The U.S. military’s integration of electronic warfare into operations remains a “work in progress” and the Pentagon has lost “muscle memory” when it comes to defending against electromagnetic attacks, according to President Biden’s nominee to be the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
In response advance policy questions — a questionnaire senators pose to nominees for high-level positions prior to their confirmation hearings — Gen. Charles “CQ” Brown noted the joint force needs to do more on the EW front.
Author: Michael
Shift5 have released a new module for predictive maintenance that could help to improve fleet readiness and avoid critical failures.
The post Shift5 release fleet readiness predictive maintenance technology appeared first on Army Technology.
Australia is to deploy a Boeing E-7A Wedgetail AEW&C aircraft to Germany for six months to protect “the essential flow of military and humanitarian assistance to the people of Ukraine”, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on 10 July. (Anadolu Agency)
The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) is to deploy a Boeing E-7A Wedgetail airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft to Europe to help oversee military and humanitarian relief efforts into Ukraine.
Computer graphic of the Avante 1800 OPV on order for Morocco. (Navantia)
Spanish state-owned shipbuilder Navantia has started manufacturing activities for a new offshore patrol vessel (OPV) on order for the Royal Moroccan Navy.
A steel-cutting ceremony for the new OPV, which is based on Navantia’s Avante 1800 design, was held at the shipbuilder’s San Fernando shipyard in Cadiz, Spain, on 3 July.
Navantia is building the OPV under a contract announced in January 2021.
The Australian Department of Defence announced Tuesday it is partnering with startup Q-CTRL to develop quantum sensors to aid navigation for military platforms, a move that could ultimately benefit the Pentagon as members of the international AUKUS alliance pursue high-tech alternatives to GPS.
“Quantum-enhanced navigation will deliver the ability for vehicles to position accurately over long periods when GPS is unavailable or untrustworthy … and [it] secures positioning against jamming or spoofing by hostile adversaries,” the company said in a release.
Motorcycle racing has been around almost since the first person who put a small internal combustion engine on a bicycle. It’s a sport that has brought people, riders and spectators alike, together since the earliest days of the motorcycle itself.
One of the earliest examples of the sport came in 1914 when Alfred Angas Scott, a motorcycle engineer, challenged his employees to an overland time trial.
World War I halted the Scott Trial temporarily, but Scott, who would become a veteran of the Great War, restarted it in the years that followed.
As seen at the Paris Air Show 2023, the MBDA SCALP and Storm Shadow are essentially the same cruise missile as fielded by France and the UK, respectively. Ukraine will shortly be armed with both types, following President Emmanuel Macron’s announcement of deliveries at the NATO summit in Vilnius. (Janes/Gareth Jennings)
French President Emmanuel Macron has pledged to deliver “deep strike” missiles to Kyiv in the context of Ukraine’s ongoing counteroffensive against occupying Russian forces.
Image by frankieleon
Since 1922, the United Services Automobile Association has provided banking and insurance products and services exclusively to members of America’s military , its veterans , and their families. The company serves 13 million clients and ranks No. 96 on the Fortune 500 list. It is regarded as one of the world’s most admired companies.
But USAA’s recent involvement in corporate activism and its advancement of contentious ideologies suggests that the trust on the part of its members is misplaced.
NVL Group will build three new Type 424 SIGINT vessels for the German Navy. (NVL Group)
Germany’s Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support (BAAINBw) and Naval Vessels Lürssen (NVL) Group have signed a contract amendment covering the construction and delivery of three new Type 424 intelligence-gathering vessels (AGIs) for service with the German Navy.
German defence spending, 2020–27. (Janes)
The German government on 5 July approved a EUR51.8 billion (USD56.8 billion) draft defence budget, as well as the multi-year financial plan up to 2027 and the 2024 plan for the Zeitwende special fund. This would meet NATO’s target for members to spend at least 2% of GDP on defence starting in 2024, representing an increase of EUR1.7 billion from 2023 and EUR7.3 billion more than the previous financial plan, the German Federal Ministry of Defence (BMVg) said in a press release announcing the budget increase on 5 July.