Joseph Trevithick, The WarZone
The F-35’s vendor locked software is becoming a greater concern as relations between the U.S. and longtime allies falter.
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Carter Johnston, Naval News
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The Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy has published new images showing its rare J-11BSH long-range twin seat fighter aircraft conducting a flight training exercise under the Southern Theatre Command. The Command is responsible for operations in the Taiwan Strait and South China Sea, with the PLA remaining in a state of civil war with the Republic of China Armed Forces based on Taiwan Island in the former, while safeguarding territory amid often heated maritime disputes in the latter.
The French security outlet Intelligence Online has reported that a squadron of veteran U.S. Air Force and Royal Netherlands Air Force pilots are flying F-16 fighters for the Ukrainian Air Force. A shortage of trained Ukrainian pilots was identified at an early stage as the main obstacle to integrating F-16s into the Air Force, which has throughout its history operated only Soviet origin fighter types.
If there’s one firm fact about military service, it is that you will eventually get out. Whether you retire or simply leave after a certain amount of time is, for the most part, your decision. The majority of service members actually do just that: they get out when their first contract is over.
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Every veteran’s separation story is different. Many leave with education benefits, and some go with disability benefits. Some simply return to civilian life with the unique experience they had while serving.
The Department of Defense’s acquisition and sustainment culture is pathologically risk-averse. The greatest threat to acquisition transformation is not the Federal Acquisition Regulation. It is not congressional oversight, statutory constraints, insufficient training, or an absence of strategy.The greatest threat is fear. Not fear as emotion, but fear as architecture.The defense acquisition system is not broken. It is functioning precisely as designed. It produces compliance. It produces documentation. It produces defensible process. It produces career survivability.
In the wake of 9/11, the newly established Office of the Director of National Intelligence produced the nation’s first National Intelligence Strategy, a document explicitly intended to guide reforms to the intelligence community and help prevent another terrorist attack on the U.S. homeland. The challenges U.S. intelligence faces today are no less dramatic. While crises in Ukraine, Iran, and Venezuela have each been driven by their own internal logics, together they reflect profound shifts in the balance and nature of power as a new international order begins to take shape.
The most consequential infrastructure decisions in Panama today are often not made at the locks of the canal, but in conference rooms where aviation security software, cargo-routing platforms, and port-scheduling systems converge. Sustained observation of Panama’s logistics and regulatory environment — reinforced by long-standing professional relationships within its institutions — points to a shift in how influence is accumulating.Panama’s strategic relevance is no longer confined to maritime geography.
The U.S. Central Command has published images and operational details showing EA-18G Growler air defence suppression aircraft from Electronic Attack Squadron 133, and F-35C fifth generation fighters from Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 314 operating from the Nimitz class supercarrier USS Abraham Lincoln while on forward deployment near Iran. The U.S. Naval Forces Central Command reports that the carrier and its air wing are conducting continuous flight operations in support of regional security objectives.
The British Ministry of Defence has detailed plans to significantly expand the country’s military presence int he Arctic, including doubling the Royal Marines’ presence in Norway from 1,000 to 2,000 personnel over the next three years, and taking on a central role in NATO’s new Arctic Sentry mission.