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The Navy began procuring Constellation (FFG-62) class frigates (FFGs) in FY2020, and a total of four have been procured through FY2023, at a rate of one ship per…
Northrop Grumman and Shield AI have been selected for the next stage of the US Army’s Future Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System (FTUAS) Programme.
The Increment (Inc) 2 contract will allow the Northrop Grumman-led team to determine the modular open-system architecture of their enhanced V-BAT uncrewed aircraft system (UAS).
The team will also work on the integration of advanced surveillance and electronic warfare payloads onto the V-BAT platform.
The contract has a performance period of seven weeks.
When Star Wars debuted in 1977, it marked a major departure from the depiction of sci-fi robots. R2-D2 was a cylindrical, round-headed, three-legged “astromech” droid that communicated in whistles, although it understood human speech. As the trilogy progressed, several things became clear — the little droid was brutally mission-focused, unfailingly loyal, flat calm under pressure, […]
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YJ-12 vs. Brahmos
Brahmos is a medium-range cruise missile used by the Indian Army, Navy, and Air Force. It is produced by Brahmos Aerospace, a joint project between India’s Defence Research and Development Organization and Russia’s NPO Mashinostroyeniya.
On the other hand, The People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) uses the supersonic YJ-12 anti-ship missile manufactured by China Aerospace Science & Industrial Corp (CASIC).
In terms of Range:
Experts disagree on the YJ-12’s claimed Range, with some putting it at 400 kilometers (km) and others at 300 kilometers (km).
(Washington, DC) – Judicial Watch announced today it received 167 pages of records from the U.S. Department of Defense which show the U.S. Air Force Academy (USAFA) has made race and gender instruction a top priority in the training of cadets.
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France is not currently considering a plan to buy back Mirage 2000-9 fighter jets from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and give them to Ukraine.
“No buy-back for shipment to Ukraine is envisaged at this stage,” a French official, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss the matter, told The War Zone Tuesday.
The official was responding to information in a report by Intelligence Online that part “of Abu Dhabi’s Mirage 2000-9 fleet could be used to make a first delivery of French fighter aircraft to Ukraine.
With Moscow’s attrition offensive in the east seemingly nearing completion, attention is once again focused on Ukraine’s planned spring counteroffensive, which Kyiv and its foreign partners hope will break down the Russian lines and release another major part of the occupied territory.
Intensive Russian attacks in the Bakhmut area of Donetsk province, and in the past week also in the area around the city of Avdiivka, have had limited success at great cost.
Western officials believe tens of thousands of Russian troops have been killed in recent fighting in the area.
With the successful completion of a full course acceptance test, the massive Type 055 Wuxi destroyer of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy has achieved operational capability, becoming the fourth combat-ready 10,000-ton class destroyer of the PLA’s North Sea Fleet. Experts said on Monday that having more Type 055 ships at the PLA’s disposal means greater capabilities in the far seas.
The Type 055 Wuxi large destroyer recently completed a three-day full acceptance test in the Yellow Sea, hosted by a ship training center affiliated with the PLA Northern Theater Command Navy.
Despite claims to the contrary, there may be concrete evidence that Ukraine has gotten hold of useful Pakistani military hardware. On March 26, images of Ukrainian troops firing Yarmouk rockets of Pakistani origin appeared on social media and soon went viral.
A Twitter account called “Ukraine Weapons Tracker,” which tracks weapons being used on the battlefield, tweeted: “More ammunition made by Pakistan Ordnance Factories (POF) in the hands of the Ukrainian Army: this time Yarmuk HE-Rockets.”
122mm Frag for the BM-21 Grad.