The Department of Defense is looking to mature edge computing with an “intermediary capability” to bridge enterprise and tactical networks.
The issue currently is reducing the amount of systems each unit across the services has to bring to support their missions.
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Australia, the United States and Ukraine are considering sending 41 Royal Australian Air Force F/A-18 Hornet fighters to Kyiv to fulfill part of President Volodymyr Zelensky’s request for fighter jets rather than scrapping them as planned.
Sources have told The Australian Financial Review that the United States, which has recently authorized other Western allies to supply Ukraine with advanced fighter jets, including US-made F-16s, welcomes the idea of giving away the F/A-18 to Ukraine.
According to a Nikkei analysis of customs clearance data, Russia is suspected of buying back military supplies previously sent to Myanmar and India.
The study found records of Russian buybacks of tank and missile parts that had been exported to Myanmar and India. Russia may be re-importing components to upgrade older weapons intended for use in Ukraine with the help of countries with which it has long-standing military ties.
The Army is shaking up how it acquires and manages software for new contracts, according to a top official.
Gone are the days of stringent and onerous requirements. Now, for software intensive programs, industry can expect brief outlines of what the Army wants, Jennifer Swanson, deputy assistant secretary for data, engineering and software, told a forum.
Despite all of the technologies that render the battlefield more transparent, the fog of war has yet to lift over the front in Ukraine.
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By Stijn Mitzer and Joost Oliemans
Much attention has been devoted to Poland’s defence spending boost (not the least through our dedicated article) to give the country the largest army in the European Union. [1] Other NATO member countries are making an attempt to follow suit, with Romania currently embarking on a smaller but similarly ambitious rearmament programme.
FILE: Members of 5th Special Forces Group (A) conducting 50. Cal Weapons training during counter ISIS operations at Al Tanf Garrison in southern Syria in November 2017. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Jacob Connor).
With much of the world focused on the impending Ukrainian offensive and continued belligerence from China, U.S. troops continue to battle the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria long after the fall of ISIS’ caliphate.
U.S. troops conducted a total of 38 missions against ISIS in Iraq in Syria during May, according to U.S. Central Command.
After the Navy wraps up experimentation with the USS Carl Vinson carrier strike group, the service is planning to roll out its Project Overmatch capabilities in the Indo-Pacific, including to 7th Fleet, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Michael Gilday said Wednesday.
The highly secretive Project Overmatch is the Navy’s contribution to the Pentagon’s Joint All-Domain Command and Control (JADC2) initiative — a multi-billion-dollar effort to better connect the U.S. military’s many sensors, shooters and networks across the services.
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The Netherlands has once again emerged as a likely frontrunner among the Western nations looking to get F-16 fighter jets into the hands of the Ukrainian Air Force. In the latest development regarding the future of the Dutch Viper fleet, the country’s defense ministry has confirmed that plans to sell a dozen of the jets to the contractor contractor ‘red air’ company Draken have been dramatically scaled back.
The F-35 Lightning II may be one program, but in a way, it’s three different aircraft. Here’s a rundown of the F-35A, B, and C.
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