Diana Stancy, Navy Times
The majority of the Navy’s T-45C Goshawk jet trainer fleet is no longer grounded, following an operational pause that followed an engine failure aboard one of the…
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The U.S.
HMAS
Anzac
seen here in the Sydney Harbour. The ship was decommissioned on 18 May 2024.
(Janes/Russell Smith)
Australia has decommissioned its lead Anzac (MEKO 200)-class guided-missile frigate.
The vessel, which saw service with the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) as HMAS Anzac, was formally retired in a decommissioning ceremony on 18 May at HMAS Stirling in Western Australia.
The DOCK StreamCaster SC4210P is one of three DOCK StreamCaster variants deing developed by Silvus Technologies. (Silvus Technologies )
Networked radio manufacturer Silvus Technologies has unveiled a new family of end-user interface systems for its StreamCaster tactical radios, which will pair the company’s mobile ad hoc networking (MANET) radio platforms with advanced edge computing capabilities and artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled systems and applications.
Romania’s GDF-103 anti-aircraft guns will be upgraded to the Skynex standard, including the Oerlikon GDF-009 TREO (pictured), primarily by Rheinmetall Air Defence in Zurich, with significant Romanian involvement by Mediaș. (Rheinmetall Air Defence)
Rheinmetall posted on LinkedIn on 16 May that it was inaugurating a defence plantin Mediaș, Romania, the same day.
The German company announced on 1 February that it had acquired a 72.
Aerojet Rocketdyne, an L3Harris company, has put government funds toward expanding and modernising its solid rocket motor (SRM) production.
If war breaks out in the Indo-Pacific, it will not be over Taiwan but over the atolls and shoals dotting the South China Sea. At least, that’s the argument the Philippine ambassador to Washington has made, calling these sovereignty disputes, particularly between China and the Philippines, the region’s “real flashpoint.” Today, the South China Sea facilitates $3.4 trillion of global trade and contains untold amounts of fossil fuels and fish. China covets these routes, resources, and riches.
In his introduction to Volume 7, Issue 2, the chair of our editorial board, Frank Gavin, considers why the United States seems stuck in the Middle East and suggests that Washington refocus on core grand-strategic interests. More broadly, he calls on Americans to find ways to passionately and respectfully discuss difficult issues. I have two dear friends — let’s call them Ike and Bob — who have very different driving styles. Ike drives quite slowly and cautiously, keeping his speed well below the limit while braking as soon as a yellow light appears in the distance.
Soldiers with the 173rd Airborne sleep ahead of a jump. (photo by Lt. Col. John Hall/U.S. Army).
The 18th Airborne Corps wants its soldiers to sleep. No, seriously.
A memo shared with soldiers in the corps this past week and posted to social media issues a new sleep requirement for soldiers in the unit who are assigned to staff duty to get a minimum of four hours of sleep during their shift.
Soldiers on staff duty will be required to essentially stop, drop and count sheep.
An airman marshals a C-130J Super Hercules at Nigerien Air Base 201, Agadez, Niger, Aug. 3, 2019. (Staff Sgt. Devin Boyer/U.S. Air Force).
The United States and Niger reached an agreement to withdraw the roughly 1,000 American military troops from the African country.
The news came from a joint announcement by the U.S. and Niger. The “two nations reached a disengagement agreement to effect the withdrawal of U.S. forces, which has already begun,” they announced earlier on May 19. According to the agreement, all U.S. troops will leave by Sept.