On February 22nd , large cyber warfare exercise took place in Tallinn, Estonia. The exercise was European led but numerous non-European countries participated including India, Ghana, Japan, the US, Kenya and Oman. The exercise simulated tactics that Russia has used during the invasion of Ukraine, clearly demarcating Russia as the threat that the exercise seeks to prepare for, while training participants to respond to potential cyberthreats.
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Israel-based robotics technology systems developer Robotican has demonstrated the capabilities of its hybrid drone system for the Spanish Army.
Named Rooster, the drone is a semi-autonomous hybrid system designed to conduct uncrewed intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) missions in communication denied environments.
Suitable for both indoor and underground missions, Rooster features a combination of ground robotics and airborne drone capabilities, and a long-range endurance.
Aircrew from the 9th Special Operations Squadron in an MC-130J Commando II refuel a CV-22 Osprey during Emerald Warrior/Trident at Naval Air Station North Island, Calif., January 24, 2019. (Staff Sgt. Erin Piazza/U.S. Air Force).
It was not until afterwards that the full impact of what Air Force Maj. Kyle Konkolics had just done finally sunk in.
“All the nerves came after the fact,” the CV-22 pilot recalled years later. “It’s like ‘oh my God, we just did that,’ and you think about all these crazy things that could have happened or did happen.”
On Oct.
The Finnish Defence Forces Logistic Command have procured Next Generation Light Anti-Tank Weapons (NLAWs) from Swedish-based defence company Saab on 23 February.
The order value is approximately USD$38mn (SEK400mn) with product deliveries planned during 2024.
The NLAW is a shoulder-launched, anti-tank missile system that attacks the tank from above. However, it is also suitable for destroying assault vehicles and light vehicles, as well as weapon emplacements. It combines light-armour weapons with heavy, crew-operated guided missile systems.
A Supacat-Babcock alliance will deliver a minimum of 70 additional high mobility military transporters (HMT) 400 series to the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence (MoD), with the number of vehicle deliveries potentially rising to 240.
Alongside the Challenger 2 tanks that the UK MoD has donated to Ukraine, the MoD also sent various armoured vehicles supporting Ukraine. The new investment for the British Army is to help the MoD replace the lost fleet of armoured vehicles donated with a supply of 70 HMT 400 series vehicles.
FILE: The first guided launch of the AIM-9X from an F-22 Raptor was Feb. 26, 2015. (David Henry/Lockheed Martin).
The recent shootdowns of three unidentified aerial objects in as many days have publicly revealed shortcomings in the U.S. military’s air defense system for North America that both the United States and Canada have been working to fix.
U.S. military aircraft shot down the objects on Feb. 10, 11, and 12 in American and Canadian airspace. The three engagements came roughly a week after a Chinese spy balloon flew across the United States before it was ultimately downed on Feb.
XV Patrick Blackett sails from Portsmouth to start sea acceptance tests on 20 February. (Royal Navy/Crown Copyright)
The UK Royal Navy’s (RN’s) new experimental trials and evaluation vessel, XV
Patrick Blackett,
has departed Portsmouth to start sea acceptance tests (SATs).
Comparision of Schiebel Camcopter S-300 and S-100 UAS. (Schiebel)
Schiebel Corporation has detailed the development of a larger variant of its Camcopter S-100 unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) at IDEX 2023, being held in Abu Dhabi from 20 to 24 February.
The Camcopter S-300, a larger variant of the S-100, is designed to meet the requirements of customers seeking extended range, higher endurance, and enhanced payload-carrying capabilities.
A general view of the Tekever AR5 surveillance UAV. (Tekever Systems)
Tekever has integrated a synthetic aperture radar (SAR) payload on its AR5 unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), the company announced at IDEX 2023 being held in Abu Dhabi from 20 to 24 February.
Developed by the company’s space division, GAMASAR can detect objects in challenging environments during the day and night, extending the operational capabilities of the platform.
It is intended to support both maritime and land-based surveillance missions.
Edge Group has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with BAE Systems Digital Intelligence to work on advancing cyber and secure communications capabilities.
The MoU was signed at the International Defence Exhibition & Conference (IDEX) 2023, which is currently underway in Abu Dhabi.
Under this agreement, the companies will work to boost the situational awareness capabilities of secure devices, developed by Edge Group’s entity KATIM, by using BAE Systems-built GXP Fusion software.