The Navy is looking for options to enable its future fleets of uncrewed platforms to steam ahead even if they can’t access satellite navigation systems.
The sea service plans to add a slew of robo-ships of various shapes, sizes and mission sets to its inventory in the coming years. Last month, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Lisa Franchetti laid out a new initiative called Project 33 that aims to scale robotic and autonomous systems across the fleet by 2027 so that maritime forces will be ready for a potential war against China.
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An AH-64 Apache attack helicopter pilot etched a message of good-time island vibes in a recent flight path over Hawaii. Captured by the Flightradar24 tacking site, an Apache flying as Chaos 65 took off from Kahului Airport on the afternoon of Oct. 21 and drew a hand sign in the air before landing again, a little over an hour after takeoff.
The hand gesture is known as the Shaka, Hawaii’s official state hand gesture, and roughly symbolizes an easy-living, good-natured greeting or goodbye, like “hang loose.
The US State Department has sanctioned a Sudanese Armed Forces chief for working toward a “port-for-weapons” exchange with Russia.
TECRO is seeking to acquire advanced air defence systems and radars for Taiwan via the foreign military sale route from the US.
The Ukrainian armed forces have received an additional 20 Marder IFVs from Rheinmetall and the first batch of LAV 6.0 ACSV from Canada.
Dean Bubley, RealClearDefense
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