NGAD: The Air Force’s sixth-generation stealth fighter is already in the air, albeit hidden from public view, and little or nothing is known of this top secret or “black” program.
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Leaders in the armed forces have expressed early optimism about the project due to the new fighter’s successful first flight, which came several years ahead of schedule thanks in large part to the use of digital engineering tools.
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In the latest development in the saga of getting Polish Air Force MiG-29 Fulcrum fighter jets to Ukraine, the Polish president has confirmed that the first four examples will be handed over to Kyiv “within the next few days.” More MiGs will be transferred to Ukraine after that, Polish President Andrzej Duda said, adding that “The rest are being prepared, serviced.” According to a report from CNN, the total number of MiGs to be transferred is between 11 and 19.
DOD
The State Department on Thursday approved a potential $895 million deal to sell up to 200 Tomahawk Block V and up to 20 Tomahawk Block IV All Up Rounds (AUR) cruise missiles and related equipment to Australia.
A source familiar with the deal told The War Zone that this is a new introduction of the Tomahawk Weapons Systems for Australia’s Hobart class destroyers.
The guided-missile destroyer USS Chafee (DDG 90) launches a Block V Tomahawk, the weapon’s newest variant, during a three-day missile exercise in December 2020.
A road map developed during 18 months of international negotiations was released by the White House on Tuesday, following the joint announcement made by the leaders of Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States on Monday.
The roadmap lays out exactly how Washington and London intend to help Australia get a fleet of nuclear-powered submarines on its feet and develop the ability to build more. This effort is estimated to cost Australia between A$268 and A$368 billion (US$179 and $246 billion).
USAF
The U.S. Air Force is looking to cut the already relatively small size of its F-15E Strike Eagle fleet by around 54 percent before the end of the decade, according to a recent report. This comes despite the service’s F-15Es being some of, if not its most in-demand tactical jets thanks to their highly-desirable blend of speed, range, payload capacity, crew size, and other capabilities.
The F-35 stealth fighter, particularly its vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) “B” variant operated by the US Marine Corps (USMC), is becoming the central element of its flight-jumping role. Island in the fight against China within its anti-access barrier/area of denial (A2/AD).
The Navy is aiming to invest more than $1.5 billion into its new stealth fighter, the F/A-XX, in 2024. Here’s what you need to know.
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For the Department of the Air Force on its journey to develop a modern identity, credential and access management (ICAM) framework, the end goal is as much about security as it is about providing a better user experience, according to CIO Lauren Knausenberger.
The service’s new ICAM Roadmap — released last month with an enterprise Zero Trust Roadmap — envisions an end state in five years of “true attribute-based micro-segmentation for ICAM … at a global scale” with context for user activity, Knausenberger said Wednesday at ITModTalks, presented by FedScoop.
The Pentagon’s fiscal 2024 funding request for the Rapid Defense Experimentation Reserve (RDER) nearly doubled compared to its request for 2023. That funding will allow the department to conduct multiple technology “sprints” next year, according to Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering Heidi Shyu.
The RDER effort is aimed at identifying and putting prototypes through their paces so that promising technologies can be more rapidly fielded to combatant commanders to address joint warfighting requirements. The Pentagon requested $359 million for the program in fiscal 2023.
Although the French-supplied Ukrainian AMX-10RC combat vehicle is not a main battle tank (MBT), its configuration as a wheeled reconnaissance and fire support vehicle give it significant advantages over MBTs. There is currently no data about the AMX-10RC model that France will sell to Ukraine.
A more advanced version of the AMX-10RC, the AMX-10RCR, improves upon its predecessor in terms of speed, firepower, and safety measures. The AMX-10RC’s 6×6 wheel arrangement gives it superior mobility to most tracked MBTs, letting it quickly and easily cover a wide variety of terrain.