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Robot craze in Russia-Ukraine war shines light on their drawbacks

Defense News - 13:00 Jun 17, 2024

Experts say the deployment of unmanned ground vehicles in combat remains a costly affair in terms of labor and their vulnerabilities.
GM Defense eyes $1 billion European market for tactical vehicles

Defense News - 12:25 Jun 17, 2024

The company hopes to piggy-back on a planned resurgence in Europe for trucks and SUVs.
Anduril to build factory to increase Dive-LD unmanned systems capacity

Defense News - 04:01 Jun 17, 2024

The facility will eventually be able to make up to 200 Dive-LD autonomous underwater vehicles a year.

Tags: Dive-LD
French Army head Schill talks force modernization, Ukraine war lessons

Defense News - 14:00 Jun 16, 2024

"Hyper-lethality" on the battlefield has prompted fresh thinking in armor design and the resiliency of command posts, according to Gen. Pierre Schill.
What to look out for at Eurosatory, Europe’s biggest defense show

Defense News - 06:55 Jun 16, 2024

The 2024 show takes full measure of the war in Ukraine, after a 2022 edition marked by the shock of Russia’s invasion months prior.
US Army names air defense system after soldier killed in Vietnam

Defense News - 18:00 Jun 15, 2024

The Army is naming its short-range air defense system after Sgt. Mitchell William Stout, who saved lives in Vietnam.

Tags: Vietnam
No 30-year-old drone wingmen: US Air Force eyes regular CCA overhauls

Defense News - 03:49 Jun 15, 2024

Chief of Staff Gen. David Allvin also did not explicitly say the Air Force would build its Next Generation Air Dominance fighter amid tight budgets.

Tags: Air Force
Will Russia’s Navy get the 50 ships it expects this year?

Defense News - 19:06 Jun 14, 2024

In recent years, Russia's shipbuilding industry has postponed several deliveries to the sea service.
Romania’s second Patriot system operational after drone-destroying drill

Defense News - 18:21 Jun 14, 2024

Certifying the Patriot was a national objective identified by Romania’s Defence Ministry as part of the NATO-led Ramstein Legacy exercise.

Tags: Romania Patriot
Missile Defense Agency satellites track first hypersonic launch

Defense News - 18:05 Jun 14, 2024

The flight the satellites tracked was the first for MDA’s Hypersonic Testbed — a platform for various hypersonic experiments and advanced components.
Congress’ defense fight to focus on pay raises, total military spending

Defense News - 17:53 Jun 14, 2024

Here’s a look at the major differences in the House and Senate bills, and the debates ahead.
Space Force picks three firms to compete for $5.6B in launch contracts

Defense News - 14:08 Jun 14, 2024

The National Security Space Launch contracts open competition for the Space Force’s launch enterprise, which to date has been dominated by SpaceX and ULA.

Tags: Space Force
German-Italian tank kerfuffle dings vision of Europeanized arms

Defense News - 13:58 Jun 14, 2024

The spectacular collapse of a KNDS-Leonardo agreement this week was a sharp reminder that business is business.
NATO approves plan to speed aid and training to Ukraine’s armed forces

Defense News - 13:54 Jun 14, 2024

NATO would coordinate security assistance and training from a U.S base in Germany with around 700 personnel.

Tags: NATO
Eyes on Ukraine, demand for tanks is bubbling up in Eastern Europe

Defense News - 11:11 Jun 14, 2024

German, South Korean and American manufacturers are intensively competing for orders of tanks from some Eastern European governments.
Marine training shifts may add tech, change officer assignments

Defense News - 23:09 Jun 13, 2024

The Corps is evaluating the "quality spread" policy for new officer job field assignments.
Are we sure China views sea power the same way the West does?

Defense News - 20:58 Jun 13, 2024

The problem with mirroring is that it catalyzes policies aimed at eliciting certain behaviors on the assumption that two actors think alike.
Defense spending bill would defund Biden’s Gaza pier

Defense News - 20:50 Jun 13, 2024

A series of Republican amendments to multiple defense bills would ban funding for the Gaza pier.

Tags: Gaza
Romania launches expansion of air base near Ukraine

Defense News - 20:50 Jun 13, 2024

The project to extend the military base, which has housed U.S. capabilities and forces since 1999, was approved prior to Russia’s full-scale invasion.
A month ahead of Washington’s NATO summit, where are Ukraine’s jets?

Defense News - 19:15 Jun 13, 2024

Getting the F-16 fighter has long been a priority for Kyiv. But training and maintenance bottlenecks have slowed deliveries.

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