Author: Michael

The Pentagon’s Chief Digital and AI office is asking industry for solutions that would help the Department of Defense assess end users’ trust in artificial intelligence-enabled systems.
The open call, posted on the office’s Tradewind marketplace, comes as the U.S. military is making a push to develop and field “responsible AI” capabilities and autonomous platforms and weapons. Officials also recognize the need for warfighters to have confidence that the technology will work as advertised on the battlefield, or else they won’t be inclined to use it to its full potential.

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The United States will send an additional $325 million security aid package to Ukraine, including air defense systems, HIMARS ammunition and armored vehicles, following the start of the Ukrainian counteroffensive, US Secretary of State Antony announced Tuesday. Blinken.
“I am authorizing our 40th provision for Ukraine, which will provide $325 million worth of US weapons and equipment.

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A bizarre video posted this morning by the Russian VOIN DV Telegram channel appears to be a Russian drone’s view of a Ukrainian T-72 Tank rolling over and crushing a Ukrainian Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) armored vehicle as some crew members frantically flee.
VOIN-DV claims the video was taken near the Vremevsky Salient, a section of western Donetsk Oblast near the Mokri Yaly River where some of the heaviest fighting during the counteroffensive is taking place. The War Zone cannot independently confirm the date or location of this incident.

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On Monday, Nick Danforth sat down with Mike Kofman to discuss the latest from the ongoing Ukrainian counteroffensive. In this episode, Mike details the advances of Ukrainian forces to date, as well as their challenges and potential objectives. He also weighs in on the value and limitations of ongoing Western military support and warns against the dangers of excessive and unfounded optimism.     Image: Ukrainian Ministry of Defense
The post Ukraine’s Multiple Axes of Attack appeared first on War on the Rocks.

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FILE: Army Secretary Christine Wormuth speaks at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point on Feb. 24, 2022. (Jorge Garcia/U.S. Military Academy).

For more than two years, cable news pundits and Republican lawmakers have accused the military of going ‘woke,’ a loosely defined term that refers to diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts that Republican critics have claimed portray white people and the United States in a negative light. The term has been used to attack LGBTQ service members and to claim the military is becoming too feminine, unlike Russia.
Now ‘Wokeness’ in the U.S.

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BAE Systems

Development work on the British-led Tempest future stealth fighter is gathering pace, including trials of a Martin-Baker ejection seat using a rocket sled. Tests of the crew escape system provide very tangible — and dramatic — evidence of progress made in the program so far. However, it is just one element of a multi-faceted development effort that will face many challenges if it’s to succeed in getting a new-generation crewed fighter into service by 2035, as planned.

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Ukraine’s counter-offensive against Russia, now ten days old, is making slow progress along the eastern and southern fronts as it combats a Russian defensive network that includes extensive minefields and pre-planned security zones used to direct and channel offensive manoeuvres.
Months in the making, Ukraine’s offensive has seen the provision of hundreds of main battle tanks (MBTs), infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs), artillery and other military equipment by Nato forces, who are supporting Kiev’s operations against Russia.

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The US plans to take 15 Bradley infantry fighting vehicles from its reserves and send them to Ukraine. (US Transportation Command)
The US wants to supply more Stryker armoured personnel carriers (APCs) and Bradley infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs) in the latest assistance package to Ukraine.
The package will provide Ukraine with USD325 million worth of equipment from US stocks, the Pentagon announced on 13 June. The 15 Bradleys and 10 Strykers will help support Ukrainian offensive operations as vehicles are damaged, said Deputy Pentagon Press Secretary Sabrina Singh.

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