicist John M.
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Battlefield learning for drone operations is increasingly being considered in real-time, as militaries try to adapt to counter new threats.