The German Defence Ministry has signed a contract to procure 20 new Eurofighter combat aircraft, with the agreement concluded at Airbus’s final assembly site in Manching, southern Germany. The aircraft are intended to be delivered between 2031 and 2034 to replace a portion of the Air Force’s Cold War era Tornado attack jets. This increases the number of Eurofighers on orders by the country to 58, at a time when Germany is fast emerging as the greatest defence spender on the continent.
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As the Army continues efforts to strengthen operations in the space domain, the service will begin prioritizing new counterspace capabilities in its budget…
H. Seck, Army T.
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ABE 1.01 is a modular, soldier-built drone costing about $750, assembled in 20 minutes, and built at Fort Campbell.
The Aviationist
Coordinating with Bell, the Army made extensive efforts on supply chain, production and training to mitigate risks should it go into low-rate production concurrently with…
The WarZone
The Army wants a platoon of prototypes very quickly to prove out its lighter-weight hybrid-electric Abrams tank concept.
Back to the future – the U.S. Army operated eight nuclear reactors until 1974 during the initial Golden Age of Atomic Power
Did you know the U.S. Army used to have a nuclear power plant in the Panama Canal Zone?
Or that Ft. Belvoir, Virginia had an operating nuclear power plant until 1974?
During the Atomic Era, nuclear power was the future.
Then it became evil and vilified by the Democrats and cause celebre movies by Jane Fonda and the dismal propaganda piece, “The China Syndrome”.
Sky Power CEO Karsten Schudt explains why propulsion is a strategic enabler for UAS, covering ISR range, hybrid systems, MTBF, TCO and co‑development with integrators.
Cyber operations have become a defining feature of modern conflict, a front line that shapes the contours of global power competition. Yet despite daily headlines about Chinese hackers breaching defense contractors, Russian ransomware crippling pipelines, and Iranian cyber operatives probing our critical infrastructure, there remains a persistent and increasingly dangerous gap between America’s strategic cyber ambitions and the way these capabilities are integrated into warfighting.
Indonesian Defence Minister Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin has confirmed that the ministry has decided to procure 42 Chinese J-10C ‘4+ generation’ fighter aircraft under a deal valued at over $9 billion. “They will be flying over Jakarta soon,” Sjamsoeddin told reporters, indicating that a contract may have already been signed. He declined to disclose further details. This followed a statement in September by Defence Ministry spokesman Brigadier General Frega Wenas indicating that the J-10 may have been selected.