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Michael Kofman joins Ryan for their first discussion of the new year on the war in Ukraine. They cover the state of play at the various fronts, manpower and materiel, the Russian strike campaign, and more. Image: Ukrainian Ministry of Defense
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Looking to further diversify its arsenal of commercial partners, the Army plans to prototype new biometrics, automated threat detection and other artificial intelligence-aligned emerging technologies specifically with small businesses that ordinarily do not compete for the service’s contracts.
Proposals from interested and applicable companies that aim to engage in this up-and-coming Army small business innovation research (SBIR) program will be accepted Jan. 10-31.

A Pentagon study found that even firing weapons repeatedly could produce symptoms of traumatic brain injury.
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The Kremlin is blaming the troops saying they had turned their cellphones on, whereas the Russian military community accuses the commanders of negligence.
The post Russians are throwing blame around after deadly Ukrainian missile attack kills and wounds hundreds appeared first on Sandboxx.

U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Jayson Burns

The U.S. Air Force’s newest HH-60W Jolly Green II combat search-and-rescue (CSAR) helicopters have been operating in east Africa on their first deployment. While specific locations haven’t been disclosed, recently released Defense Department photos nonetheless show the aircraft conducting exercises in the region.

Photo by South Korean Defense Ministry via Getty Images

A North Korean drone last week entered a no-fly zone around the office of the South Korean president, military officials in Seoul have confirmed. The North Korean unmanned aerial vehicle was one of five that crossed the border on December 26, in the first incident of its kind in five years, which you can read about in our previous coverage here.

Army Chief Information Officer Raj Iyer will be leaving the Defense Department in the coming weeks and going back to industry, he announced in a LinkedIn post late Wednesday night.
Iyer served as the first civilian CIO since the Army divided the chief information officer and deputy chief of staff, G6, roles.
“With the completion of my contract with the Army, it is now time for me to return to industry where I can take on the next big challenge,” he wrote.

The Czech-designed Bren 805 and Bren 2 are modern, modular rifles that have become quite popular and will continue to serve in the future.
The post The reliable Czech Bren rifles – Service rifles from around the world appeared first on Sandboxx.

Metawave has received the Direct-to-Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant from the US Army to develop perception sensing solutions for off-road autonomous vehicles.
Valued at approximately $1.7m, the SBIR Phase II contract will require Metawave to address four main areas of challenge related to perception sensing for autonomous ground systems.
These areas feature adverse weather sensing, long-range sensing and reduction of the processing burden for ground vehicles, and off-road sensing.

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