Air Warfare
“But, of course, you’ve always got an eye on what the next gear change might need to be if the war continues to develop and another gear change is needed,” British Minister for Armed Forces James Heappey told reporters.
By Lee Ferran
The agreement covers 18 M142 HIMARS launchers and 45 ATACMS missile systems, as well as other equipment.
By Aaron MehtaGray Eagle is the low-cost, low-risk answer to Army modernization
Gray Eagle STOL and Gray Eagle 25M are the best options for Army aviation as it assesses where to move from its current inflection point.
AFRL is “projecting first flight in first half of FY24 [fiscal 2024],” Trenton White, OBSS program manager, told Breaking Defense.
By Theresa Hitchens
There may not be an agreement on where airspace ends and space begins, but experts say other questions floated during the balloon saga have down-to-earth answers.
By Theresa Hitchens
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.
The watchdog report in particular hones in on concerns about a lack of transparency in service and Pentagon component MTA programs.
By Theresa Hitchens
“It’s my responsibility to detect threats to North America. I will tell you that we did not detect those [previous] threats,” Gen. Glen VanHerck said.
By Ashley Roque
Modernizing military simulation with open systems architecture
Best-of-breed common models and architecture enable virtual training and testing with the same data in a cyber-resilient posture.
An official refused to say how many of the Ospreys, flown by three US military services as well as Japan, will be grounded, or for how long.
By Justin Katz
Military assets had been mobilized to potentially shoot the balloon down, but Pentagon Press Secretary Pat Ryder said so far the decision has been made to let it float, in part, because “any potential debris field would be significant” and a threat to people on the ground.
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Sources said companies expected export licenses to expand after Israel publicly admitted the use of armed UAVs.
By Arie Egozi
On Friday, Beijing acknowledged the balloon was from China, but claimed it’s a “civilian” weather balloon blown off course.
By Ashley Roque and Lee Ferran
Ukrainian Minister of Defense Oleksii Reznikov traveled to Paris for talks with counterparts, and came away with more firepower.
By Christina Mackenzie
Elsewhere in a UK defense committee hearing, a military official said he wouldn’t put high-dollar, exquisite drones over Ukraine.
By Tim Martin
The program seeks to revolutionize how the Pentagon approaches both sealift and airlift, using a trick of physics in low-altitude flight.
By Justin Katz
A major overhaul is coming in software for missile warning
Space Systems Command’s FORGE program is the first, major missile-warning software modernization effort in 20 years.
“No matter what China’s timeline for war might be, America’s timeline for deterrence is right now,” writes Dustin Walker of the American Enterprise Institute.
By Dustin Walker