New F130 engines, co-developed by Rolls-Royce and Boeing, will eventually replace the aging TF33 B-52H engines from Pratt & Whitney. The B-52’s flight controls, throttles, and displays will also be upgraded as part of the Commercial Engine Replacement Program (CERP).
The head of procurement for the service, Andrew Hunter, is confident that the program will be ready to start the engineering and production development phase in the fall. The plan is to fly B-52J variants of these bombers (the original type went out of service in 1962) until the mid-2050s.
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Japan, Italy and the United Kingdom are joining an ambitious project: the Global Combat Air Program (GACP), which seeks to develop sixth-generation stealth fighters to complement their F-35 fleets and strengthen NATO.
The sixth generation stealth fighter and NATO
The three countries see this collaboration as an opportunity to improve their military air capabilities and contribute to the support of NATO. In addition, they seek to deter China and prepare for possible air confrontations in the event of a conflict.
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The head of Ukraine’s Defense Intelligence Directorate (GUR) reacted humorously Friday to a Moscow court’s decision to arrest him in absentia in connection with the Oct. 8 attack on the Kerch Bridge.
“It’s a pleasure for me,” Maj. Gen. Kyrylo Budanov told The War Zone Friday. It “shows that I work in the right way and in the future, I’ll work harder and with higher quality – to show that Moscow’s court was right.”
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The Russian Defense Ministry has reported that there had been “an emergency drop of an aerial explosive device” from a fighter over the city of Belgorod.
A Russian warplane accidentally dropped a bomb that went off in the Russian city of Belgorod, near the Ukrainian border, late Thursday night, causing an explosion and injuring several, according to state media.
“At around 10:15 p.m.
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The U.S.-promised Patriot air defense battery is now in Ukraine, Army Maj. Charlie Dietz, a Pentagon spokesman, told The War Zone Friday.
He declined to elaborate on when it was delivered, but on Wednesday, Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov thanked the U.S., Germany and the Netherlands for providing the Patriots, which are all U.S.-made. On Tuesday, we wrote about Germany announcing the delivery of its system – a combined effort with the Netherlands – to Ukraine. You can read more about that in our story here.
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New images show the heavily modified bow of Japan’s Izumo class JS Kaga (DDH-184) ‘helicopter-carrying destroyer’ as the vessel left its dock recently. Kaga is currently being turned into an F-35B Joint Strike Fighter carrier for the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF).
Photos of the vessel pulling away from its dock in Kure City, Hiroshima Prefecture accompanied by various tugboats began circulating online around April 19.
The transfer of the hull sections to the shipyard of the Itaguaí Naval Complex marks the beginning of the construction phase of the fourth PROSUB submarine, Angostura.
According to the scheduled schedule for the Navy Submarine Program (PROSUB), Itaguaí Construções Navais (ICN) is carrying out, from April 19 to May 2, the transfer of sections of the “Angostura” (S-43) submarine.
Navy Lt. Cmdr. Jonny Kim.
U.S. Navy SEAL. Harvard Medical School-trained physician. Astronaut. These are all things on Lt. Cmdr. Jonny Kim’s already extensive list of accomplishments. Now Kim can add naval aviator to that list.
The Air Force is beginning its second year of conducting an overview of its cyber posture to inform investments for the next budget cycle, according to a top cyber official.
In response to Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall’s urging for making cyber a priority – one of the his seven operational priorities, which list top modernization efforts for the service – officials created Task Force Sentinel Stand, which took a hard look at how military networks would stand up to China in a fight.
Congress should eliminate DEI mandates, while codifying principles of meritocracy and non-discrimination in military personnel policies.
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On Feb. 16, President Joe Biden signed Executive Order 14091, titled “Further Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government.”
Biden’s sweeping order multiplies and muscles up government diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) diversity-crats — the diversity-industrial complex — and makes their power bases virtually permanent.