The Space Security Defense Program (SSDP) — a joint Space Force and National Reconnaissance Office organization — is planning a “great power space competition event” to brainstorm the technology and techniques that will be needed for the United States to compete in future conflicts in space.
SSDP will bring together experts from industry, academia and government to think through challenges and what solutions — available both now and in the future — will be required, according to a solicitation posted on Sam.gov on Wednesday.
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The Defense Department’s capacity to rapidly buy, develop, deploy and scale dual-use technologies — or capabilities with commercial and government applications — will be key to the U.S. achieving and maintaining military advantage in future conflicts, according to Mike Madsen.
A decorated military pilot and former legislative liaison, Madsen spent the last four years helping lead the Pentagon’s Defense Innovation Unit (DIU), first as deputy director and director of strategic engagement and then as acting director.
The U.S. Navy is offering a maximum $75,000 enlistment bonus for new recruits pursuing select nuclear rates in an effort to draw them away from civilian employers.
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Safran’s Patroller UAV displayed at Paris Air Show 2023 is being acquired by the Greek Army. (Janes/Sam Wise)
Safran Electronics & Defense has been contracted to deliver four Patroller medium-altitude long-endurance (MALE) unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to the Greek Army.
NATO’s Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) entered into negotiations and facilitated the contract on behalf of the Greek Army, the company announced at the Paris Air Show 2023, held between 19 to 25 June.
The prestigious Paris Air Show 2023 has been the setting in which Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) has presented its latest innovation, the T929 ATAK II. TAI has designed this twin-engine heavy attack helicopter to perform attack, electronic warfare and reconnaissance missions in all weather conditions, both day and night.
The T929 ATAK II is a testament to the industrial experience that TAI has gained through its joint venture with the Italian company Leonardo for the T129 attack helicopter project.
U.S. Army Rangers of the 75th Ranger Regiment conduct field training for a unit TFT (Task Force Training) operation on Joint Base Lewis – McChord, Wa., Aug. 14, 2019. (Spc. Garrett Shreffler/U.S. Army).
An Army Ranger is in custody on suspicion of opening fire on a crowd at a music festival in Washington State over the weekend, killing two people and injuring two others.
Ukraine said Monday it had driven Russian forces out of an eighth town in its two-week counteroffensive, and a defense official vowed Kyiv’s “biggest blow” was yet to come despite stiff resistance from Ukrainian troops. Moscow.
Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Maliar declared that Ukrainian forces had retaken Piatykhatky, a settlement situated in a heavily fortified part of the front line near the most direct route to the country’s Azov Sea coast.
This was part of a Kyiv advance of up to seven kilometers (4.
The Defense Ministry had pushed through a bill to adopt the same dubious method of recruiting prison volunteers pioneered by the private mercenary group Wagner Group. Parliament approved it on Tuesday, the latest sign of the Kremlin’s desperate quest to recruit soldiers to stop the Ukrainian counter-offensive.
As the Ukrainian army’s counteroffensive begins, the Kremlin is looking for new ways to replenish the ranks of its frontline combat units.
A civilian submersible is currently lost near the Titanic in waters so deep there isn’t a single submarine in the U.S. Navy that can reach it.
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US lawmakers are set this year to allow the Air Force to retire more A-10 Warthogs under a defense policy bill, a sign that past struggles to keep the legendary aircraft in the fleet may start to lose strength.
A draft of the House version of the annual National Defense Authorization Act – which is being finalized this week – would allow the service to reduce the number of A-10s to 218, reducing the fleet by more than 40 aircraft from the number of 260 last year.
The military has used close support aircraft with a wingspan of more than 57 feet since the 1970s.