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Although artist renderings of the B-21 have been published by the Air Force and Northrop Grumman, the actual B-21 aircraft has never been publicly revealed.
By Valerie Insinna
Since late July, Poland has inked agreements with South Korea to purchase 1,000 K2 tanks, 672 K9 self-propelled howitzers, and 48 FA-50 light combat aircraft, along with the MLRS announcement today.
By Bartosz GłowackiB-21, hypersonics and more: How digital development is driving industry innovation
Technological advancements are key to keeping pace with customer demands and evolving threat landscapes.
“I think everyone agrees that if there’s a reasonable cost-based argument that paying for use does make sense,” industry analyst Tim Farrar said. But “I think Elon has made that more difficult rather than less difficult because you don’t normally negotiate your weapons contracts on Twitter.”
By Theresa Hitchens
“Two new aspects in the revised declaration are intelligence sharing, and greater interoperability. The latter is already underway, so the question is what is actually new here? More detail is required,” Japan analyst Rikki Kirsten said.
By Colin Clark
BAE Systems’ LR-PGK: The Superior Anti-Jam Solution
Going the distance to defeat emerging jam threats.
Multi-Domain Operations: Global C2 and Joint Operations
“So when we talk about the 2027 window” for an invasion of Taiwan, “in my mind, that has to be a 2022 window or potentially a 2023 window,” said Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Michael Gilday. “I can’t rule that out.”
By Valerie Insinna
Saab’s efforts reflect a growing interest in both the US and Europe in unmanned and autonomous technologies.
By Justin Katz
Future inevitability of quantum computers is a security problem today
‘Store Now, Decrypt Later’ attacks must be thwarted now with Zero Trust cybersecurity.
“I would love to say that solving a problem is all that we should be doing at Army Futures Command, but it’s not,” Lt. Gen. Thomas Todd said. “We really have to be designing the Army of 2040 and beyond. In order to do that, you can’t wait on technology in 2040.”
By Jaspreet Gill
“My requirement was ‘don’t even bring it if it can’t be flown fully autonomous,'” a senior Army Futures Command official said.
By Andrew Eversden
The UAE first began asking Jerusalem quietly about its defense systems in January in the wake of purported Houthi attacks.
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Known for the time being as the PANG (for Porte Avion Nouvelle Génération), the 75,000 tonne (82,673 tons) ship will be 310m (1,017 ft) long and 85m (279 feet) at the widest point of the carrier deck.
By Christina Mackenzie
Lockheed’s High Mobility Artillery Rocket System and Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) — as well as the the Javelin anti-tank missile system it co-produces with Raytheon — are seeing “significant” interest from foreign customers and the US military, Lockheed CEO Jim Taiclet said.
By Valerie Insinna
Israeli defense sources told Breaking Defense that the cooperation between Iran and Russia in Ukraine may have changed the calculus on Israel’s sideline stance.
By Arie Egozi
“One of the things that was already useful … was an understanding that in order to get private capital deployed, you need clarity and some understanding about what the DoD will look like as a customer,” said board member and LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman.
By Valerie Insinna
The system is designed to rapidly move containerized payloads on, off and around warships.
By Justin Katz
A new approach to speed, scale and efficiency for the industrial base
Radars, EW, EO/IR, space imagery, and microelectronics are brought under one roof for a streamlined approach to common people and factories.
