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The Army’s Mobile Protected Firepower is now the M-10 Booker Combat Vehicle, and the first system is scheduled to arrive earlier than expected, service officials said.
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Among other training devices, the new building extension at RAF Valley will house a simulator for the Texan II trainer aircraft. (Crown Copyright)
Ascent Flight Training has opened new infrastructure at Royal Air Force (RAF) Valley in Wales as the UK looks to increase its pilot training capacity.
The opening of the building extension that will house a simulator and other training devices was announced on 12 June, with Ascent noting it is part of a wider GBP175 million (USD220 million) investment in the UK Military Flight Training System (MFTS) programme.
Caracal offers its CAR 816 assault rifles, an example of which is pictured above, to the Malaysian Army. The rifles are chambered for the 5.56×45 mm cartridge. (Edge)
United Arab Emirates small-arms manufacturer Edge Group’s Caracal subsidiary has offered its CAR 816assault rifles to the Malaysian Army.
A spokesperson of Edge told Janes that Caracal is “in discussion” with the Malaysian Army regarding the possible sale of CAR 816s to the service.
In late May Caracal signed an agreement with Ketech Asia for the production and resale of the CAR 816 rifles in Malaysia.
A top priority of the Biden administration is to maintain a competitive edge over its adversaries when it comes to developing innovative weapon systems.
However, the US Department of Defense (DoD) cannot adopt new systems fast enough to maintain its desired capabilities.
The US Government Accoutnability Office (GAO) found that despite recent reforms in 2020 to revamp the acquisition process, the DoD continues to face challenges with adopting innovative weapon systems.
The GAO report, published on 8 June, assessed the performance of the DoD’s 101 costliest weapon programmes.
European nations are levelling up manufacturing output to support themselves and their allies; especially since Ukraine’s counter-offensive began this week.
The Slovak defence minister, Martin Sklenár, hoped to assure executive managers that the government will support their defence production efforts when he visited their assembly lines in Dubnica nad Váhom on 9 June.
“Even with the backing of the Ministry of Defence, the defence firms are making additional investments in manufacturing and infrastructure upgrades,” Sklenár emphasised.
Pakistan’s military expenditure continues to face severe inflationary pressure, as data from Janes Defence Budgets shows. (Janes Defence Budgets)
Pakistan Finance Minister Muhammad Ishaq Dar announced in the National Assembly on 9 June that the country’s defence budget for 2023–24 will be PKR1.80 trillion (USD6.27 billion).
In his speech, he indicated that the new budget represents a nominal 19.5% increase over the revised allocation for 2022–23, which he said was PKR1.51 trillion.
In 2021, in a widely read article in these virtual pages, two service chiefs argued that the Department of Defense’s traditional approach to military readiness has left it woefully underprepared for the immense challenges it faces. As a way forward, the authors (one of whom has co-authored this article) called for a rigorous, analytical readiness framework that could better balance near-term demands with future modernization goals. It was a bold proposal, requiring a massive shift in the department’s culture.
On June 6, when U.S. military officers arrived at Normandy’s Sainte-Mère-Église to commemorate the 79th anniversary of D-Day, their thoughts were with Ukrainian forces preparing for another counteroffensive farther east. While Gen. Mark Milley cautioned against a direct comparison between the Allied landing and Ukraine’s current battle plans, he acknowledged the goals of both were “certainly the same, to liberate occupied territory and to free a country that has been unjustly attacked by an aggressor nation.
Bucha
has been assigned to the river flotilla based on the Dnipro river in Kiev region.
(Ministry of Defence, Ukraine)
Ukraine has commissioned its eighth Gurza-M (Viper-M) missile-armed riverine patrol boat into service.
The new boat, named
Bucha
(P 181), has been assigned to the river flotilla based on the Dnipro river in Kiev region, which was established in 2022.
Bucha
started construction at Kuznia na Rybalskomu (previously Leninska Kuznia) shipyard in Kiev in 2019 and was launched on 30 September 2021.
Introduction
The J-10C and F16 are highly reputed fighter jets in domestic and foreign aviation circles. The ongoing debate surrounding their power and capabilities has attracted significant attention. In this article, we will comprehensively analyze the J-10C and F16, comparing them from various angles to determine which one holds the upper hand.
Power Comparison
F16’s Power: The F-16 BLOCK52 is equipped with a Pratt & Whitney F100-PW-229 turbofan engine, boasting a military thrust of 7.7 tons and a maximum thrust of 13.2 tons.