Rheinmetall has won a major order in the field of maritime protection systems. The Royal Australian Navy and the Commonwealth of Australia have ordered the Multi Ammunition Softkill System, or MASS, which will initially be used to equip their Hobart-class destroyers and ANZAC-class frigates. After extensive testing, the MASS was selected for its unique capabilities.
For Rheinmetall, the order represents sales of 125 million euros. The first systems will be delivered by the end of 2023, and full operational capability will be reached in 2027.
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To turn commercial technology into viable products for warfighters, the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) needs to better communicate its demand signal to industry, according to the organization’s new director.
The Defense Department for years has sought to bring in high-tech commercial companies and non-traditional vendors into its acquisition sphere, with ranging degrees of success. Even though there is a renewed desire from the private sector to work with the Pentagon, DIU Director Doug Beck said that the department hasn’t done a good job in communicating its priorities to industry.
With a recent administrative update and unique hiring flexibilities from Congress, the Defense Department is expanding its internal job pathways and pipelines to include more trajectories for employees to pursue associated with modern and emerging digital technologies.
The Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO) “just added” 10 new data- and AI-related “work roles” to recruit personnel for the Pentagon’s cyber workforce, Deputy Chief Digital and AI Officer Margie Palmieri announced on Tuesday.
According to a US person knowledgeable of the aid package, the United States plans to unveil a $1.2 billion aid package to Ukraine as early as Tuesday in preparation for Ukraine’s upcoming counteroffensive against Russian soldiers.
The official said that the package would contain drones, 155mm artillery ammo, and air defense missiles.
The package will be acquired through contracts and purchases rather than a depletion of Defense Department reserves, as it is part of the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative (USAI).
A government contractor in front of the Clear Creek access control point takes a step back to ensure the letters are aligned correctly in preparations for the redesignation as Fort Cavazos. (U.S. Army photo).
Gen. Richard Cavazos, was born in Texas in 1929, the son of a ranch foreman who fought in World War I. As a young infantry officer in Korea, Cavazos led a company of mostly-Puerto Rican soldiers in a regiment known as the “Borinqueneers.”
In June 1953, he led the unit in an assault that came under artillery fire.
Japan and South Korea are planning to link their radars through a US system, providing Tokyo with real-time data to improve its ability to detect launches from North Korea, which has nuclear weapons and continues to fire missiles at an unprecedented pace.
The impending deal, first reported by the Yomiuri Shimbun daily, would link the radar and command and control systems used by the Self-Defense Forces and US forces in Japan with the South Korean and US forces there through the US Indo-Pacific Command, based in Hawaii.
Aviation has not participated in the military parade.
Vladimir Putin has been mocked for Russia’s small Victory Parade this morning, with only one tank.
The applause resounded in Red Square during a salute of honor and the Russian national anthem, although with a very reduced display of military equipment and without aviation. Only one tank was involved, demonstrating the impact of Russia’s war in Ukraine on the Kremlin’s military resources.
Age of Empires 2 is back in its Definitive Edition and it can be a very useful and entertaining video game for troops.
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Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Brandon Caserta died by suicide on June 25, 2018. The Brandon Act is now meant to make sure troops get mental healthcare and other assistance whenever they need it. (Photo courtesy of Teri Caserta).
On June 25, 2018, Petty Officer 3rd Class Brandon Caserta threw himself into a helicopter’s spinning tail rotor. Navy investigators soon found that Caserta, who had dropped out of SEAL training after breaking his leg, had been bullied by a supervisor and had been unable to find mental health resources.
To celebrate the coronation of His Majesty King Charles III, the armed forces of the UK prepared an impressive flyover. Scheduled to include over 60 aircraft, the aerial display was significantly reduced by the weather. Clouds and rain caused poor visibility and grounded all but the helicopters and the RAF Aerobatic Team, the Red Arrows.
Weather grounded much of the flyover, but not the helicopters (825 Naval Air Squadron)
The flypast, as it’s known in Britain, was supposed to include aircraft ranging from the Texan T1 trainer to the C-17 Globemaster III cargo plane.