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With the status of the Strait of Hormuz in much flux, there hadn’t been much attention in recent days on the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, where the Iran-allied Houthi militia had imposed a blockade on Saudi oil last month.
But that changed Wednesday, when the Houthis fired a missile at a ship in that Strait, killing six people.
An F-15EX Eagle II Fighter Jet assigned to the 85th Test and Evaluation Squadron, Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, taxis out from Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, Oct. 21, 2021.
The world of Ukrainian missile defense advocates was euphoric when, during the early July NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey, U.S. President Donald Trump stated he was willing to give Kyiv “the blueprints” needed to build its own Patriot missiles.
But the sense of optimism has since faded due to US technology releaseability issues.
Collins Aerospace has won a contract valued at up to $472m from the US Army to deliver engineering services for the CH-47 Chinook fleet.
Northrop Grumman announce the development of a 50mm gun-based platform during the Space and Missile Defense Symposium in Alabama
With Hurricane Sandy threatening the United States’ east coast, Robin Walbridge still planned to set sail.
Walbridge, captain of the HMS Bounty, intended to leave New London, Connecticut, on Thursday, October 25, 2012, as scheduled. St. Petersburg, Florida, was the ship’s destination. Being out on the ocean during a hurricane is dangerous for any ship, but Walbridge believed a vessel was safer at sea than it was tied up in port.
Stars & Stripes
The Navy declined to say when Reagan might next be deployed.
Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering
The Army wants to make its CH-47 Chinooks easier to upgrade as avionics technology changes.
Military Times
The deployment, which was anticipated to end in May, has been extended with no publicly announced return date.
Air & Space Forces
The Pentagon’s top research lab is interested in developing a hypersonic cruise missile prototype that provides “a revolutionary leap in operational performance”