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A pair U.S. Air Force B-1 bombers kicked off a historic deployment this week, touching down in Sweden on June 19.
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The US Department of Defense (DoD) has entered an agreement to expand domestic manufacturing of ball bearings – an important component for many critical systems.
The $13.8m agreement was made with the Timken Company to increase production of high-precision ball bearings at its facility in Keene, New Hampshire. Timken’s high precision ball-bearings are used in defense and space-related advanced systems.
The funds will be used to make operational and technological improvements at the company’s facility, including upgrading equipment and operator training.
Following swiftly on the news of a donation to Ukraine from Iceland and Estonia of a field hospital, Rheinmetall announced on 21 June that it is to send two Forward Surgical Team (FST) stations as apart of a donation funded by the German government worth €8m ($8.7m), scheduled to arrive in late 2023 or early 2024.
As part of the German government’s ‘Enable and Enhance’ Initiative, Rheinmetall will supply the two FST systems meant for damage control surgery.
Turkish Aerospace Industries T925 helicopter mock-up at the Paris Air Show 2023. (Janes/Nigel Torp-Petersen)
Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) debuted the T925 medium-heavy helicopter programme at Le Bourget and featured a full-scale mock-up among its static exhibits and models of militarised variants of the helicopter.
During a media briefing on the second day of the Paris Air Show 2023, TAI CEO Temel Kotil discussed the company’s current programmes. Kotil said that TAI had received input into the development of the T925 from the Turkish Armed Forces.
The ‘Targets’ component of Rafael’s Advanced Defense Systems Puzzle suite, which presents to the user the date, time, and priorities of identified targets. (Rafael Advanced Defense Systems)
Rafael Advanced Defense Systems has launched a new artificial intelligence (AI) decision support suite called Puzzle at the Paris Air Show 2023 held from 19 to 25 June.
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Japanese leaders have already begun internalizing key lessons from Ukraine. As shown in a triad of strategic documents released last December, Tokyo is ramping up spending on munition stocks, maintenance, and base hardening and readiness, as well as making new investments across all domains. But despite this, Japanese officials are silent on whether they are preparing for a short conflict or a long one. This matters because, as the Ukrainian war demonstrates, a protracted struggle could require different plans from the ones Japan is possibly making.
The lead ship of the US Coast Guard’s Offshore Patrol Cutter fleet will face another delivery delay. (US Coast Guard)
The delivery of the lead ship of the new US Coast Guard (USCG) Offshore Patrol Cutter (OPC) fleet being built by Eastern Shipbuilding Group (ESG) is delayed until at least near the end of 2023, USCG officials told Government Accountability Office (GAO) investigators, according to a recently released GAO report.