GlobalData uncovers the leading innovators in aerial cargo delivery for the aerospace and defense industry.
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GlobalData uncovers the leading innovators in aerial imaging for the aerospace and defense industry.
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The US Army received the first PrSM long range precision fires missile intended for use from HIMARS and MLRS against targets at depth.
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GlobalData uncovers the leading innovators in fire-fighting robots for the aerospace and defense industry.
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In mid-October 2023, the 12 members of the Congressional Commission on the Strategic Posture of the United States presented 81 recommendations as threat-informed, forward-looking, nonpartisan, and consensus-driven. The group membership was split evenly between Democratic and Republican affiliations and were all very well-known policymakers, legislators, and analysts who have extensive experience in nuclear weapons-related issues. This made it all the more surprising when the report endorsed a significant increase in U.S.

The components of Lockheed Martin’s SIMRES geo-pairing system: player unit, helmet sensor, and weapon sensor mounted on the barrel of an Airsoft weapon that was being used for demonstration purposes. (Giles Ebbutt)
MVRsimulation (MVR) has developed a mixed reality (MR) sand table for training and mission rehearsal and showcased it at the Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation and Education Conference (I/ITSEC) 2023 in Orlando in November.

GlobalData uncovers the leading innovators in adaptive sensor fusion for the aerospace and defense industry.
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Arquus has been developing the Scarabee 4×4 armoured reconnaissance vehicle (pictured) as a replacement for the VBL. (Arquus)
The Organisation for Joint Armament Cooperation (OCCAR), Arquus, and Nexter announced on 6 December that they had signed a pre-design contract for the Véhicule Blindé d’Aide à l’Engagement (Armoured Engagement Support Vehice: VBAE) for the French and Belgian armies. The programme will be set up and managed by OCCAR.

An Australian Army AS9 Huntsman self-propelled howitzer test-fires a practice round at the Proof & Experimental Establishment in Port Wakefield. (Commonwealth of Australia)
Hanwha Defense Australia (HDA), Sydney-based HIFraser, and Busan-based DNB tested the Automatic Fire and Explosion Suppression System (AFESS) developed by DNB for the AS9 and AS10 Huntsman family of vehicles, HDA said in a press release on 13 December.

The US Army announced the Precision Strike Missile had undergone qualification testing in November 2023. (US Army )
The first Precision Strike Missile (PrSM) weapons have been delivered to the US Army, representing the programme reaching initial operating capability (IOC), the service announced on 8 December.

GlobalData uncovers the leading innovators in adaptive sensor fusion for the aerospace and defense industry.
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TDV is developing the Pandur II 8×8 EVO infantry fighting vehicle (artist’s impression showing it with UT30MK2 remote-controlled weapon station). (TDV)
Czechoslovak Group’s (CSG’s) Tatra Defence Vehicle (TDV) is developing a new generation of Pandur II 8×8 EVO (Evolution) armoured vehicle as the 107 Pandur II 8×8 CZs mostly manufactured in the Czech Republic and delivered to the country’s army in 2009–13 reach obsolescence.

GlobalData uncovers the leading innovators in 3D position detection for the aerospace and defense industry.
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An engineer with the 176th Engineer Company, is measured to ensure that she is within the Army height and weight standards at Snohomish National Guard Armory on Oct. 3, 2015. (U.S. Army National Guard Photo by Spc. Maggie Booker.).
Soldiers who hit the weights a little too hard, or maybe over-indulged during the holidays leading to a bit of weight gain, can find themselves failing the U.S. Army’s height and weight standards. When this happens, soldiers must be measured via tape test, which is known to lead soldiers down a path of unsafe weight loss methods to “make tape.

There is a hot debate about the future 6th generation fighter aircraft. Let’s Discuss the NGAD vs. Tempest: Which 6th generation fighter will dominate?
The international competition for sixth-generation air supremacy
Boeing developed the MG-28 Ghost Bat, a stealth and multipurpose drone, suggesting its possible participation in the NGAD.
In the modern air theater, a fierce contest rages to dominate the skies of the future. On the front lines, the United States, the United Kingdom, and strategic allies such as Italy and Japan deploy their resources in a critical race.

The Ministry of Defence was fined £350k after a 2021 data breach that endangered 265 Afghans who had worked for UK forces.
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The U.S. has cut almost half of its troop presence in Niger in West Africa, according to figures in a White House letter sent to Congress last week.
Photo by Tech. Sgt. Rose Gudex.

The U.S. has decreased its troop presence in Niger by almost half according to figures in a White House letter sent to Congress last week.
The number of U.S. troops deployed to Niger appears to be 648, according to the White House letter, down by at least 400 since September, when military forces in Niger took over the government. In October, the U.S.

General Atomics screencap
General Atomics has released a new video of testing of its Mojave drone aboard the U.K. Royal Navy’s aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales back in November. The montage of clips, seen below, offers previously unseen views of the drone in flight and making short takeoffs and landings from the ship, which does not have aircraft-launching catapults or arresting wires – at least for now.
In cooperation with the Royal Navy, General Atomics tested Mojave on board Prince of Wales on November 15 as the ship sailed off the coast of Virginia.

Richard Clayton
It’s not every day that a unique piece of aerospace test history comes up for sale, but members of the public now have the chance to bid for just such an item: the one-off de Havilland Canada Buffalo aircraft that was radically modified by NASA to trial new concepts for future, quiet short takeoff and landing (STOL) transports.

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Despite ongoing U.S. support for Israel’s war against Hamas, there is increasing tension between the leaders of the two nations over how it is being conducted and the post-conflict future.
President Joe Biden said Tuesday Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu needs to change his hardline government and warned support for the country’s military campaign is waning amid heavy bombardment of Gaza. Netanyahu meanwhile, thanked the U.S.

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — On the heels of the White House’s new National Spectrum Strategy, the Navy’s top civilian said there is still apprehension about a future in which the Pentagon would have to share portions of the spectrum with civil and commercial users, as well as any potential secondary consequences that doing so would create.
“We’re very concerned, obviously, about what the future holds in terms of sharing the spectrum.

Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III testifies before the House Appropriations Committee-Defense on March 23, 2023. (U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Alexander Kubitza/Defense Department).
In case you were worried, the U.S. military is not preparing to send troops to fight in Ukraine if Congress fails to approve more military assistance for the Ukrainians.

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The U.S. military has released a video of an AC-130J Ghostrider gunship firing its 30mm cannon during recent live-fire training over the Caribbean Sea. U.S. officials say this was unrelated to a still-nebulous air exercise American forces carried out with their counterparts in Guyana that occurred on the same day. Still, it is an unusually public demonstration of American capabilities in the region that comes amid an especially serious flare-up of a long-standing territorial dispute between Guyana and Venezuela.
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Can zero trust enable secure and efficient information-sharing between the U.S. military and its international partners? The Pentagon plans to find out during the upcoming Keen Edge exercise and other events in the Indo-Pacific region.
Zero trust is a cybersecurity concept and framework that assumes networks are already compromised and require constant monitoring and authentication to protect critical info. Department of Defense components are expected to move to that model by 2027, and bringing overseas allies into the fold could be critical for interoperability.

The F-16 deployment operation in Ukraine is a complex maneuver that goes beyond a mere transfer.
The spokesman for the Air Command of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Yuriy Ignat, has confirmed to Espresso that the appearance of these fighters in Ukrainian airspace is not expected until the end of the year. This tactical process includes multiple stages and requires sophisticated logistics.
Challenges and estimated time for the arrival of the F-16s to Ukraine
According to Ignat, speculation about the arrival of the  F-16s  in Ukraine varies.

The components of Lockheed Martin’s SIMRES geo-pairing system include a player unit, a helmet sensor, and a weapon sensor mounted on the barrel of an Airsoft weapon that was being used for demonstration purposes.

The US Navy delivered rocket-launching platforms called VAMPIRE to Ukraine at a time when Russian forces are striking their infrastructure.
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Australia’s fleet of Airbus A330 (KC-30A) MRTTs is receiving improved communications, tactical datalink, and encryption systems to bring the fleet to the latest “enhanced A330 MRTT” standard. (Commonwealth of Australia)
The first Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Airbus KC-30A Multi Role Tanker Transport (MRTT) has received a communications and cyber upgrade.

Slovenia has signed a programme agreement with Germany to procure the IRIS-T SLM. (Diehl Defence)
The Slovenian Ministry of Defence (MoD) announced on its website on 6 December that it had signed a programme agreement with the German Federal MoD to buy the IRIS-T SLM (Surface Launched Medium Range) air-defence system from Diehl Defence.

Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics
Two accidents left behind two inoperable F-35s. A complex “operation” will result in one flyable plane.

Hasard Lee, Sandboxx News
Self-discipline: the ability to make yourself do things that should be done.

DNews
WASHINGTON — The latest version of the Missile Defense Agency’s Ground-Based Interceptor for homeland missile defense intercepted an Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile in test…

Understanding Redzikowo: A NATO Shield or Putin’s Nightmare?
In the heart of northern Poland lies Redzikowo, a village housing a NATO military base that, according to the U.S., acts as a shield against missile attacks, particularly from Eastern threats. However, for Russian President Vladimir Putin, this strategic military outpost is nothing short of a thorn in his side, emblematic of NATO’s relentless eastward expansion.

A ground-based interceptor was launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, on 11 December. This was the first flight test of a three-stage booster operating in two-stage mode, meaning the third-stage was not ignited. (Missile Defense Agency)
The US Missile Defense Agency (MDA) conducted a test of the upgraded Ground-Based Interceptor (GBI), the first test of the capability to use the two-stage boost mode that is designed to intercept intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) across a wider engagement envelope, the agency announced on 11 December.

Ukraine’s Zelensky and Hungary’s Orbán shared a tense exchange in Argentina with talks of Kyiv’s EU accession on a knife-edge.
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Polish officials announced that the US Aegis Ashore missile shield in the country will be activated starting December 15.

“The US side announced that the missile shield in Redzikowo will reach operational readiness on December 15,” Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki told lawmakers on December 11 before leaving his seat because he could not pass a vote of confidence in parliament.
The plan to deploy the Aegis Ashore complex in the village of Redzikowo, about 250 km from the Russian territory of Kaliningrad, was announced in 2009.

The White House expressed concern over accusations that Israel shelled Lebanon with US-made white phosphorus bullets and is looking for information.

The US Washington Post reported on December 11 that 9 civilians were injured in the shelling of southern Lebanon. Analysis of the shell fragments showed that they appeared to be white phosphorus shells produced in the United States in 1989 and 1992.

The US Army Special Operations Command has boosted its arsenal with six advanced Chinook helicopters through a $271m deal.
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The CPV (pictured above) is operated by a two-person crew with accommodation for up to eight additional personnel. It is equipped with a positive pressure system to protect against nuclear, biological, and chemical agents, and is fitted with a protected weapon station. (DAPA)
The Republic of Korea Army (RoKA) has deployed a wheeled command post vehicle (CPV) to the service’s 25th Infantry Division in Yangju, located 30 km north of Seoul, South Korea’s Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) said in a press release on 12 December.

Latest draft of COP28 Global Stocktake dubbed “incoherent and dangerous” as language on fossil fuel phaseout is removed.
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When the Russian military invaded Ukraine in February 2022, the Russian leadership believed that it would obtain a quick victory by overthrowing the Ukrainian government through surprise, speed, and overwhelming force — a coup de main. But the Ukrainian military repelled this numerically superior Russian force at the battle of Kyiv by denying the Russian military the use of Ukrainian airfields, blowing up their bridges, flooding their rivers, weaponizing a large portion of the civilian population, and ultimately grinding the military’s main effort to a halt.

Aaron O’Connell, the director of research at the Clements Center for National Security, moderated a panel with Jim Goldgeier, a visiting scholar at the Center for International Security and Cooperation; Deborah Pearlstein, co-director of the Floersheimer Center for Constitutional Democracy; Jeremi Suri, the Mack Brown Distinguished Chair for Leadership in Global Affairs at UT Austin; and Sheena Greitens, the founding director of the Asia Policy Program at the University of Texas at Austin.

Earlier this year, Sweden promised Archer artillery systems to Ukraine. Now, video shows the system in action. Each Archer system can fire a series of rounds in rapid succession, allowing a single gun to achieve “time on target,” synchronized effects like a whole battery.
These synchronized shots do greater damage to defenders than other barrages, but Ukraine faces a larger problem right now. Their soldiers must ration artillery ammunition as the West struggles to produce what is needed. The Archer, for all of its capabilities, cannot change that. For now, only Congress can likely do so.

Patriotic Kenny is nothing shy of an absolute delight. I had the privilege of sitting down with him at USAA’s Media Row in anticipation of the 2023 Army-Navy game, presented by USAA. The Navy vet seeps joy and radiates kindness. Ten seconds with him will absolutely cure what ails you.

The  Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II  reinforces its position as the world’s most versatile fighter with new squadrons in service. This month, the United Kingdom’s Royal Air Force (RAF) deployed its second frontline squadron armed with these stealth fighters, marking a milestone in its air combat capability.
Deployment of F-35 fighters in the United Kingdom
The first  F-35 Lightning II  landed at RAF Marham, Norfolk, in 2018, assigned to the 617 Squadron, known as the “Dambusters”.

The Indian Ministry of Defence has increasingly been overspending its modernisation allocation, according to Janes Defence Budgets, which closely tracks Indian military expenditure. (Janes Defence Budgets)
India is proposing to introduce a defence modernisation fund that will enable unspent money to be carried forward to the next fiscal year. Under current regulations such funding is returned to the government at the end of each financial period.

IDSI’s Visionflex Direct View curved LED display showcased at I/ITSEC 23. (Giles Ebbutt)
New display technology using LED (light emitting diode) panels, which offer advantages over traditional projector-based systems, was evidenced at the Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation and Education Conference (I/ITSEC) 2023 in Orlando.

Immersive Display Solutions Inc (IDSI) showcased its Visionflex Direct View (DV) curved LED display.

Poland began receiving into service the first of its Leonardo AW101 Merlin helicopters on 8 December. (General Command of the Polish Armed Forces)
Poland has begun inducting into service the first of four Leonardo AW101 Merlin helicopters it ordered in 2019 to satisfy its anti-submarine warfare (ASW) and combat search-and-rescue (CSAR) requirements.
The Polish Navy and the General Command of the Armed Forces announced the milestone on 8 December, saying that three helicopters are now with the Naval Aviation Brigade at Darłowo.

Mowinckel Chemical Tankers AS
A commercial vessel is in flames in the Red Sea after being attacked by at least one missile fired from Houthi-controlled territory in Yemen, two U.S. officials tell The War Zone.
The M/T Strinda was attacked by a missile coming out of a Houthi-controlled area in Yemen, two U.S. military officials told The War Zone. The vessel is battling a fire, the officials said. It was struck 60 miles north of the narrow Bab el-Mandab Strait, one of those officials told us.

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A Taiwanese pilot, allegedly planning to defect to the People’s Republic of China (PRC), was reportedly offered $15 million USD to deliver a CH-47 Chinook helicopter to the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN). As part of the defection scheme, the individual was supposedly set to land the Chinook on a PLAN vessel in the Taiwan Strait. Along with the money offered, the pilot was also apparently assured by Chinese officials that his family would be given safe passage out of Taiwan should a potential conflict between the country and China erupt.