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After three years in the role, Department of the Navy CIO Aaron Weis is set to step down next month.
In a letter sent out to Navy staff and obtained by DefenseScoop, Weis said he plans to depart on March 17.
“I came to the Department with the personal goal to leave the Navy better than I found it,” Weis’ email said. “Today, I look back on what we have accomplished and the teams we have created with a sense of pride. Although we have accomplished so much, there is much work to be done.

The Ukrainian defenses in eastern Ukraine are holding up despite Russia’s efforts.
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USAF / Staff Sgt. Robert M. Trujillo

A picture taken from a U.S. Air Force U-2S Dragon Lady spy plane of the Chinese spy balloon that traveled through U.S. and Canadian airspace earlier this month has emerged. As The War Zone was first to report, at least two U-2Ss were used to monitor the balloon’s flight and gather information about it before it was ultimately shot down off the coast of South Carolina.
Chris Pocock, a long-time aviation journalist, author, and expert on the U-2 posted the picture online today on his website Dragon Lady Today.

SAN DIEGO, Calif. — The U.S. military will have to be ready to fight and shoot over longer distances in future conflicts against sophisticated nation-states, making long-range precision fires a top priority for the services. For the Navy, signals intelligence is viewed as a critical component of that from both an offensive and defensive perspective.
“Right now, about 85% of how we enable and understand long-range precision fires is through SIGINT,” Vice Adm. Craig Clapperton, commander of 10th Fleet/Fleet Cyber Command, said Feb.

The defense ministry permitted the Army to buy a short-range air defense system to protect the Indo-China border from enemy planes and drones.
By Indiatoday (Manjeet Negi): The Indian Army will add two different kinds of very short-range air defense systems to help it fight China in the high-altitude mountains.
The defense ministry permitted the Army to buy a short-range air defense system to protect the Indo-China border from enemy planes and drones.
The first Very Short Air Defence System type will be fired from the shoulder.

.S Soldiers assigned to 1st Battalion, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, line up their M1A2 Abrams tank in the firing range staging area in Bemowo Piskie, Poland, Feb. 16, 2023. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. John Schoebel).

In response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine one year ago, the United States has funneled thousands of additional troops to Europe, bringing the total number of U.S. military personnel deployed to the continent to more than 100,000 for the first time since shortly after the collapse of the Soviet Union.

FILE: Chinese military officers try out a Russian-made rifle during the closing ceremony of a Sino-Russian military exercise on August 25, 2005 in eastern China’s Shandong Province. (China Photos/Getty Images).

With the war in Ukraine entering its second year, China is weighing whether to dramatically escalate the conflict by supplying Russia with arms, U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said.
Blinken told media outlets over the weekend that the Chinese government is considering providing Russia with both weapons and munitions.

Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine

The Ukrainian Armed Forces have received what appears to be their first example of the ubiquitous S-70/H-60 Black Hawk series helicopter. It looks to now be in service with the aviation branch of Ukraine’s Defense Intelligence directorate, which has led a number of daring missions in the course of the ongoing war with Russia, including cross-border helicopter raids. The Black Hawk design is more modern than many previous helicopter donations to Ukraine and could also pave the way for future deliveries.

MOSCOW, Feb 21 (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin warned the West on Tuesday on Ukraine by suspending a landmark nuclear arms control pact, announcing the deployment of new strategic systems, and threatening to resume nuclear tests.
Putin stated that Russia would achieve its goals and accused the West of attempting to destroy it almost a year after authorizing an invasion that sparked the largest confrontation with the West in six decades.
The Western elites do not conceal their purpose.

On February 20, 2023, President Joe Biden traveled to Kyiv, Ukraine. The trip was a surprise with few people knowing of the visit. Biden’s presence in Ukraine highlights the one-year anniversary since the beginning of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022.

Biden made a surprise trip to Kyiv, Ukraine (White House)

Biden released an official statement regarding his travel to Kyiv.