In this week’s episode of Horns of a Dilemma, we listen to a discussion between Will Inboden, executive director of the Clements Center at the University of Texas, Austin, and Hal Brands, Henry A. Kissinger Distinguished Professor of Global Affairs at the Johns Hopkins School for Advanced International Studies. Brands and Inboden discuss a book written […]
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Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) has reported revenues of $10.7bn for fiscal year 2022 (FY22), which is 12.1% higher than $9.5bn in 2021.
HII’s diluted earnings per share for the year, which ended on 31 December 2022, was $14.44 while it was $13.50 in 2021.
Operating income for the full year 2022 stood at $565m, with an operating margin of 5.3%.
In addition, net cash generated by the operating activities for the reported year was $766m, along with a free cash flow of $494m. The figures in 2021 were $760m and $449m, respectively.
India’s Defence Acquisition Council has approved the procurement of MGS, the example of which is pictured above, for the Indian Army. (Janes/Kapil Kajal)
India’s Defence Acquisition Council (DAC), chaired by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, has approved the procurement of the mounted gun system (MGS) for the Indian Army.
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) said in a statement that the procurement, approved through the provision of an ‘Acceptance of Necessity’ (AoN) status under the ‘Buy (Indian)’ category, includes 155 mm/52 calibre MGS.
FN SCAR-H precision rifle fitted with Elity ballistic calculator. (FN Herstal)
FN Herstal announced in a press release on 7 February that it had supplied an unspecified number of Elity ballistic calculators to the French Army.
The company said that the decision to acquirethe Elity followed several months of testing and evaluation by the French Army’s Battle-Lab Terre (BLT) land battle lab on the FN SCAR-H (heavy) 7.62 mm Fusil de Précision Semi-Automatique (Semi-Automatic Precision Rifle) in French service, as well as the PGM Hécate II revalorisé (upgraded) 12.
The US Army has declared initial operational capability (IOC) for Northrop Grumman’s common infrared countermeasure (CIRCM) systems.
The new IOC milestone signifies that the CIRCM system is now eligible for early fielding and employment in significant quantities with the army.
The announcement has further expedited the process of equipping CIRCM systems onto nearly 1,500 rotary wing platforms, including the UH-60M Black Hawk and HH-60M helicopters, and the AH-64E Apache and CH-47F Chinook fleet.
Few expressions in the maritime lexicon today are as persistent and pervasive as maritime domain awareness. The term has become a watchword in security and governance debates, a conceptual idiom implying information superiority in the nautical arena. Within the greater scope of maritime domain awareness, however, underwater domain awareness is a new and emerging concept […]
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It has been a year since the Russia-Ukraine conflict was fought and talked about. Just recently, an unbelievable thing happened-Germany decided to provide Ukraine with 14 Leopard tanks. The news sparked heated discussions internationally.
What Ukraine needs is a flexible weapon similar to the “Hippocampus.” The reason for the hot debate is the timing and motivation of Germany to choose to provide tanks.
It coincided with the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Battle of Stalingrad, and Putin attended the commemorative event.
The former head of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, Adm. Harry Harris, called in Congress on Tuesday for abandonment of “strategic ambiguity” towards Taiwan and a clear declaration that America will defend the island if China decides to invade. He also assessed that the need to defend Taiwan should not mean giving up supporting Ukraine.
“I will be the first to say that the policy of strategic ambiguity over Taiwan has served us well for the last 44 years. But I think the time for ambiguity is over.
Germany is donating two MANTIS C-RAM systems to Slovakia for the protection of critical infrastructure. (Luftwaffe/Rheinmetall Defence)
Germany is donating two Modular, Automatic and Network capable Targeting and Interception System (MANTIS) counter-rocket, artillery, and mortar defence (C-RAM) systems to Slovakia, Defence Minister Boris Pistorius and General Eberhard Zorn, Inspekteur der Bundeswehr (armed forces chief), announced in a 7 February order of the day.
The U.S. Strategic Command (STRATCOM) notified Congress that the “PRC now possesses more ICBM launchers than the United States.” This notice reminds the U.S. government and legislative departments that China has been rapidly modernizing its nuclear weapons in recent years. The United States must also increase the number of nuclear arsenals and upgrade capabilities.