Elbit Systems’ Hermes 900 Medium Altitude Long Endurance (MALE) UASs, now known as ADS 15 in Swiss service, have been officially delivered to the Swiss Air Force.
After initially arriving in Switzerland in April of last year for in-country flight tests, the reconnaissance equipment has been handed over to the Air Force.
With this official delivery, the air force can build operational capabilities on the system before the remaining four drones are delivered in late 2023.
Author: Michael
Yesterday, the Washington Post reported that the US military was about to secure access to more military bases in the Philippines at a time when relations have been heating up rapidly since the election of Ferdinand Marcos Jr.
According to the WaPo report, which relies on US and Philippine government sources, the expansion implies US access to an unknown number of Philippine military installations, “probably including two on the northern island of Luzon.
Images of what appear to be the reasonably undamaged remnants of a downed Russian Kh-101 air-launched cruise missile have surfaced on the internet, providing a startlingly clear look at some of its features.
The Kh-101 in question was reportedly shot down by Ukrainian air defense forces in the Vinnytsia region in the center of the country on January 26, according to the Ukrainian Air Force’s Facebook post.
Maya Villasenor, CFR
Ukraine is using data derived from Russian smartphones to target missile strikes. Smartphones, as well as social media, are transforming battlefield intelligence.
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Fox News
I was shocked when I first came to Congress by the high-level security clearance I was given without so much as a basic briefing or training
When I served in the military…
Loren Thompson, Forbes
Fighting in Ukraine has settled into a stalemate reminiscent of the Western Front circa 1916. Lots of artillery barrages and trenches, but little real movement.
Anthony Capaccio, Bloomberg
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Airbus has launched two defence research and development (R&D) projects, awarded by the EU Commission under the 2021 European Defence Fund (EDF) funding round.
The projects are the European Defence Operational Collaborative Cloud (EDOCC) and EU Next-Generation Rotorcraft Technologies (ENGRT).
Work under the EODDC project is being managed by Airbus Defence and Space while the second project is being coordinated by Airbus Helicopters.
The company has already signed the associated contracts in December last year.
The Peruvian Navy Pohang-class corvette BAP
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(CC-28). The vessel was previously in service with the Republic of Korea Navy. Indonesia is hoping to receive similar vessels from South Korea and has proposed to take on foreign loans to fund the possible acquisition.
(US Coast Guard)
In an apparent about-turn, the Indonesian Ministry of Finance (MoF) has approved a previously rejected proposal for the country to purchase ex-Republic of Korea Navy (RoKN) Pohang-class corvettes with foreign-sourced loans.