Aviation WeekFri 19th Aug

Sierra Space To Test Lunar Soil Oxygen Extraction System

Aviation ListFri 19th Aug

B-52s Drop Live Bombs On Swedish Range On Their Way To European Deployment

On Aug. 18, 2022, four U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortress bombers, belonging to the 5th Bomb Wing, from Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, landed at RAF Fairford, for a BTF (Bomber Task Force) deployment.

Aviation WeekThu 18th Aug

Large UAV Will Survey Florida’s Grid For Storm Damage

Aviation WeekThu 18th Aug

Skyports: Funding Vertiports Hard Sell For Local Governments

Aviation WeekThu 18th Aug

Artemis I: No Humans, But Rich In R&D

Breaking DefenseThu 18th Aug

Key senators renew push to undo FCC’s Ligado spectrum ruling

The renewed push comes just over a month before Ligado expects to launch its network, and just a few weeks before the due date for a Congressionally-mandated report on whether the company’s system will indeed impact GPS for both military and commercial users.

Breaking DefenseThu 18th Aug

Lockheed Martin, General Dynamics will compete for new Army electronic warfare program

TLS-EAB will give Army formations larger than brigades new, longer-range electronic warfare systems, an important capability as it seeks to both develop new long-range fires systems and to modernize a long-neglected electronic warfare toolset. The final design is expected to be truck-mounted, with an eye towards serving as a long-range sensing and jamming platform that will help Army leaders fight across the far distances of the Pacific.

Aviation WeekThu 18th Aug

U.S. Marines, Navy Continue Flying V-22s Despite USAF Grounding

Breaking DefenseThu 18th Aug

ICEYE to supply Ukraine with SAR satellite imagery via Ukrainian foundation

“As part of the agreement, ICEYE will transfer full capabilities of one of its SAR satellites already in orbit for the Government of Ukraine’s use over the region,” the company’s press release said. “The SAR satellite will be operated by ICEYE. In addition, ICEYE will provide access to its constellation of SAR satellites, allowing the Ukrainian Armed Forces to receive radar satellite imagery on critical locations with a high revisit frequency.”

Aviation WeekThu 18th Aug

Lockheed Mates Wing On First South Carolina-built F-16

Aviation WeekThu 18th Aug

Czech Republic To Preserve Russian Helo Fleet Maintenance Capability

Aviation WeekThu 18th Aug

Textron Building Prototype For Nexus Tiltrotor eVTOL

Breaking DefenseThu 18th Aug

Before Russian invasion, US made novel use of intelligence-as-strategy

The United States’ efforts to persuade its allies of a pending Russian invasion of Ukraine, and to rob Russia of any legitimacy in going through with it, marked a notable shift in the use of strategic intelligence — one that could signal a new era for intelligence-as-strategy, and one for which Beijing, among others, is likely preparing.

Breaking DefenseThu 18th Aug

Marine Corps will not stand down MV-22 fleet despite Air Force move

“The hard clutch issue has been known to the Marine Corps since 2010, and as such, we have trained our pilots to react with the appropriate emergency control measures should the issue arise during flight,” according to a statement the service published today. “We also remain engaged with the joint program office, NAVAIR engineering, and our industry partners to resolve the issue at the root cause.”

Overt DefenseThu 18th Aug

After RIMPAC, Australian Warships visit Nauru

Australian warships HMAS Canberra (L 02) and HMAS Warramunga (FFH 152) arrived off the coast of Nauru on 17 August. The two vessels, which are currently in the midst of a regional presence deployment, visited Nauru to support Operation Render Safe. Operation Render Safe is the Australian Defence Force’s ongoing effort to dispose of Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) throughout the South Pacific.

Aviation WeekThu 18th Aug

Skyrora Completes Second-Stage Static Fire Test For Sat Launcher

Aviation WeekThu 18th Aug

FACC Focusing On Balanced Product And Customer Portfolio, CEO Says

Overt DefenseThu 18th Aug

US Department of Defense Releases First Ever Social Media Policy

In a move that Office of the Secretary of Defense digital media director Andy Oare described as “long overdue”, the US Department of Defense (DoD) released its first ever social media policy. Up to this point, the January 2019 “Online Information and Electronic Messaging” instruction document offered general guidelines for social media use but was in no way a detailed social media policy. According to Oare:

Breaking DefenseThu 18th Aug

Lockheed delivers high-energy laser four years in the making to US Navy

The weapon system, formally called the High Energy Laser with Integrated Optical-Dazzler and Surveillance (HELIOS), is a 60+ kW-class laser, and the initial contract to develop the weapon was awarded to Lockheed Martin in 2018.

Overt DefenseThu 18th Aug

Indian Army to Receive F-INSAS, Mines, Landing Craft, APCs and Other Kit

India’s Defence Minister Shri Rajnath Singh handed over indigenously-developed equipment and systems to the Indian Army on 16 August. These included the Future Infantry Soldier as a System (F-INSAS), the ‘Nipun’ anti-personnel mine, communication systems, upgraded sights system for tanks and advanced thermal imagers. Armored vehicles, drones and assault boats were virtually handed over to units in Ladakh.

Aviation WeekThu 18th Aug

China Tests Upgraded CH-4 UAS With New Heavy Fuel Engine

Breaking DefenseWed 17th Aug

Army official predicts ‘much more rapid movement’ to the cloud over the next year

“You will see a much more rapid movement to the cloud over the next year,” Lt. Gen. John Morrison told reporters at the AFCEA TechNet Augusta 2022 conference. “That foundation has now been set. We are putting the requisite capabilities into the hands of our operational formation so they can understand the applications that now need to move to the cloud and we are aligning the requisite combat power to assist in that migration. It is going to be much faster.”

Aviation WeekWed 17th Aug

USAF Grounds CV-22 Fleet Over Gearbox Safety Concerns

Aviation WeekWed 17th Aug

AIRO Plans IPO To Fund eVTOL Ambitions

Breaking DefenseWed 17th Aug

Potentially strong solar storm could disrupt GPS, radio communications: NOAA

“Geomagnetic storms can impact infrastructure in near-Earth orbit and on the surface, potentially disrupting communications, the electric power grid, navigation, radio, and satellite operations,” NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center explained in its warning issued on Tuesday.

Aviation WeekWed 17th Aug

Russian Spacewalk Cut Short Outside Space Station

Breaking DefenseWed 17th Aug

Taking a page from home remodeling, ARCYBER to break down walls with ‘global synchronizer’

Maj. Gen. Maria Barrett, who took command of ARCYBER just 90 days ago, said today at the AFCEA TechNet Augusta conference that the Army will still run its five current regional centers — in Arizona, Hawaii, Germany, Korea and Kuwait — but the “CONUS” one, presumably Arizona, will take on new roles and be led by an O-6.

Aviation WeekWed 17th Aug

Changing Tanker Plans Include Accelerated KC-Z, USAF Says

Breaking DefenseWed 17th Aug

American Rheinmetall, GM Defense team up for $5 billion Army truck contest

The Army is planning to replace its Family of Heavy Tactical Trucks with the Common Tactical Truck and plans to use rapid prototyping to accelerate the acquisition timeline.

Aviation WeekWed 17th Aug

UK Royal Air Force Extends C-130J Life

Breaking DefenseWed 17th Aug

EXCLUSIVE: Air Force Special Operations Command grounds CV-22 Ospreys due to safety issue

AFSOC Commander Lt. Gen. Jim Slife ordered the safety standdown on Tuesday in the wake of two safety incidents that had occurred over the past six weeks, with a total of four such events occurring since 2017, AFSOC spokeswoman Lt. Col. Becky Heyse said in a statement.

Aviation WeekWed 17th Aug

SLS Reaches Launchpad For Artemis I

Aviation WeekWed 17th Aug

Electric Alice Nearing First Flight At Moses Lake

Overt DefenseWed 17th Aug

Indian Navy Conducts Global Deployment To Celebrate 75 Years Of Independence

The Indian Navy has deployed eight warships to visit ports across six continents. On August 15, India’s Independence day, these ships hosted various activities and events by Indian missions, including flag raising while berthed at various ports. These commemorative visits are a part of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahostav, to celebrate 75 years of India’s independence.

Aviation WeekWed 17th Aug

British, French And German Fighters Head To Australia

Overt DefenseWed 17th Aug

Philippine Air Force Begins Surface-to-Air Missile Infrastructure Construction

Last week, construction began for infrastructure relating to the Philippine Air Force’s incoming surface-to-air missile batteries. Under Project TIKAS, the Department of Public Works and Highways will construct facilities to house the SAM battery and its personnel at Basa Air Base. This is the first project of its kind for the PAF, which has never operated SAM systems and infrastructure in its history. 

Aviation WeekWed 17th Aug

British Army Expanding Air Defense Capability

Breaking DefenseWed 17th Aug

PLA exercises after Pelosi Taiwan visit were largely pre-planned

China got tremendous propaganda value out of the PLA’s exercises and drills held after Nancy Pelosi’s Taiwan visit, but it is important to recognize that they were not conducted as a response to the Pelosi visit. Some elements (especially the missile overflights of Taiwan) were probably added due to the Pelosi visit, but the larger effort of training PLA forces would have happened, Pelosi or no.

Overt DefenseWed 17th Aug

DoD Consolidates All Military Communication Satellites Under Space Force

On 15 August, the US Army transferred 500 personnel and communications satellite control from the Alabama-based US Army Space and Missile Defense Command to the Space Force. With this latest transfer, all US military communications satellites will now, for the first time ever, be consolidated under a single military service. Despite the change in command, however, most of the new space force personnel (of whom about 40% are civilian) will remain at their current stations in Germany, Japan, Hawaii and Maryland. Moreover, about $78 billion dollars from the US Army budget was transferred to the Space Force this year to help build up the service’s infrastructure.

Aviation ListWed 17th Aug

Red Arrows In Trouble As Team Faces A Pilot Shortage

The Red Arrows, the Royal Air Force’s aerobatic team, lost two pilots this year, with one being sacked after an alleged affair and another having resigned over the team’s “toxic culture”. Members of the team, according to The Sun, are said to “hate each other” in what is considered the worst morale crisis since the Red Arrows were created in 1964.

Breaking DefenseWed 17th Aug

How this SOCOM aircraft-mod specialist uses data to break vendor lock

In this Q&A with Brady Hauboldt, vice president, Aviation Strategic Plans & Programs for SNC’s ISR, Aviation & Security (IAS) business area, he discusses how the company is using modern, digital engineering practices to help customers save money and break vendor lock to create open architecture data packages and upgrade existing assets to current mission requirements.

Aviation WeekTue 16th Aug

NASA Selects High-Performance Spaceflight Computing Processor

Aviation WeekTue 16th Aug

Aurora To Help Develop eVTOL Design Tool Set

Breaking DefenseTue 16th Aug

Learning from Ukraine, Army cyber schoolhouse focuses on electromagnetic spectrum

Gen. Paul Stanton told reporters  during a media roundtable at the AFCEA TechNet Augusta conference that the service is learning a lot about electronic warfare, emissions control and what soldiers’ footprints look like in the electromagnetic spectrum from watching the ongoing conflict in Ukraine. 

Aviation WeekTue 16th Aug

U.S. Army Researching Drone To Carry Blood To Wounded Soldiers

Aviation WeekTue 16th Aug

U.S. Army Transfers Satcom Mission To Space Force

Breaking DefenseTue 16th Aug

If Congress blocks F-22 retirements, expect impact to Air Force drone programs: Hunter

The Air Force plans to field a piloted sixth-generation fighter and multiple uncrewed “collaborative combat aircraft” as part of its Next Generation Air Dominance family of systems that will ultimately replace the F-22 Raptor. To help fund the program, the service wants to retire 33 Block 20 aircraft currently used for pilot training, freeing up $1.8 billion over the next eight years.

Aviation WeekTue 16th Aug

USAF, Navy Test Launch Minuteman III Missile

Breaking DefenseTue 16th Aug

In Afghanistan $7.1B in planes, trucks, weapons seized by Taliban since withdrawal: DOD watchdog

The breakdown includes $923 million in aircraft, $4.1 billion in ground vehicles and $511.8 million in weapons, according to a report published today by the inspector general for Operation Enduring Sentinel and Operation Freedom’s Sentinel. The report was produced as part of the watchdog’s quarterly updates to Congress on the military campaigns.

Aviation WeekTue 16th Aug

GA-ASI Tests Canadian-Built Engine As Future MQ-9B Option

Aviation WeekTue 16th Aug

MH-139 Gets FAA Certifications, To Start Military Testing

Breaking DefenseTue 16th Aug

Did Israel send a message to Russia about Iranian ties with latest strike in Syria?

The strikes, according to Israeli military sources, hit roughly three kilometers from the Tartus base, a leased military installation of the Russian Navy located on the Mediterranean sea. Russia was given roughly five minutes warning via a deconfliction line before the strikes, launched from both sea and from planes in Lebanese air space, hit the target; the strikes resulted in the deaths of three Syrian soldiers, per media reports, but no Russian casualties.

Breaking DefenseTue 16th Aug

Cyber and full-spectrum operations push the Great Power conflict left of boom

How then can cyberspace operation (CO) and information warfare (IW) capabilities best align to support and enable multi-domain operations across a wide spectrum of threats, while at the same time ensuring safety and security of critical infrastructure and assets? On one hand, CO and IW must operate in a Phase 0, or “left of boom” non-kinetic environment to help shape, deter, defend, and inform, while at the same time posturing to ensure combatant commander and National Command Authority (NCA) freedom of maneuver in cyberspace while denying adversaries the same, should hostilities begin.

Aviation WeekTue 16th Aug

USMC Blames Fatal MV-22 Crash In Norway On Pilot Error

Aviation WeekTue 16th Aug

U.S. Navy Analyzing Chinese Intercepts

Aviation WeekTue 16th Aug

Top Aces Cleared To Fly Upgraded F-16s As Aggressors

Overt DefenseTue 16th Aug

DARPA Selects Teams for Low-Earth Orbit Communication Satellite Program

Last week, the US Defense Advanced Projects Research Agency (DARPA) announced it had selected 11 teams for its Space-BACN program. Space-BACN aims to develop a new network of communications satellites operating in low Earth orbit which can communicate with the different government and commercial satellite networks already in orbit which are unable to communicate with each other. DARPA summarized the program objectives as “100 Cubed: 100 Gbps to support most optical standards, 100W or less to minimize power consumption, and under $100K to make it affordable” and is focusing on three technical areas to achieve these goals:

Breaking DefenseTue 16th Aug

How Russia’s nuclear double cross of Ukraine teaches dangerous lessons

After the collapse of the Soviet Union, nuclear weapons that had been staged in Warsaw Pact states, including Ukraine, were transferred to Russian territory. This was done as part of a straightforward deal: The former Soviet states would voluntarily adopt a non-nuclear status in exchange for security guarantees that they would not be threatened with nuclear weapons in the future.

Overt DefenseTue 16th Aug

Slovakia Delivers First Four Zuzana-2 Self-Propelled Howitzers To Ukraine

The Slovak Ministry of Defense has delivered the first batch of Zuzana-2 155mm self-propelled howitzers to Ukraine. Jaroslav Nad, Slovakia’s defense minister announced the transfer in a post on his social media account, stating: “Slovakia is helping to protect innocent Ukrainian lives! Happy to confirm that the first 4 Zuzana Howitzers are in the hands of Ukrainian armed forces, ready to be deployed in defense against the Russian aggressors”.

Aviation WeekTue 16th Aug

Philippine Air Force Looks To Chinooks, Considers KF-21

Overt DefenseTue 16th Aug

Germany Halts Mali Mission as France Declares Completion of Mali Troop Withdrawal

On Friday, German Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht announced the suspension of German peacekeeping operations in Mali under the United Nation’s MINUSMA mission. According to a statement from the minister released by the German defense ministry on Twitter:

Aviation WeekTue 16th Aug

American Airlines' Overture Order Boosts Boom Supersonic Backlog

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Aviation WeekTue 16th Aug

KAL-ASD Tapped To Develop Stealth UAS Squadron For South Korea

Aviation ListMon 15th Aug

Watch C-5A Galaxy’s Wing Vortices Tests At NASA Langley Research Center in 1970s

Although they dissipate at a certain distance from the wing, wingtip vortices, that form because of the difference in pressure between the upper and lower surfaces of a wing, cause additional downwash behind the wing and form the main component of wake turbulence.

Overt DefenseMon 15th Aug

Russia’s New Robot Dog, M-81, is Based on a Commercial Chinese Robot

Good news, it appears that Russia’s brand new rocket launcher-toting robot dog is on sale, on China’s Ali Express. Yesterday, at Russia’s premier arms convention Army 2022, on the outskirts of Moscow, a futuristic quadruped robot dubbed the M-81 was unveiled.

Breaking DefenseMon 15th Aug

Microsoft disrupts Russian-linked hackers targeting NATO countries

The Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC) has been tracking the Russian state-sponsored group SEABORGIUM since 2017, whose campaigns involve phishing and credential theft campaigns. Its intrusions have also been linked to hack-and-leak campaigns, where stolen data is “used to shape narratives in targeted countries,” the company said in an advisory. 

Aviation WeekMon 15th Aug

Space Council To Discuss Updating Space Rules For New Technology

Aviation WeekMon 15th Aug

Qatar Receives First Eurofighter

Breaking DefenseMon 15th Aug

North Star plans blanket coverage of near Earth orbits with up to 30 satellites

“We’re trying to monitor everything,” the firm’s ebullient CEO Stewart Bain told Breaking Defense during a recent interview.

Aviation WeekMon 15th Aug

Joby Agrees On Revised eVTOL Certification Basis With FAA

Aviation WeekMon 15th Aug

The Weekly Debrief: F-35 Contract Hints At Lot 15 Volume, But Price Remains Mystery

Aviation WeekMon 15th Aug

Archer Touts Capabilities Of Midnight Production eVTOL

Breaking DefenseMon 15th Aug

UK publishes new maritime strategy amid ‘increased global tensions’

“Our new maritime security strategy paves the way for both government and industry to provide the support needed to tackle new and emerging threats and further cement the UK’s position as a world leader in maritime security,” Grant Shapps, secretary of state for transport, said in a statement published alongside the document.

Aviation WeekMon 15th Aug

NASA Tailors Artemis I-III Lunar Mission Trajectories

Breaking DefenseMon 15th Aug

US Air Force F-35s return to service after ejection seat inspections

On July 29, Breaking Defense first reported that the service’s Air Combat Command had ordered a stand-down of its F-35A models in order to check all the ejection seats after a potential issue with defective cartridge actuated devices — explosive cartridges used inside ejection seats to help propel the seat out of an aircraft during an emergency. According to the Pentagon, certain production lots of CADs used in Martin-Baker ejection seats had been identified by the company as being defective and needing replacement.

Overt DefenseMon 15th Aug

Philippine Navy Wildcat Helicopters Start Integration onto Frigates

On 9 August, BRP Jose Rizal (FF150) held deck landing qualification for the Wildcat helicopter. Personnel from the frigate, Philippine Navy’s Anti-Submarine Helicopter Squadron, and AgustaWestland were present during the qualification. This qualification marks the beginning of integrating the Wildcat into the Philippine Fleet, adding yet another capability to the PN in recent months. This is noted by the media release, which states: 

Breaking DefenseMon 15th Aug

What do you get when you combine a light and an antenna for Future Vertical Lift?

Breaking Defense: For this conversation, we’re talking about what Collins calls “unique” and “transformational” integrations. My definition of “unique” is something that hasn’t been done before or that nobody else does. Is that how you mean it?

Aviation WeekMon 15th Aug

SLS Rollout To Launchpad Reset For Aug. 16

Overt DefenseMon 15th Aug

Japanese Destroyer Visits Solomon Islands, Vanuatu on Indo-Pacific Deployment

Hot off the heels of RIMPAC 2022, Japanese Maritime Self Defence Force (JMSDF) units participating in Indo Pacific Deployment 2022 (IPD22) have arrived in the South Pacific. IPD22 is the fourth annual IPD mission and includes four vessels, operating in three distinct groups.

Aviation WeekMon 15th Aug

Sierra Nevada To Demonstrate High-Altitude ISR Balloon For UK

Aviation WeekMon 15th Aug

Hill Helicopters Pushes First HX50 Flight Back To End Of 2023

Overt DefenseMon 15th Aug

Philippine Air Force Air Battle Managers to Participate in Pitch Black 2022

The Philippines is to participate in one of the largest multi-lateral aerial exercises in the world at Pitch Black 2022. Held in Northern Australia, this year’s iteration of the biennial exercise will host 17 nations, 2,500 personnel, and around 100 aircraft. The Philippine Air Force will be sending no aircraft, but rather personnel of the 580th Aircraft Control and Warning Wing.

Aviation WeekMon 15th Aug

Czech Republic Opts For Heron UAS

Overt DefenseMon 15th Aug

Saturn Arch Ends CENTCOM Mission

On 31 July, 2022, the Saturn Arch airborne sensor platform, based on the De Havilland Canada DHC-8 airframe, flew its last mission in support of the US Central Command (CENTCOM). According to a US Army press release that announced this final flight on the 11th, Saturn Arch aircraft were withdrawn from the CENTCOM area of responsibility alongside the overall drawdown in forces in Afghanistan and Iraq in 2021. The press release also states that the Saturn Arch aircraft have flown a total of 72,500 hours and produced more than 18,000 intelligence products over their 10-year lifespan. It is not mentioned whether this figure is total across the entire program, or just within CENTCOM.

Real Clear DefenseMon 15th Aug

Army IED-hunting Planes Leave Middle East

Real Clear DefenseMon 15th Aug

Houthi Weapon-smuggling Ring Reveals A Lot

Real Clear DefenseMon 15th Aug

Raytheon Moves Forward with Software

Real Clear DefenseMon 15th Aug

Is Russia Using Rape as a Weapon?

Real Clear DefenseMon 15th Aug

UK and Israeli Groups to Develop Radar for UK

Real Clear DefenseMon 15th Aug

Anti-War Veterans Group Presses Biden on Nukes

Real Clear DefenseMon 15th Aug

How Has a Nuclear Weapon Never Accidentally Detonated?

Real Clear DefenseMon 15th Aug

An Accused War Criminal Trained Florida Cops

Real Clear DefenseMon 15th Aug

5 Worst U.S. Military Guns Ever To Fire A Shot

Real Clear DefenseMon 15th Aug

Troops Brought Guns onto Bases and Committed Suicide

Real Clear DefenseMon 15th Aug

UK, Denmark Give Ukraine More Money and Weapons

Real Clear DefenseMon 15th Aug

Americans Favor Arming Taiwan But Not Sending Troops

Real Clear DefenseSat 13th Aug

Military Punishing Hate Speech on Social Media

Real Clear DefenseSat 13th Aug

Military Sexual Assault Victims Can Sue

Real Clear DefenseSat 13th Aug

Observations on Iran's Plot to Kill John Bolton

Real Clear DefenseSat 13th Aug

The New 'Monuments Officers' Will Protect Art Amid War

Real Clear DefenseSat 13th Aug

Merrick Garland Defends FBI From GOP Attacks

Real Clear DefenseSat 13th Aug

US Foreign Arms Sales Spike to Nearly $20B

Real Clear DefenseSat 13th Aug

Biden Administration Abolishes ICE Labor Union

Real Clear DefenseSat 13th Aug

Europe's Coming Big Freeze

Real Clear DefenseSat 13th Aug

What Petraeus's Past Says About Trump Investigation

Real Clear DefenseSat 13th Aug

Which Asian Countries Support China - and Which Don't?

Real Clear DefenseSat 13th Aug

Russians Find Wreckage of US-made Anti-Radiation Missile

Real Clear DefenseSat 13th Aug

Navy, Marines Complete Ground-Breaking Deployment in Pacific

Real Clear DefenseSat 13th Aug

Mysterious Vanishing (and Reappearance) of Capt. with TS Clearance

Real Clear DefenseSat 13th Aug

Strategic Command Boss Reveals No. 1 Need

Real Clear DefenseSat 13th Aug

Pentagon $1 Billion to Ukraine, Preps for Long War

Real Clear DefenseSat 13th Aug

West Needs a Strategy to Avoid Exhaustion in Ukraine

Real Clear DefenseSat 13th Aug

Philippines Cancels Russia Helicopter Deal Over Sanctions

The Philippines has scrapped an order for 16 Russian military helicopters, an official confirmed Wednesday, following reports former president Rodrigo Duterte decided to cancel it due to US sanctions

Real Clear DefenseSat 13th Aug

Germany Lacks Industrial Strategy Despite Budget Hike

Real Clear DefenseSat 13th Aug

Dozen Pentagon Nominees Stalled as Senate Leaves

Real Clear DefenseSat 13th Aug

WH Crafting Framework for Emerging Space Activities

Real Clear DefenseSat 13th Aug

Mighty Excalibur: Game Changing Artillery in Ukraine

Real Clear DefenseSat 13th Aug

Militaries Plunder Science Fiction for Tech Ideas

Real Clear DefenseSat 13th Aug

11 Q's with SEAL Vet and BASE Jumper Stumpf

Real Clear DefenseSat 13th Aug

Veterans Who Chose 'Paths of Dissent'

Real Clear DefenseSat 13th Aug

FBI Seizure of GOP Congressman's Phone Worries Members

Real Clear DefenseSat 13th Aug

Republicans Parrot Trump's Attacks on "Woke" Generals

Aviation WeekFri 12th Aug

Capella Space Unveils Acadia, Next-Generation SAR Satellite

Aviation ListFri 12th Aug

Real Thaw 2022: The Portuguese Multi-Domain Exercise

Real Thaw is an annual military exercise, organized, planned, and executed by the Portuguese Air Force to train and prepare its operational units to carry out missions in the framework of international cooperation at NATO and European Union level.

Breaking DefenseFri 12th Aug

White House crafting rules framework for emerging space activities

“We will do this work to make sure our nation remains a role model for the responsible use of space,” Harris said in a speech during a visit to the Chabot Space & Science Center in Oakland, Calif. noting that the US “must write new rules to provide the clarity” needed by government and industry for 21st century space operations.

Aviation WeekFri 12th Aug

CAeS Funding Round Reaches $17.5M As Tawazun, Motus Invest

Aviation WeekFri 12th Aug

Inspector General Opens Evaluation Of Hypersonic Missile Programs

Breaking DefenseFri 12th Aug

Missile defense chief ‘confident’ Poland’s Aegis Ashore ready in 2023

Vice Adm. Jon Hill, director of the Missile Defense Agency, said that the Aegis equipment was installed at the system’s site in Poland and is now undergoing system testing, an important step for a program that’s been delayed for four years.

Aviation WeekFri 12th Aug

F-35 Re-Engining Needed For Propulsion Industry Health: USAF

Breaking DefenseFri 12th Aug

First live rounds of Army’s hypersonic weapon coming in ‘roughly’ 6 months

The Army’s Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office has been rapidly developing the land-based, ground-launched Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon, one of the service’s top 35 modernization priorities, with the goal of deploying an operational capability in fiscal 2023.

Breaking DefenseFri 12th Aug

Recruitment is now a real threat to a frail force facing formidable foes

Citing challenges across American society, military leaders say they’re confronting a historic recruiting crisis and running out of time and available and interested talent. Reasons range from regular citizens’ “knowledge gap” due to a lack of interaction with those in uniform, to an “identity gap” that prevents outsiders from seeing themselves as fitting in, to an all-important “trust gap” where young people are “disillusioned” with the armed forces.

Overt DefenseFri 12th Aug

China – India Relations Continue To Remain In Tense Stalemate

The standoff between India and China, that ensued after the fatal Galwan clashes in June 2020, has not been fully resolved even after 16 rounds of corps commander level meetings, the latest of which was held on 17 July. Meanwhile multiple events such as increased aerial activity, infrastructure modernisation, visits, exercises and India’s increasingly overt attempts to wean away from Chinese goods all threaten to escalate tensions.

Aviation WeekFri 12th Aug

Landsat 9 Operations Transition To USGS

Breaking DefenseFri 12th Aug

Advanced aircraft engine industrial base could ‘collapse’ if tech doesn’t transition: USAF official

Currently, the Air Force is deliberating whether to move forward into the next phase of the Adaptive Engine Transition Program (AETP), which would produce a new engine for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.

Aviation WeekFri 12th Aug

Thailand Approves Initial Budget To Kickstart Controversial F-35 Buy 

Overt DefenseFri 12th Aug

RAF A400M Operationally Refueled For The First Time

A Royal Air Force (RAF) Atlas C1 (A400M) transport aircraft has been operationally refueled for the first time. RAF announced this on August 11 and stated that the operation was conducted from a RAF Voyager aircraft flying from the Falklands Islands. The refueling forms part of RAF’s effort at rolling out of new capabilities of the A400M.

Breaking DefenseFri 12th Aug

Leonardo DRS CEO on European defense spending and inflation

A former No. 2 official at the Pentagon, Lynn talked with Breaking Defense during last month’s Farnborough Airshow. The following interview was condensed and lightly edited for clarity.

Overt DefenseFri 12th Aug

Ukraine Receives Turkish-Made BMC Kirpi 4×4 Mine-Resistant Armored Vehicles

Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine many nations have been providing military aid to Ukraine with a large number of different vehicles transferred to the Ukrainian military. In a video posted on the Facebook page of the Kakhovka Operational Group of the Ukrainian Armed Forces a significant number of mine-resistant armored vehicles produced by BMC were seen in Ukraine for the first time. In the video was captioned “Our soldiers are supported by foreign partners. The whole world wants Ukraine to defeat its greatest enemy. New Turkish Kirpi armored personnel carriers have been delivered to the Ukrainian Armed Forces.” In an area with several BMC Kirpis, a Ukrainian soldier can be seen inspecting the vehicles.

Real Clear DefenseFri 12th Aug

Pelosi Denies Military Opposed Taiwan Trip

Real Clear DefenseFri 12th Aug

Coming to Terms With America's Departure from Afghanistan