2023 will bring with it an expectation that Germany and the collection of 19 other NATO countries that committed to increase defense spending after Russia invaded Ukraine, act on those plans.
The new pod takes the P-8 "and further expands it to be truly multi-int and multi-spectral," a Boeing rep said.
Do more with less: streamline workflows, reduce duplication, invest upfront to save long-term.
An F-35B from US Marine Corps Fighter Attack Squadron 121 at Iwakuni will remind China of its ability to do vertical landings and short takeoffs from islands and bases throughout the Indo-Pacific region.
Boeing's offer comes as the US Navy has stopped purchasing new P-8As for the foreseeable future.
“We are committed to delivering offset programs that are in line with India’s Defence Acquisition Procedure and meet the Indian government’s stated goals, including strengthening India’s aerospace capabilities,” a Boeing statement says.
The US government will pay for all facilities it builds on Norwegian soil, and will not permanently base any troops there, officials in Oslo were quick to point out.
The Sixth Domain is not defined by geography. It’s a new kind of conflict in which autonomy and networked systems allow thousand-dollar consumer electronics to destroy multi-million-dollar conventional weapons systems.
"I guess if someone were to take a message [from the basing agreement] it’s that we’re not restricted to one particular location," said Gen. Steven Basham, deputy commander of Air Forces in Europe/Africa.
The deployment of the two US Navy ships, along with a refueling ship, is the largest American presence in the waterway in three years.
With a presidential veto hanging in the air, Congress charges ahead on huge federal spending votes.
A video released by the Navy shows Harpoon ship-killing missiles launched by the Canadian frigate HMCS Regina and US destroyer USS Lake Erie tearing into the ship, along with a French-made Exocet missile fired by an offshore patrol vessel from Brunei.
As threats rapidly evolve, digital engineering, manufacturing capacity and robust supply chains are critical to meeting challenges.
“You don’t have to be a doctor or a four-star general to understand that spending billions on new helicopters, combat vehicles, and fighter jets is not the solution” to the COIVD problem, said Rep. Adam Smith, Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee.
"To us, it means that there is going to be much more tension and debate over future modernization programs as flat investment will not enable DoD to recapitalize in a timely and militarily relevant pace," says defense analyst Byron Callan.
Braithwaite's travel to Oslo will see him formally relinquish his ambassadorship there, a unique situation that has seen him hold two Senate-confirmed positions simultaneously.
"This B-1 left from home base, got a great training mission, and showed its capability for a 29-hour round-trip into the super-busy airspace around Japan where Chinese and Russian fighters routinely buzz the borders."