Singapore will add eight conventional takeoff and landing (CTOL) F-35A stealth fighters to its existing order for 12 short takeoff and vertical landing (STOVL) F-35B variants. While Singapore had not previously ruled out the F-35A version, which offers various performance and cost advantages, it has now committed to a highly capable and versatile future fighter fleet that will comprise the F-35A, F-35B, and fourth-generation F-15SG — an advanced development of the F-15E Strike Eagle.

#SGBudget2024: MINDEF will acquire 8 F-35As adding to the previously announced 12 F-35Bs.

A new green hydrogen plant opened this month in Petersburg, Virginia, producing one ton per day of green hydrogen. The plant was commissioned by Independence Hydrogen, a small, gritty start-up in Virginia, founded by Bill Lehner, graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy. It is a notable achievement. Despite lots of enthusiasm and unprecedented government incentives, the building of a new hydrogen economy in the United States is moving very slowly.

Europe wants defence industry independence from the US, but half of the European Union’s air forces use US-origin combat aircraft.

The Hellenic Navy’s frigate
Hydra
is pictured at Salamis Naval Station prior to departing for the Red Sea on 26 February.
(Hellenic MoD)
The Hellenic Navy has despatched its lead Hydra (MEKO 200 HN)-class frigate to the Red Sea where it will participate in the European Union’s (EU’s) new maritime security mission Operation ‘Aspides’.

The Santa María-class frigate
Canarias
with the now-removed Meroka CIWS above the hangar. The frigate has embarked a counter-UAV system for the first time.
(Spanish Ministry of Defence)
The Spanish Navy has deployed a counter-unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) system on the Santa María-class frigate Canarias (F 86) for the first time ahead of the frigate’s deployment to European Union Naval Force’s (EU NAVFOR’s) Operation ‘Atalanta’ in the Indian Ocean.

The Vilkas variant Boxer passed Live Fire Testing, the final stage of acceptance into the Lithuanian Armed Forces.

Special Tactics operators assigned to the 22nd Special Tactics Squadron at Joint Base Lewis-McChord communicate with each other via radio in order to manage a runway during a humanitarian aid and disaster relief scenario, Nov. 30, 2021, at Moses Lake, Wash. (Tech. Sgt. Carly Kavish/U.S. Air Force).
PDW, a defense contracting company dedicated to drone technology, was awarded a $6.9 million contract from the U.S.

Aaron Bushnell was in the 531st Intelligence Squadron which provided NSA support to the Department of Homeland Security. This disturbed youth was looking through your emails and social media

Parents are grieving over the loss of their son, Senior Airman Aaron Bushnell. It is a tragedy, but it also reveals the dangerous cancer of Woke-ism and weaponization of the U.S. Government against the American Citizen.
Aaron was confused and apparently one more mushhead created by the conveyor belt of pop culture, perhaps TikTok, and indoctrination in the current U.S. Military.

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The Army National Guard has temporarily grounded all of its helicopters after back-to-back AH-64 Apache helicopter crashes this month, one of which was fatal for the two pilots.

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The Air Force has tapped California-based fusion power startup Fuse Energy Technologies to deliver nuclear effects testing capabilities that are designed to advance its operators’ tactical survivability and adaptability.
Broadly, nuclear weapon effects testing refers to evaluations that can gauge how objects might respond to the outputs of a nuclear weapon. Since the U.S. halted full-scale nuclear underground testing in 1992, these assessments have been conducted with technological simulators.

Seen at a media event at the type’s Wattisham Airfield home operating station, the AH-64E will soon be declared to be IOC by the British Army. (Janes/Gareth Jennings)
The British Army is to declare initial operating capability (IOC) for its Boeing AH-64E Apache Guardian attack helicopter force in the coming days, a senior official said on 28 February.

Malaysia has installed Lockheed Martin’s AN/TPS-77 multirole radar (pictured) in Labuan to enhance maritime domain awareness. (Lockheed Martin)
The Malaysian Armed Forces has installed a long-range ground-based radar developed by Lockheed Martin in East Malaysia.
A spokesperson for the Malaysian Ministry of Defence (MoD) told Janes in mid-February that the Malaysian Armed Forces has installed Lockheed Martin’s AN/TPS-77 multirole radar in Labuan island, located off the coast of the state of Sabah in East Malaysia.

The Defence and Security 2024 conference hosted on the record plenary discussions on European defence after the War in Ukraine.

US Army Aviation branch has revealed it will return to its 2004, pre-Iraq surge levels as it pivots away from its counter-insurgency posture.

Jordan is to field four Grand Caravans upgraded in an ISR configuration in addition to the six already in service (pictured) with the Royal Jordanian Air Force. (Janes/Patrick Allen)
IOMAX is preparing to deliver to Jordan the first of four new Cessna C-208B Grand Caravan EX aircraft to be upgraded with an intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) system, a company spokesperson told Janes on 27 February.

The Scottish poet, novelist, and historian Andrew Lang once quipped that politicians use statistics the way a drunkard uses a lamppost: “for support rather than illumination.” Indeed, the same line might be applied to the way policymakers use, or rather misuse, history. From incongruous analogies to procrustean parallels, the lamentable catalogue of abuses has prompted some historians to question the value of historical lessons and analogies as signposts for strategists.

The IAF seeks to acquire the Tejas Light Combat Aircraft Mk 1A to replace its ageing MiG-21 fleet. The Mk 1A has a greater payload and fuel capacity than the earlier Mk 1 aircraft (pictured), plus improved avionics and cockpit features. (Indian Air Force)
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) is preparing the first two units of the improved Tejas Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Mk 1A for delivery to the Indian Air Force (IAF) in March.
A source in HAL told Janes that the company aims to deliver the first two aircraft by 31 March.

APS SKYctrl skid C-UAS with FIELDctrl 3D MIMO radar, CyView C2, and the Mk 44 Bushmaster II single 30 mm cannon. (APS)

Polish company Advanced Protection Systems (APS) is delivering its SKYctrl skid counter-unmanned aircraft system (C-UAS) to a Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) customer,
Janes
learnt.

A spokesperson from APS told
Janes
on 14 February that the GCC customer has ordered an undisclosed number of SKYctrl skidss, with deliveries ongoing since December 2023. They were unable to elaborate on the order for security reasons.

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What is Sonic Booms and Mach Cones in Fighter Jets ?
The sonic boom is produced by exceeding the speed of sound, generating thunderous and audible shock waves.
The Physics Behind Sonic Booms: Speed ​​and Shock Waves
When an object like an airplane travels faster than the speed of sound, it creates an acoustic phenomenon known as a sonic boom. The speed of sound is approximately 750 miles per hour (1,207 kilometers per hour) at sea level, according to the United States Department of Defense.

The Space Force has seen some early successes from its new centralized units known as Integrated Mission Deltas (IMDs) and is now considering how to scale that structure across additional mission areas, according to the new head of Space Operations Command (SpOC).
Over the last five months, the Space Force has been experimenting with two Integrated Mission Deltas: one focused on positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) and a second on electromagnetic warfare (EW).

The next version of the famed Little Bird helicopter for the U.S. Army’s elite 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, also known as the Night Stalkers, has reportedly been designated the MH-6R. This comes as U.S. Special Operations Command continues to move ahead with its Mission Enhanced Little Bird-X upgrade effort amid new uncertainty about the future of these helicopters following the U.S. Army’s cancellation of its Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft program, or FARA.

U.S. Army officials are crafting and refining a broad but adaptable new plan to help ensure all artificial intelligence capabilities across the service are responsibly adopted and deployed now and in the future.
“We’re developing what we’re calling the ‘Army’s Responsible AI Strategy,” Dr. David Barnes, the chief AI ethics officer at the Army AI Integration Center (AI2C), said at the Advantage Defense and Data Symposium.
“The strategy isn’t the end in itself.

With Taiwan’s first domestically made submarine seen entering the water for the first time and about to start at-sea trials, observers have had their best chance to look at the boat in more detail, revealing some intriguing — and advanced — aspects. The Hai Kun (SS-711), which was launched in the southern port city of Kaohsiung last September, as you can read about here, is a diesel-electric design, part of eight planned hulls that are set to revamp Taiwan’s desperately aging submarine force.

U.S. Army air defenders assigned to 5th Battalion, 7th Air Defense Artillery Delta Battery pose on a 10th Army Air Missile Defense Command Patriot launching station. The Army is adding positions for 7,500 soldiers in air and missile defense while also cutting thousands of unfilled positions for its plan to restructure the entire force. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Christopher Smith).

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Zelensky: 31,000 Ukrainian soldiers died in the fighting
President Zelensky said that 31,000 Ukrainian soldiers have died since fighting broke out two years ago, but refused to reveal the number of wounded.

“31,000 Ukrainian soldiers died in the conflict. Not 300,000 or 150,000 as President Vladimir Putin and his subordinates claimed. However, this is still a heavy loss for us,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said at a press conference in Kiev today.
This is the first time Ukraine has announced loss of life in more than a year.

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He has worked with such stars as Elvis Presley, Sylvester Stallone, Robert De Niro, Michael B.

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Russian S-500 system passes anti-hypersonics test
Imagine a device with the ability to annihilate ballistic missiles and neutralize targets traveling at hypersonic speeds. That is the promise of Prometheus. But his abilities don’t stop there.
The S-500 Prometheus, under the supervision of the Russian Armed Forces, has undergone recent tests to evaluate its capability against hypersonic targets, according to a statement from the Russian Defense Ministry to Izvestia.