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Key Points and Summary – The new B-21 Raider is designed to be a worthy successor to the iconic B-2 Spirit by addressing its predecessor’s key weaknesses.
-First, it’s built for easier maintainability, solving the B-2’s “hangar queen” reputation with ruggedized coatings that don’t require special hangars.
-Second, its open-system architecture allows for rapid and continuous software and hardware upgrades.
Key Points and Summary: Amid growing transatlantic tensions, Spain has cancelled its F-35 fighter deal, and Switzerland could soon follow.
Double Trouble: Switzerland balked after the U.S. demanded a significant price increase on what the Swiss believed was a fixed-price contract.
-Spain’s cancellation was more strategic, citing a new commitment to “European defense autonomy” and opting to invest in the Eurofighter Typhoon and the future FCAS program instead.
-Both decisions reflect a broader European pivot away from reliance on U.S.
Vice President of Israel’s Rafael Advanced Defence Systems Yuval Baseski has outlined plans to develop a defensive capability against attacks launched using hypersonic glide vehicles, highlighting that this had forced the firm and the Israel Defence Forces to rethink their approach to missile defence.
The powerful “Rapper Bot” Distributed Denial of Service-for-hire botnet impacted the Department of Defense Information Network (DODIN) in at least three attacks between April and August — when U.S. government authorities gained control of the disruptive malware web, two officials told DefenseScoop.
Federal prosecutors in Alaska charged 22-year-old Ethan Foltz on Tuesday for allegedly running the large-scale cyber operation since before or around 2021.
Sailors battled a fire aboard the amphibious transport dock ship USS New Orleans for about 12 hours before the blaze was finally extinguished early Thursday morning in Japan, Navy officials have announced.
Two sailors were treated aboard the New Orleans for minor injuries, a news release from the Navy’s 7th Fleet says.
No information was immediately available about the extent of damage to the ship.
An investigation into the cause of the fire is underway, the Navy said in a statement.
The fire broke out about 4 p.m.
The Space Force has authorized Guardians in certain jobs to wear “mission tabs” on their uniforms as part of its new dress and appearance policy, which was released earlier this month.
The move marks a split from rules used by the Air Force, which recently stopped allowing airmen to wear similar tabs, which it calls duty identifier patches.
“Each military service establishes grooming and dress standards based on its mission and the philosophy behind how it chooses to present itself,” said Ann Stefanek, a spokesperson for the Department of the Air Force.
Ahn Hak-seop was part of a seven-man North Korean squad sent to infiltrate enemy lines. It was 1953, and the Korean War was locked in a bloody stalemate. Ahn’s mission was to lead his heavily armed party to deliver coordinates from Pyongyang across an icy mountain range in the middle of winter to a meeting of the communist party in the Kangwon-do district. Over the course of nine months, six of them would die trying.
Ahn was captured by South Korean soldiers, beaten, tortured, and interrogated. Three months later, the fighting came to a halt.
The Army has given Sikorsky a $43 million contract to modernize the service’s UH-60 Black Hawks with capabilities that will enable the helicopters to carry and launch unmanned aerial systems, the company announced Wednesday.
Under the contract, Lockheed Martin-subsidiary Sikorsky will integrate a digital backbone capability to support integration of Army drones known as launched effects that can be deployed from larger airborne or ground-based platforms. The award will also go towards upgrading the helicopter’s airframe and main fuel capabilities, according to the firm.
Key Points and Summary – The Boeing X-32 is famous for being one of the “ugliest” fighter jets ever designed, often compared to a flying fish with its gaping chin-mounted air intake.
-It was Boeing’s entry in the massive Joint Strike Fighter competition but ultimately lost to the X-35 prototype, which became the F-35 Lightning II.
-While its looks were certainly unconventional, the author argues its failure wasn’t about aesthetics.
Key Points and Summary – After nearly three decades out of service, Russia’s massive Kirov-class nuclear-powered battlecruiser, the Admiral Nakhimov, has finally returned to sea to begin trials.
-The Cold War-era behemoth has undergone one of the most extensive and delayed modernizations in naval history.
-Its striking power has been dramatically increased, with the ship now fitted with Russia’s new Zircon hypersonic missiles, as well as Kalibr and Onyx cruise missiles.