GlobalData uncovers the leading innovators in lighter-than-air drones for the aerospace and defense industry.

GlobalData uncovers the leading innovators in emergency response drones for the aerospace and defense industry.

GlobalData uncovers the leading innovators in titanium alloy 3D printing for the aerospace and defense industry.

KYIV – The imminent civil war in Ukraine, between the Zelenskiy corrupt government, and the military populist faction under General Valerii Zaluzhnyi, is heating up.
However, new information was exposed recently as Zaluznhiy was shown photographed with Right Sektor leader Andrey Stempitsky, being ‘honored’ under an image of WWII era Ukrainian Nazi leader Stephen Bandera, and under the colors of the sympathetic Ukrainian Nazi movement.

GlobalData uncovers the leading innovators in drone swarm control for the aerospace and defense industry.

Five Marines were confirmed to have died in the crash of a CH-53E in mountains outside San Diego. Marine Corps photo.
Five Marines are confirmed to have died when their CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter crashed on Tuesday in California, Corps officials announced on Thursday.
The Marines were assigned to Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 361, Marine Aircraft Group 16, according to the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing. Their identities have not yet been released pending next of kin notification.
Efforts to recover the five Marines are ongoing, a statement from the wing says.

GlobalData uncovers the leading innovators in drone launchers for the aerospace and defense industry.

GlobalData uncovers the leading innovators in conductive composites for the aerospace and defense industry.

GlobalData uncovers the leading innovators in drone jammers for the aerospace and defense industry.

The precision approach radar that has been inaugurated at INS Utkrosh in India’s Andaman and Nicobar Islands. (Andaman And Nicobar Command)
India’s Andaman and Nicobar Command has improved its ability to recover fixed-wing aircraft, especially during times of inclement weather over the territory.
This capability has now been enhanced with the operationalisation of a precision approach radar at INS Utkrosh, a naval air station that is located within the Andaman and Nicobar Islands’ capital known as Port Blair.

GlobalData uncovers the leading innovators in drone energy harvesting for the aerospace and defense industry.

Seth Robson, Stars and Stripes
The company traces its lineage to Mechanical Repair Shop Unit 306, constituted in 1917 at Newport News, Va.

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The secretive Off-Board Sensing Station (OBSS) program now has a real aircraft, and it’s likely a glimpse of much more to come.

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WASHINGTON — An upgrade to the F-35’s engine offered by Pratt & Whitney is set to enter service by 2029, company officials said Tuesday, adding that the program…

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With an explicit goal of addressing staffing shortfalls and other obstacles to accomplishing its mission, the Defense Innovation Unit is entering its next era:…

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GlobalData uncovers the leading innovators in drone cargo retrieval for the aerospace and defense industry.

GlobalData uncovers the leading innovators in self-calibrating scanners for the aerospace and defense industry.

Boeing and Lockheed Martin have won contracts to maintain Australia’s Apache and Black Hawk Helicopter fleets.

GlobalData uncovers the leading innovators in CMC turbines for the aerospace and defense industry.

This infographic shows Poongsan’s 155 mm shells for the K9 howitzer. A photograph of a cutaway version of the extended-range 155 mm shell appears at the bottom. (Janes/Akhil Kadidal)
South Korean metal and munition manufacturer Poongsan will initiate the mass production of the extended-range 155 mm artillery shells for the Hanwha Land Systems K9 Thunder self-propelled howitzers (SPHs) in 2024, a Poongsan official told Janes on 8 February.

GlobalData uncovers the leading innovators in drone anti-collision systems for the aerospace and defense industry.

Turkey’s Ministry of National Defence, SSB, and Roketsan signed contracts on 3 February for the serial production of Tayfun, Sungur (displayed at DIMDEX 2022), Karaok, and TRLG-230 missiles. (Janes/Shaurav Gairola)
Turkey’s Ministry of National Defence announced on its website on 3 February that it, the Defence Industry Agency (SSB), and Turkish missile house Roketsan signed contracts earlier the same day for the serial production of Tayfun, Sungur, Karaok, and Artillery Rocket Laser Guided-230 (TRLG-230) missiles for the Turkish Land Forces.

Sweden plans to replace its in-service ARTHUR WLS, with the procurement process beginning in 2026. Pictured is the rear view of the ARTHUR weapon locating radar integrated on an M113F4 series tracked armoured platform. (Christopher F Foss)
The Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) has issued a request for information (RFI) on 5 February for the replacement of its Saab ARTHUR (ARTtillery HUnting Radar) weapon locating system (WLS).

GlobalData uncovers the leading innovators in Ni-Co alloy 3D printing for the aerospace and defense industry.

Looking to further develop and fortify the U.S. supply chain of critical chemicals for munitions and energetics applications, the Pentagon awarded the American Center for Manufacturing Innovation (ACMI) a $15 million contract extension to expand a first-of-its-kind pilot program. 
The Department of Defense tapped ACMI’s federal unit in Aug.

GlobalData uncovers the leading innovators in automated drone battery management for the aerospace and defense industry.

The CSIR-NAL HAPS subscale model can stay airborne for 24 hours. (CSIR-NAL)
India’s Council of Scientific and Industrial Research – National Aerospace Laboratories (CSIR-NAL) has carried out a series of flight tests on a subscale model of its high-altitude pseudo satellite (HAPS) platform.
The tests were conducted at the Defence Research and Development Organisation’s (DRDO’s) Aeronautical Test Range (ATR) at Challakere, Karnataka, from 23 January to 2 February.

GlobalData uncovers the leading innovators in CFR thermoplastics for the aerospace and defense industry.

Ever since the inclusion of Italy, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has had a more complicated relationship with maritime geography than its name implies. Now, with challenges to the international order appearing across multiple flanks, the alliance is trying to figure out how to further its mission in the Indo-Pacific. In recent years, like-minded European and East Asian nations have increasingly worked to deepen their defense ties.

Tron Future Tech displays its C-UAS’ new hard-kill component called T.Interceptor at the World Defense Show 2024 in Riyadh. (Janes/Akshara Parakala)

The Republic of China Army (RoCA) has deployed a modular counter-unmanned aircraft system (C-UAS) developed by Taiwan’s Tron Future Tech, the company told
Janes
at the World Defense Show (WDS) 2024 held in Riyadh from 4 to 8 February.

The C-UAS, with a new hard-kill component named T.Interceptor, has been displayed at the show.

The wreckage of a new Ukrainian jet-powered attack drone has appeared in Russia. So far, we know very little about the origins of the drone or its precise capabilities. Still, it signals, once again, Ukraine’s increasingly active development of long-range one-way attack drones as a means of taking the fight more directly to Russia.
A series of photos that appeared today on social media show the wreckage of one of the drones — the name and manufacturer of which remain unknown — and reveal some details about its construction and components.

The NFL and USAA, an official NFL Salute to Service Partner, named Joe Cardona, long snapper for the New England Patriots, as the recipient of the 2023 Salute to Service Award presented by USAA. The award recognizes the exceptional efforts by members of the NFL family to honor and support the military community.
Cardona will be recognized at NFL Honors, a primetime awards special to air nationally on the CBS Television Network and NFL Network, and stream on Paramount+ and NFL+ on Thursday, Feb. 8 at the Resorts World Theatre in Las Vegas.

U.S. service members assigned to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) participate in a disinterment ceremony held at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, located in Honolulu, Hawaii. The ceremony took placed on Mar. 4, 2019. (U.S. Army photo/Sgt. Lloyd Villanueva).
The U.S. military has defended our country for over 200 years, often at the expense of service members’ blood and tears. Some paid the ultimate sacrifice, while others became prisoners of war or went missing in action — their families left wondering what happened to their loved ones.

Images emerging on social media in the aftermath of a U.S. drone strike in Baghdad indicate that a high-ranking member of the Iranian-backed Khataib Hezbollah militia was likely killed by a secretive AGM-114R9X Hellfire missile. The weapon, known colloquially as the “flying Ginsu,” is a variant of the standard Hellfire, but with six pop-out sword-like blades in lieu of a traditional explosive warhead.
The drone strike took place at 9:30 p.m. local time on Wednesday, when U.S. Central Command forces “conducted a unilateral strike in Iraq in response to the attacks on U.S.

The Marine Corps will hold a service-wide inspection of every barracks between now and March 15, the service announced.
The Marine Corps will inspect every single barracks room it owns in the next month.
“None of this will happen overnight but this inspection is an important first step,” said  Gen. Christopher J. Mahoney, assistant commandant of the Marine Corps, in a video statement. “Commanders and senior leaders: if your barracks have issues, get out there and own it.”
The order directs base commanders to assign a Gunnery Sgt.

The U.S. Navy is interested in acquiring a relatively low-cost and compact air-launched stand-off anti-ship weapon, four of which could be carried internally by certain variants of the F-35 stealth fighter. The U.S. Air Force has also laid out its own requirements for a similar-sounding air-launched munition, but that is geared toward more general air-to-ground strike missions.
Naval Air Systems Command put out a contracting notice for what it is currently calling the Multi-Mission Affordable Capacity Effector weapon system, or MACE, on February 2.

The modernization of the Russian Tu-160M/M2 bombers arsenal has significant strategic implications.
A notable aspect of the modernization of Russian Tu-160M/M2 bombers is the inclusion of hypersonic missiles. These missiles are part of the “White Swans” arsenal, highlighting the Kinzhal (Dagger) missile for its high success rate.
Concerns about the modernization of the Russian nuclear triad
The community of military experts in Russia has raised significant concerns regarding the degree of modernization of its nuclear triad.

BAGHDAD, IRAQ – FEBRUARY 07: A crane lifts the wrecked car which has been targeted to kill the Senior commander Abu Baqir al-Saadi of Popular Mobilization Forces (Al-Hashd al-Shaabi) at eastern area of Al-Mashtal in Baghdad, Iraq on February 07, 2024. (Photo by Murtadha Al-Sudani/Anadolu via Getty Images).
A  U.S. drone strike killed a senior leader of an Iranian-backed militant group Wednesday.. The strike killed Abu Baqir al-Saadi, the commander of the Kataib Hezbollah militia. It was the second time in a little more than a month that a U.S. airstrike targeted a vehicle in Baghdad.

A trio of lawmakers from the Senate Armed Services Committee have written a letter to President Joe Biden asking the administration to incorporate more insights from the Pentagon as it begins to implement the National Spectrum Strategy.
The letter — signed by Sens. Deb Fischer, R-Neb., Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii, and Angus King, I-Maine — outlines the legislators’ apprehensions over the possible repercussions if the Department of Defense is asked to vacate portions of the electromagnetic spectrum that are exclusively used for military operations.

On Wednesday, several lawmakers asked service officials to use more privatized housing in an effort to shift the problem away from the military and its troops and on to private companies. Photo by Randy Cephus.
The military needs to get troops “out of the hotel management business,” one congressman told military officials Wednesday, and to let troops focus on their duties rather than fixing barracks issues.

The Department of the Air Force is tightening the linkage and relationship between its cyber entity and the Space Force to harden networks against threats and improve operational outcomes.
The 16th Air Force announced in January that it is partnering with Space Operations Command (SpOC) in order to integrate space-based capabilities into all of its warfighting operations. Through the agreement — which will see Space Force personnel embedded with 16th Air Force — the two organizations are seeking a greater understanding of how to defend space assets from cyber attacks.

Geostationary satellites, operating from higher altitudes, span a larger field of view compared to those in low Earth orbit, in addition to offering constant observation of specific geographic areas, a capability that LEO satellite constellations cannot replicate.
In the recent fall, General James Rainey of the US Army issued a telling warning: “Our ability to conceal ourselves, essential to our combat strategy, has become obsolete.” This statement preceded China’s deployment of the Yaogan-41.

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) has released images of a brand new, fully-constructed advanced air combat drone called the XQ-67A. The company built it as part of a contract to support the U.S. Air Force’s secretive Off-Board Sensing Station (OBSS) program. Though an explicit connection has not been made, there have been indications in the past that this design leverages work the company is doing on Gambit, a novel family of advanced drones that involves different airframes that can be mated to a modular common ‘core’ chassis.

The S-400 air defense systems stand as a pinnacle of capability and reliability. Recent discussions surrounding delivering the final S-400 systems to India have sparked various speculations and concerns.
However, Alexander Mikheev, the general director of Rosoboronexport, has vehemently denied any delays, dismissing them as baseless rumors. Amidst geopolitical tensions and the specter of sanctions, Mikheev’s assurance underscores Russia’s dedication to honoring its agreements with India.

Hamas proposed a three-phase ceasefire plan lasting 135 days to exchange hostages and lead to an end to fighting in Gaza.

According to Hamas’ ceasefire proposal seen by Reuters on February 7, the plan will include 45 days for each stage to exchange Israeli hostages captured in October 2023, starting the process of rebuilding Gaza. Hamas demanded that Israeli forces completely withdraw their troops and that the two sides exchange the bodies of those who died as a result of the fighting.

A lot happens every day. Alliances shift, leaders change, and conflicts erupt. With In Brief, we’ll help you make sense of it all. Each week, experts will dig deep on a single issue happening in the world to help you better understand it. *** Things are heating up between Iran and the United States in the Middle East. On Sunday, Jan. 28, three U.S. servicemembers were killed in an Iranian-linked drone attack on the Tower 22 U.S. military outpost in Jordan, near the Syrian border, one of over 160 such attacks on U.S. targets in Iraq and Syria since October.

Host L Todd Wood speaks with ‘Alex’ from Kyiv, with an inside view of what is happening NOW on the ground in Ukraine.

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With an explicit goal of addressing staffing shortfalls and other obstacles to accomplishing its mission, the Defense Innovation Unit is entering its next era: DIU 3.0.
The military innovation hub’s director Doug Beck (a Navy reserve captain and former Apple executive) unveiled his strategic vision for DIU 3.0 in a 9-page plan on Wednesday.
“The imperative for DIU 3.0 is clear. Against a backdrop of international challenges and with the world’s most capable technology sector, we can and must do more to identify and adopt impactful commercial technologies at speed and scale.

Over three-quarters of survey respondents believe AI will be disruptive, but not everyone believes the technology deserves the hype.