During the first two decades of the 21st century, U.S. Central Command was at the epicenter of America’s grueling counterinsurgency wars. Today, Centcom is spearheading operational experiments with artificial intelligence and other cutting-edge technologies that could give the U.S. military an edge in future fights — in any region of the world.
At the heart of this effort are three units — the Navy’s Task Force 59, the Air Force’s Task Force 99 and the Army’s Task Force 39 — which are combining AI, unmanned systems and commercial tech in innovative ways.
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Tuesday’s Australian budget presentation shows the Australian Defense Force has big plans to acquire US-made long-range strike capabilities as part of the Canberra strategy to prevent an adversary from easily gaining access to the area of interest. fromAustralia.
In total, the defense budget for next year amounts to 52.588 million Australian dollars (35 billion US dollars), marking the first time that the funding exceeds 50 billion US dollars. This is equivalent to 2.04% of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP).
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The Department of the Air Force has designated the Rapid Sustainment Office’s Predictive Analytics and Decision Assistant (PANDA) — an integrated artificial intelligence and machine learning tool for predictive maintenance — as a system of record.
As the system of record for what the Air Force calls “Condition Based Maintenance Plus,” PANDA integrates AI and ML across a variety of aircraft maintenance data “to increase the operational reliability of our weapons systems before we project them forward when those aircraft are used in their operations,” Lt.
Artificial intelligence isn’t something that just happens at the push of a button. Harnessing the power of advanced computing and analytic capabilities, while in the abstract seems very cool, actually requires a lot of mundane, backend work up front to set the stage for the operational successes military leaders have forecasted.
This is where the Army’s Project Linchpin comes in.
A still of an Ethiopian Bayraktar TB2 with MAM-L guided bombs. (Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation)
The Ethiopian Air Force is operating at least four Bayraktar TB2 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), a television documentary has confirmed.
Released on the Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation (EBC) YouTube channel on 2 May, the documentary showed four TB2s inside a building that could be identified as one of the hangars at the air force’s main Harar Meda base, south of Addis Ababa. Another two TB2s were shown at Bahir Dar Air Base, 370 km to the north.
OSS’s Wrapped Rib Antenna (pictured) will be fitted onto SSTL’s CarbSAR satellite. (Soundmotive.tv)
UK space companies – Oxford Space Systems (OSS) and Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) – have joined forces to develop a synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite that is supportive of the UK ISTARI multisatellite constellation programme, CEO of OSS Sean Sutcliffe told
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on 9 May.
An Embraer KC-390 in Portuguese markings. (Embraer)
Brazil is negotiating with several countries to sell the Embraer KC-390 Millennium tactical transport aircraft, Brazilian Air Force (FAB) commander Lieutenant Brigadier Marcelo Kanitz Damasceno told the Brazilian senate’s Foreign Relations and National Defense Committee (CREDN) on 4 May.
Lt Brig Damasceno revealed Austria, the Czech Republic, Egypt, India, Rwanda, South Africa, South Korea, and Sweden as potential buyers for the KC-390.
The KC-390 has to date been purchased by Brazil, Hungary, and Portugal.
Rheinmetall MAN Military Vehicles (RMMV) has secured a framework agreement with the Austrian procurement organization Bundesbeschaffung GmbH Wien to supply logistics vehicles for the Austrian Armed Forces.
The agreement covers the delivery of up to 1,375 vehicles, including HX, TGS, and TGM models, and will run for seven years. The potential order volume could reach up to €525m ($576m).
The Austrian government’s request for tenders included 23 lots, of which six were designated for the military.
Matthew Parker pushes a luggage cart with three OD green sea bags piled on it through customs. His silver hair is cropped into a motivated high-and-tight, and a U.S. Army ruck is slung over one shoulder. His jaw rapidly clenches and unclenches, as do his muscular arms, covered with black and gray traditional and neo-traditional tattoos.
It’d be difficult to cut a more conspicuous profile. A customs agent steps out of her booth.
“May I ask what you gentlemen are doing in Poland?” Her tongue is literally in her cheek.
“Just passing through ma’am,” Parker replies cheerfully.