Browsing: All news

Epirus is slated to provide a new drone zapper to the Marine Corps before the end of the year, the company announced Monday.
The high-power microwave weapon prototype, known as Leonidas Expeditionary, is being developed under a $5.5 million contract as part of the Defense Department’s Expeditionary Directed Energy Counter-Swarm (ExDECS) initiative.
The Office of Naval Research, Marine Corps Warfighting Lab and Joint Counter-small Unmanned Aircraft Systems Office (JCO) are also involved in the effort, according to a press release.
The U.S.

More Marines are staying in the Corps past their first contract than at any other time in the last 14 years.
The Marine Corps is nearing the end of Fiscal Year 2024 with the highest number of first-term Marines who have reenlisted since 2010, Corps officials announced on Monday.
The increase in retention reflects a change in the Marine Corps’ strategy from “recruit and replace” to one that aims to “invest and retain” the most capable Marines, a Corps news release says.
Traditionally, about three-quarters of Marines who enlist do not stay in the Corps beyond their first contract.

‘No dice, Mr President. No dice on Ukraine and no dice on Gaza. We’re in charge now.’

In a 30-minute interview with Judge Napolitano on September 18, Col. Lawrence Wilkerson, former chief of staff to Secretary of State Colin Powell and critic of America’s wars, described a recent event in which Pentagon chief Gen. Lloyd Austin told President Biden that, in Wilkerson’s words, “the Pentagon has taken over, essentially, diplomacy as well as any action, militarily speaking, with regard to both theaters of war,” meaning Ukraine and Israel.

IE
An amateur astronomer has reportedly captured images of classified U.S. spacecraft.

Discover the leading Electronic Warfare Equipment Companies and Jamming Systems & Solutions. Download the free Buyer’s Guide today.

Bulgaria’s Armed Forces have gained the approval of the US State Department for an order of 218 Javelin missiles.

Public Domain

The Space Force should use its capabilities to improve security for the global community rather than focusing solely on American security, according to a report from RAND, a non-profit research organization.
Preventative care: RAND argued that the Space Force’s assets can be directed toward multiple avenues of preventive monitoring, so that the US and its partners can respond to global crises before things spiral out of control. One specific example: RAND argued a human security focus could have helped mitigate the escalating crisis in drought and famine-stricken Somalia.

Though it is the smallest continent, Australia is the sixth largest country in the world and has long been an ally of the United States. U.S. and Australian forces have fought side by side in every significant conflict since World War I and marked 75 years of diplomatic relations in 2015.
“The U.S.-Australia alliance is an anchor for peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region and around the world,” a statement on the U.S. Embassy and Consulates in Australia website reads.

Tim Martin, Breaking Defense
BELFAST — Germany’s Rheinmetall and European missile firm MBDA announced a laser weapons cooperation agreement today, in a bid to jointly develop a…