The letter of intent comes after the Biden administration approved the re-export of the fourth generation jets to Ukraine.
By Tim MartinModernizing our supply chain is a national security imperative
Closing supply chain gaps in innovating technology will reposition the industrial base to be a strategic source of value.
“If it requires contractors or back support in person, even if it’s government, that’s less desirable because you have their lives to worry about,” said Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment Bill LaPlante.
By Ashley Roque
The new map sparked sharp reactions from India, Nepal, Vietnam, Malaysia and Taiwan. The new document was released one week before the G-20 summit in India. President Xi Jinping was to attend but news reports now indicate he will not.
By Colin Clark
“The prospects for complete success in deterrence of hostile attacks on space assets, particularly reversible, nondestructive attacks, are limited,” the RAND study cautions.
By Theresa Hitchens
In a social media post today, Shapps said he was “looking forward to working with the brave men and women of our Armed Forces” and “continuing the UK’s support for Ukraine in their fight against Putin’s barbaric invasion.”
By Tim Martin
Making all-domain operations a warfighting capability means integrating, fusing, and disseminating a sensor picture appropriate for a particular theater segment, not all of them, says the Mitchell Institute’s David Deptula.
By Barry Rosenberg
Flight training is to begin in October, following language training for what’s expected to be “several” Ukrainian pilots and more maintainers.
By Ashley Roque and Michael Marrow
New Army mounted system won’t play favorites when it comes to C5ISR, EW and A-PNT
The CMOSS Mounted Form Factor will facilitate tech insertion for new capabilities while co-existing with the Mounted Family of Computer Systems.
“More than 100 lunar missions are planned for this decade alone, including many that are commercial,” said Jessica West, of Canada’s Project Ploughshares.
By Theresa Hitchens
A senior US official said it would be “foolish” to underestimate the number of countries developing defensive or offensive bioprograms.
By Ashley Roque
The Mohajer-10 is purportedly an upgraded version of Mohajer-6 drone, though an analyst told Breaking Defense it’s difficult to know its capabilities before it sees combat.
By Agnes Helou
The EU move, which comes in the run up to the final meeting of the UN working group to prevent space threats at the end of the month, brings the number of countries supporting the limited ASAT testing ban up to 35.
By Theresa Hitchens
The “landmark sanctions will further diminish Russia’s arsenal and close the net on supply chains propping up Putin’s now struggling defence industry,” said UK foreign secretary James Cleverly.
By Tim Martin
With the war in Ukraine highlighting the effectiveness of drone warfare and counter-drone systems, the Middle East makes for a natural market, an outside expert said.
By Agnes Helou
Among “gray zone” threats in space are cyberattacks against space services, attacking commercial space capabilities during conflict, and conducting proximity operations to potentially coerce others, writes Dr. John J. Klein in this analysis.
By John J. Klein