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Bangalore-based Tardid Technologies will deliver three units of its new USV, Brainbox SSO (pictured), to the Indian Navy. (Tardid Technologies)
Bangalore-based Tardid Technologies will be delivering three units of an unmanned surface vessel (USV) – developed in partnership with Pune-based Accurate Industrial Controls – to the Indian Navy.

The three units of the USV are currently under production, CEO of Tardid Technologies, Niladri Dutta, told
Janes
at the Aero India 2023 show being held in Bangalore from 13 to 17 February.

Newport News Shipbuilding is preparing to test the combat systems for the carrier
John F Kennedy
.
(Janes/Michael Fabey)
Aircraft carrier John F Kennedy should enter combat system testing this quarter, according to Christopher Kastner, president, CEO, and director of Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII), whose Newport News Shipbuilding unit is constructing the ship.
“CVN 79 Kennedy is well into the test programme,” Kastner said during a quarterly investment call with investment analysts on 9 February.

During the Cold War, the world weapons market was basically divided into “Western-style” and “Soviet-style”. Western weapons were expensive, but they had a good performance and full functions; Soviet-style weapons were relatively crude, with single functions, but relatively cheap.

In fact, the weapons of the Soviet Union are by no means inferior to those of Europe and the United States.

With an eye on Ukraine’s need to defend against the ongoing Russian offensive, NATO plans to implement new guidelines on stockpiles while also working with member countries’ defense industries to increase their own arsenals while continuing to fill the de Kiev.
Speaking to reporters Monday at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg was blunt in his assessment of ammunition stockpiles and delivery schedules.
“The current rate of ammunition consumption is higher, greater than the current rate of production. That’s a fact,” Stoltenberg said.

The United States showcased its F-35 stealth fighter for the first time at the Indian Air Show.

According to a report by the Russian Satellite News Agency on February 14, the United States demonstrated the F-35A stealth fighter for the first time at the Indian Air Show. According to the organizer of the Indian air show, the F-35A “Lightning” II from the Eielson Air Force Base in Alaska will be unveiled at the show, and the fighter jets will be displayed statically at the show.

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There is bloody fighting going on as Russia has unleashed its offensive in the Donbas, but little has changed across the battlefield, Army Gen. Mark Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said Tuesday.
“This offensive you see going on right now [is] generally in the Bakhmut area,” Milley told reporters during a press conference after the ninth Ukraine Defense Contact Group meeting wrapped up in Brussels, Belgium. “From Kharkiv all the way down to Kherson, the front line is quite stable, even though very violent.

The aerospace and defence industry continues to be a hotbed of innovation, with activity driven by the uptake of advanced technology, and growing importance of technologies such as hypersonics and advanced materials. In the last three years alone, there have been over 174,000 patents filed and granted in the aerospace and defence industry, according to GlobalData’s report on Innovation in Aerospace, Defence & Security: Lidar scanning systems.
However, not all innovations are equal and nor do they follow a constant upward trend.

U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Benjamin Wilson

Moldova briefly closed down its airspace earlier today, following reports of what was described as a balloon-like object over the country, close to the border with Ukraine. The incident came less than 24 hours after Moldova accused the Kremlin of plotting to bring down its government and amid reports that Russia is making use of decoy balloons launched over Ukraine, to confuse its radars.

A photograph shows a street-art piece by Italian urban artist Tvboy on a destroyed Russian tank in Ukraine. (Dimitar DILKOFF / AFP).

After nearly one year of brutal conflict, Russia has failed to subjugate Ukraine or shatter the NATO alliance, Army Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said on Tuesday. 
“In short: Russia has lost,” Milley said during a news conference in Brussels. “They’ve lost strategically, operationally, tactically, and they are paying an enormous price on the battlefield.

US Central Command via AP

The U.S. government is reportedly considering sending Ukraine weapons and ammunition previously seized as part of efforts to combat Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen. The transfers could include assault rifles and associated ammunition, as well as anti-tank guided missiles, among other things.
The Wall Street Journal reported on these deliberations earlier today, citing unnamed U.S. and European officials. The U.S.