Alarm bells are ringing at the Pentagon. The United States is rapidly depleting its munitions stockpiles to support the Ukrainian military. This support comes amid a serious backlog on the delivery of over $14 billion worth of arms shipments to Taiwan. The war in Ukraine has confirmed what was already widely known: America’s industrial base […]
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Naval Group launched the Belgian Navy’s first new mine countermeasures vessel, named
Oostende
(M 940), at Piriou shipyard in Concarneau, France, on 29 March.
(Naval Group)
French shipbuilder Naval Group launched the first of 12 mine-countermeasures vessels (MCMVs) on order for the Belgian and Netherlands (BE/NL) navies and laid the keel for the third ship during a ceremony at Piriou shipyard in Concarneau, France, on 29 March.
The British Army will own 14 Archer SPHs from early April. (Bofors Defence)
UK Secretary of State for Defence Ben Wallace and Swedish Minister of Defence Pål Jonson signed a letter of intent (LOI) in London on 29 March on a bilateral strategic partnership. The Swedish and UK ministries of defence (MoDs) said in press releases on 28 and 29 March, respectively, that the signing of the LOI strengthened bilateral military co-operation and the two countries’ defence relationship.
The internal turmoil sweeping through Israel has dominated the headlines in recent weeks. Left-wing protesters are demanding that the Israeli government scrap its planned reforms and calling for the resignation of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Most significantly, an increasing number of military reservists – the foundation of the Israel Defense Forces – are refusing to fulfill their obligations and intended missions as the crisis rages on.
The only IDF unit operating the Israeli F-15I fighter, the famous 69 Squadron, also participates in the protests.
USAF Illustration/Mike Tsukamoto
The U.S. Air Force plans to scrap its troubled AGM-183 Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon (ARRW) hypersonic weapon program and instead switch its priorities to the rival Hypersonic Attack Cruise Missile (HACM). The announcement comes after the ARRW recently suffered another test failure.
Lockheed Martin
Ukraine is one step closer to having at least some parts of its skies protected by Patriot air defense systems.
After a little more than three months, the first cadre of 65 Ukrainian air defense troops arrived back in Europe this week after training on Patriot air defense systems at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, according to the Pentagon. Those troops began training on Jan. 15.
Troops undergoing Patriot training at Fort Sill, Oklahoma.
The sensor network, known as NSDAD, will provide next-generation weapon system assets with a leverage effect to achieve their mission objectives.
Indra, the Spanish company that coordinates the Future Combat Air System (FCAS), has partnered with the German FCMS and the French Thales to start the next phase of designing a suite of sensors, defensive aids, and network attack systems and distributed.
Hosts Christine Dolan and L Todd Wood interview famous reporter Seymour Hersch about his research into the destruction of the Nordstream II pipeline and his conclusion the Biden administration was behind it. The agenda behind the war in Ukraine is also discussed.
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The French military website “avionics legendary” said that during PM Modi’s trip to Paris later this year, India could announce Dassault Aviation’s Rafale M as the victor for the Indian Navy’s deck-based fighter requirements for 26 units.
According to the portal, Modi has been invited to be the major guest at the Bastille Day parade in Paris on July 14, 2023, but there has been no confirmation of this from the Indian side.
Lockheed Martin
The U.S. military sees planned engine upgrades for all the variants of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter as critical because the Pratt & Whitney F135 engines that power all of the aircraft have been “under spec since the beginning,” according to the top officer in charge of the program. This means the engines have to routinely operate at higher-than-expected temperatures, which has led to costly increased maintenance and logistics requirements and hurt the F-35’s overall readiness rates.
Senior U.S.