An air-launched air-breathing hypersonic anti-ship cruise missile that is now in development for the U.S. Navy could also arm its ships and submarines. This would give Navy surface and subsurface fleets an entirely new category of naval strike capability. The service has already described its future hypersonic anti-ship missile as essential for tackling advanced naval threats in high-end conflicts, such as one in the Pacific against China.
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As the Pentagon continues to sound alarms over the growing number of satellites and debris in space, a new system from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency aims to operationalize artificial intelligence to help identify and categorize objects in orbit.
Slingshot Aerospace announced Wednesday that it has partnered with DARPA to create Agatha — an AI-enabled system able to distinguish potentially harmful space vehicles within large satellite constellations.
Maj. Gen. Jeth Rey was nominated to be the Army’s next deputy chief of staff, G6.
A notice posted on Congress.gov Tuesday indicated he was nominated for his third star. A source familiar with the pick confirmed that he’s been tapped for the G6 position.
In that post, he would be the principal military advisor to the Army’s chief of staff and chief information officer regarding planning, strategy, network architecture, and implementation of command, control, communications, cyber operations and networks for worldwide Army operations.
German contractor Diehl Defense has unveiled a new ‘remote carrier’ — a missile-like store that can be launched from aircraft, as well as from land and sea platforms. The long-range system, known as FEANIX, which stands for Future Effector — Adaptable, Networked, Intelligent, eXpendable, is being pitched as an adjunct to the pan-European Future Combat Air System (FCAS) next-generation air combat program, as well as for the in-service Eurofighter Typhoon.
A full-size model of the Diehl FEANIX at the ILA Berlin aerospace show.
Last week, the International Atomic Energy Agency reported that Iran had increased its stockpile of uranium enriched to near weapons-grade levels. Then, this week, the agency’s director general, Rafael Grossi, stated that the organization has “lost continuity of knowledge in relation to the production and inventory of [Iran’s] centrifuges, rotors and bellows, heavy water and uranium ore concentrate.” We asked four experts to tell us more about the state of Iran’s nuclear program and to answer one key question: how close is Iran to building nuclear weapons? Read more below.
Airbus’ sleek, fighter-like stealthy Wingman uncrewed concept aircraft, which broke cover earlier this week, was formally unveiled at the ILA Berlin aerospace show today. More details have now also come to light about the program, which Airbus leadership says should provide a unit cost that’s equivalent to one-third that of a modern crewed fighter.
While you can read our previous analysis of the Wingman here, the concept aircraft.
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A Ukrainian company, Steel Front, will produce steel screens for Ukraine’s wide variety of tanks to protect the turrets from FPV drones.
Tourists stroll the beach during D-Day anniversary festivities at Omaha Beach Normandy, France., June 2, 2024. The U.S. Army and members from European allied nations are participating in the 80th anniversary of Operation Overlord, supporting local events across Normandy, from June 1- 10, 2024 to commemorate the selfless actions by all the allies on D-Day that continue to resonate 80 years later. (Staff Sgt. Keith Thornburgh/U.S. Army).
Simone Ledeen, Real Clear Defense
When American diplomats in Havana started experiencing strange and debilitating symptoms in 2016, whispers of a covert attack began to circulate.