Caleb Larson, RealClearDefense
Author: Michael
Mikayla Easley, NDM
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — Over the last three decades, unmanned aerial vehicles have become a mainstay in modern warfare.
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The request for the Joint Common Access Platform (JCAP) provides rare insight into a previously classified funding line.
Richard R. Burgess, Seapower
ARLINGTON, Va. — The U.S.
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has successfully carried out the first deployment of wholly uncrewed and uninhabited fleet vehicles from the Robotic Autonomy in Complex Environments with Resiliency (RACER) programme in off-road environments.
Announced on 11 April 2023, this round of testing concludes the first phase of the RACER project.
The RACER programme has been developed with the aim of equipping uncrewed combat vehicles with off-road autonomy technologies that can enable them to match human-driven speeds in realistic situations.
The PLA has deployed PGZ-09 SPAAGs, an example of which is pictured above from a parade in Beijing in September 2015, along the Taiwan Strait. The service also deployed the HQ-17 SHORAD system and 122 mm PZH-11 MLRSs in the area. (Simon Song/South China Morning Post via Getty Images)
The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has deployed weapons and equipment – including multiple launch rocket systems (MLRSs), air-defence missiles, command vehicles, and ammunition supply vehicles – along the Taiwan Strait.
Screenshot from a Baykar video showing the Turkish LHD
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with its intended Bayraktar TB3 and Bayraktar Kızılelma unmanned aircraft wing.
(Baykar)
Turkey has showcased the mainly unmanned air wing that will operate from its newly inducted TCG
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(L 400), displaying the two unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV) types it intends to fly from the ‘aircraft carrier’.
The recently-passed James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 contained an inconspicuous provision that could significantly impact how the military services evaluate their officers. What started in the House-passed version as section 508, directing the Army to review its evaluation system, expanded to include a review of all services’ evaluations in the compromise bill between […]
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Chris, Zack, and Melanie sit down to talk about a new article by Eric Schmidt on whether the United States can win an innovation race with China. Where is the United States ahead and where is it behind in the tech competition? How should the U.S. government work with private enterprise to maximize defense innovation […]
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How strong is the U.S. military? let’s find out: The United States has one of the world’s strongest and most technologically advanced militaries. The country has invested heavily in its military infrastructure, technology, and personnel, making it a formidable force that can project power globally. From various sources, we have learned that different factors make the United States military strength so amazing.
So let’s look at these five aspects which make United States Military the most powerful nation on earth.
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