In a future near-peer conflict GPS may not be available. Expertise in Land Navigation will mean that our troops will still be able to find their way.
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Fredrik Logevall, Foreign Affairs
Lessons From the Start of a Cold War
We all read him, those of us who did graduate work in U.S.
Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics
The Ground-Launched Small Diameter Bomb is the Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup of modern weapons.
Mia Jankowicz, Business Insider
The leader of the pro-Russian Wagner Group private army endorsed a stinging criticism of Russia’s official military,
Gary Anderson, Military.com
Russian President Vladimir Putin has threatened to use hypersonic missiles against Ukraine.
Daniel Davis, 1945
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky last week
Having recently committed to further Eurofighters under its Project Halcon programme, Spain may take up a follow-on buy as the air force looks to fully replace its Hornets over the coming years. (Janes/Gareth Jennings)
Airbus is confident that Spain will order further Eurofighter (C.16 in national service) combat aircraft, in addition to the Project Halcon jets contracted earlier in 2022.
The first of an initial 18 AW169 helicopters was delivered to the Austrian Air Force earlier in December. A further 18 are to be ordered, with all delivered by 2028. (Georg Mader)
Austria has signed a declaration of intent (DOI) with Italy to acquire an additional 18 Leonardo AW169 medium-twin helicopters.
Austrian Minister of Defence Klaudia Tanner and her Italian counterpart Guido Crosetto signed the DOI on 21 December, during a ceremony to mark the arrival of the first of the initial batch of 18 helicopters at Langenlebarn Air Base, north of Vienna.
Lockheed Martin’s company Sikorsky has filed a formal protest to oppose the US Army’s recent decision on the Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) contract award.
The protest has been filed with the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) to review its decision.
The US Army has recently closed the FLRAA competition by awarding a contract to Textron’s subsidiary Bell Textron.
Bell, earlier this month, revealed that its V-280 Valor has been selected as Army’s next-generation assault aircraft to replace existing UH-60M Black Hawk medium-lift utility helicopter.