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Howard Altman

Sitting at a small round table in the middle of the showroom floor at the SOFWeek special operations conference in Tampa last week, the representative of a Ukrainian company seeking weapons for his nation’s military sat down with The War Zone to talk about what Ukraine needs most.
Speaking on condition of anonymity, “Igor” talked about drones, optics, the challenge of developing a logistics chain for the wide array of armor donated to Ukraine and the frustrations of dealing with bureaucracy that can delay the fielding of equipment for months.

Senior U.S. military leaders spotlighted the services’ unique near- and long-term technology needs — and the combatant commands’ competing urge to accelerate such deployments — during a meeting with Defense Innovation Board Chair Mike Bloomberg earlier this month that Gen. Mark Milley hosted at the Pentagon. 
The engagement marked the first of two this year that Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, will steer as part of his organization’s semi-annual Strategic Seminar Series. 
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In May 2018, Florence Parly, then Minister of the Armed Forces, congratulated herself on the launch of the Tigre Mk3 program “in cooperation with Germany” [although Spain was also participating], underlining a “new step for the defense of Europe and the consolidation of our industry.”
As a reminder, the objective was to carry out a mid-life upgrade of the Tiger attack helicopter to standard 3.

On November 9, 2022, two U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command MC-130J aircraft executed the first live fire demonstration of deploying a palletized Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM) over the North Atlantic Ocean near Norway’s Andøya Space Defense Range. After being extracted from the C-130’s cargo bay by parachute, the missile shed its pallet, free-falling until its motor ignited. The JASSM then cruised low across the ocean surface at high speed along a pre-designated course until a controlled crash into the ocean was initiated.

The Russian air force may have suffered one of its worst days since the Ukrainian war began. Some reports claim that four of its aircraft were shot down on Russian soil, which would deal a major blow to Ukraine.
There are conflicting accounts of how many planes and helicopters may have been shot down inside Russia’s Bryansk region, but a Russian outlet claims that at least two fighter jets – one Su-34 and one Su-35 – and two Mi-8 helicopters were shot down. They crashed.

Over the course of the early 20th century, two Navy admirals of different eras recognized the tremendous impact of new technology and took the actions necessary to revolutionize naval ships, and thus Naval warfare over the 20th century. These men were John “Jackie” Fisher of the British Royal Navy and Hyman Rickover of the U.S. Navy.
Jackie Fisher was the top British admiral during the two decades before World War I. Born in 1841 to a humble family, he started his naval career when the British Royal Navy was still in the days of the Age of Sail.

Wagner Group chief Yevgeniy Prigozhin in a May 4, 2023 video. (Twitter).

Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of Russia’s notorious Wagner Group private military company, is increasingly lashing out at the Kremlin amid a vicious struggle between Russian President Vladimir Putin’s cronies that could determine who will be the next czar of the Russias.

According to information published by the Tass agency on May 13, the Severnaya Verf shipyard has delivered the last Merkury missile corvette of Project 20380 to the Russian Navy.
The delivery team and naval personnel completed rigorous tests and inspections of the warship’s systems, weaponry, and specialized equipment, preparing the Merkury for official delivery.
In a nod to Russian naval history, Navy Commander-in-Chief Admiral Yevmenov ordered the corvette to be named Merkury. It is a tribute to the historic combat sailing ship that symbolizes the bravery and expertise of Russian sailors.

Images recently surfaced of Ukrainian forces using America’s secretive MALD, which could provide them with a significant tactical advantage.
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