Barbara McQuiston recently moved on from her tenure as the Pentagon’s deputy chief technology officer for S&T to serve in a full-time capacity as chair of the board of directors for NATO’s new Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North-Atlantic (DIANA) initiative, DefenseScoop has learned.
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Nearly 14 years after officially ‘retiring’ its F-117A Nighthawk stealth combat jets, the Air Force may now be looking to keep them flying through at least 2034. A portion of the remaining F-117A fleet, flown by Air Force test pilots, has been very actively used for research and development, test and evaluation, and training purposes in recent years. This has included using the jets as ‘red air’ aggressors and as surrogates for stealthy cruise missiles during large-scale exercises.
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U.S. officials have been touting hypersonic weapons as game-changing capabilities. However, recent wargames indicate that those systems would likely have a limited impact in a future fight against China over Taiwan if such a conflict were to take place in the next few years.
A March 2022 “Know Your Army” national consumer survey of 3,000 people ages 18-76 found that there is a lack of awareness about Army benefits.
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The M202 FLASH is a rocket-propelled flamethrower (yes, you read that right) and possibly the only selective fire, man-portable rocket launcher.
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Russian MOD
Russia has “almost certainly used” its Su-57 Felon new-generation fighter in its war against Ukraine, according to an assessment from the U.K. Ministry of Defense (MOD). While the assertion is not backed up by any irrefutable publicly available evidence, it’s not the first time that it’s been claimed that Russia’s most advanced fighter jet has been playing some kind of a role in the war.
In its latest Defense Intelligence update today, the U.K. MOD focuses exclusively on the Su-57 as part of its regular situation report on the war in Ukraine.
Forget fast-moving missiles, the U.S. is on the hunt for its first hypersonic aircraft and we’ve identified the three most likely candidates.
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The Russian military is moving troops away from Bakhmut as Ukrainian attacks against the strategically important hub of Svatove pick up steam.
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Taiwan’s Hsiung-Feng III supersonic missile can hit targets in China and carries a 500-pound warhead.
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