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The lead ship of the USN’s guided-missile programme is facing construction issues and delivery delays. (US Navy)
Design instability has created construction problems for the new US Navy (USN) guided-missile frigate (FFG) and delayed delivery of the ship, according to a recent US Government Accountability Office (GAO) report.

India’s Defence Research and Development Organisation tested the Rudram-II air-to-surface missile on 29 May. The Indian MoD said the missile was fired from an Indian Air Force Su-30MKI fighter aircraft. (Indian MoD)
India’s state-owned Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has flight tested a new version of its Rudram air-launched missile, the Indian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has announced.

Sweden is to contribute a Saab ASC 890 to Ukraine’s war effort, providing airborne early warning against Russian aircraft and cruise missile attacks. (Saab)
Sweden and Belgium have pledged to send early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft and combat jets respectively to Ukraine, in two separate announcements geared at bolstering the country’s air defences.
The Swedish government said on 29 May that it will send an Airborne Surveillance and Control (ASC) 890 AEW&C aircraft, based on the Saab 340 airframe.

Austria and Sweden (helicopter pictured) have both been approved by the US government to buy 12 UH-60M Black Hawks apiece. (Swedish Armed Forces)
The US government has approved the follow-on sale of Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters to Austria and Sweden.
In two separate approval notifications posted by the US Defense Security and Cooperation Agency (DSCA) on 29 May, the US Department of State laid out its approval for 12 UH-60M-variant helicopters each for the two European countries, both of which already operate versions of the type.

The Turra 30-SA turret with an Othello optical threat locator was unveiled at IDEB 2024. (EVPÚ)
Slovak company EVPÚ has given details of the new Turra 30-SA turret that it displayed at the IDEB 2024 exhibition held in Bratislava from 14 to 16 May.

Patrik Hlůšek, EVPÚ’s head of sales – defence industry, told
Janes
on 22 May that the turret is equipped with an Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) Elta Systems Othello optical threat locator.

It also includes a radar and a ThunderBullet ELO-5220P optical and acoustic gunfire detection system.

Canada will also recapitalise its logistics vehicles fleet to the amount of $2.58bn, purchasing 1500 vehicles.

Marine Sgt. William H. Pollard, left, was 24 when he died, one of the 241 U.S. troops killed in the Oct. 23, 1983 bombing attack on Marines in Beirut, Lebanon, the single deadliest day for the Marine Corps since the battle of Iwo Jima. Friday, nearly 41 years later, Pollard’s grandson, Pvt. William Smith, will graduate from boot camp at Marine Recruit Depot Parris Island, South Carolina. Photos courtesy William Smith, US Army photo.
Marine Sgt. William H. Pollard, 24, was one of the 241 U.S. troops killed in the Oct.

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Scottish philosopher David Hume observed that “there is a universal tendency among mankind to conceive all beings like themselves … we find faces in the moon, armies in the clouds.” Humans have always had a fondness for anthropomorphism, the tendency to attribute human-like traits to non-humans. Psychologists, philosophers, and anthropologists have considered the origin of anthropomorphism as an evolutionary and cognitive adaptive trait, particularly concerning theistic religions.