Author: Michael

A rendering of CesiumAstro’s Vireo AESA RF communications payload integrated into Tranche 1 satellites for the SDA’s Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture. (CesiumAstro)
Raytheon will integrate CesiumAstro’s active electronically scanned array (AESA) radio frequency (RF) communications payload into its low-Earth orbit (LEO) satellites being developed for the Pentagon’s Space Development Agency (SDA).

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Understand the impact of the Ukraine conflict from a cross-sector perspective with the Global Data Executive Briefing: Ukraine Conflict

The European Union (EU) Council has agreed to provide additional €1bn assistance to facilitate the procurement of ammunition and missiles for the Ukrainian military forces.
This measure has been adopted as part of the European Peace Facility (EPF).

The allocated funds will be utilised to finance the joint procurement of 155mm calibre artillery rounds, if requested, and missiles by the EU member nations.

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Role players pretend to protest outside a building in Camp LeJeune, North Carolina. The protesters simulated tensions in a foreign country that could lead to a non-combatant evacuation of the building, which represented a consulate in the 26th MEU’s training exercise. (Janes/Meredith Roaten)
From rapidly deploying from US Navy ships to keeping track of civilians, the US Marine Corps (USMC) wants to keep its non-combatant evacuation operations (NEO) running smoothly through its latest training exercise in Camp LeJeune, North Carolina.

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A Royal Malaysian Navy Scorpène-class submarine. Indonesia is believed to be eyeing a similar boat, but with air independent propulsion capabilities. (Royal Malaysian Navy)
The Ministry of Finance of Republic of Indonesia has approved a request for the country to take on up to USD2.16 billion in foreign loans to procure air independent propulsion (AIP)-capable submarines.
The matter was confirmed in a letter sent by the country’s Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani Indrawati to her counterpart in the Ministry of Defense, Prabowo Subianto, on 15 March.

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In reflecting on Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine over the past year, some observers have drawn a clear conclusion: deterrence failed.  It is unequivocally true that the United States failed to deter President Vladimir Putin from invading Ukraine despite clear threats of a “swift, severe and united response” in the form of sanctions and “moving […]
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