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Turkish-Developed Armed Drones Bolster Erdogan’s Hard-Power Tactics
ANKARA --- As a decades-old conflict has reignited in the mountains of Nagorno-Karabakh, Azerbaijani forces battling with Armenia to capture disputed territory have unveiled a new tool in their armour

US Army Pursues New Mid-Range Missile to Fill Gap in Precision Fires
FORT SILL, Okla. --- The Army is seeking a new mid-range missile system that can hit targets between 500 to 1,500 kilometers, or 310 to 930 miles, to help fill a gap in its fires portfolio by 2023.

CRS Lifts Veil on US Navy’s Small, $100M Amphibs for Asian Island Operations
The Navy’s new Light Amphibious Warship (LAW) program envisions procuring a class of 28 to 30 new amphibious ships to support the Marine Corps, particularly in implementing a new Marine Corps operatio

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Turkish-Developed Armed Drones Bolster Erdogan’s Hard-Power Tactics
ANKARA --- As a decades-old conflict has reignited in the mountains of Nagorno-Karabakh, Azerbaijani forces battling with Armenia to capture disputed territory have unveiled a new tool in their armour...

US Army Pursues New Mid-Range Missile to Fill Gap in Precision Fires
FORT SILL, Okla. --- The Army is seeking a new mid-range missile system that can hit targets between 500 to 1,500 kilometers, or 310 to 930 miles, to help fill a gap in its fires portfolio by 2023. ...

CRS Lifts Veil on US Navy’s Small, $100M Amphibs for Asian Island Operations
The Navy’s new Light Amphibious Warship (LAW) program envisions procuring a class of 28 to 30 new amphibious ships to support the Marine Corps, particularly in implementing a new Marine Corps operatio...

Taiwan Counts 1,711 Intrusions by Chinese Military Aircraft This Year
TAIPEI --- A Chinese People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) aircraft intruded into Taiwan's air defense identification zone (ADIZ) Friday (Oct. 9), a day before Taiwan's National Day, marking the ...

India Flight-Tests Indigenously-Developed Anti-Radiation Missile
New-generation Anti-Radiation Missile (RUDRAM) was successfully flight-tested today onto a radiation target located on Wheeler Island off the coast of Odisha. The missile was launched from SU-30 Mk1 f...

Airbus Describes Manned-Unmanned Teaming and Remote Carriers
When discussing the Future Combat Air System (FCAS), it is often too easy to equate such an innovative concept to the New Generation Fighter (NGF). As mentioned in previous articles, FCAS is a complet...

Bundeswehr to Order 1,000 New High-Mobility Trucks, Upgrade Marder IFVs
The Bundeswehr vehicle fleet is being renewed. In the case of unprotected transport vehicles, there will now be a big step forward. The budget committee of the German Bundestag agreed on October 7th t...

Pentagon to Spend $600M for 5G Experimentation and Testing
Today, the Department of Defense announced $600 million in awards for 5G experimentation and testing at five U.S. military test sites, representing the largest full-scale 5G tests for dual-use applica...

Airbus, Earthcube Unveil New Strategic Sites Monitoring Solution
TOULOUSE / PARIS --- Airbus has joined forces with Earthcube, a French company specialising in the analysis of geospatial data using Artificial Intelligence (AI), to develop and market "Defence Site M...

New Satellite Terminals Extend Range of Turkish UAVs
ANKARA --- Turkish information technologies firm CTech began to deliver SATCOM On-The-Move (SOTM) terminals for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) as of July. The firm delivered 15 terminals in July a...

Report to Congress on Gerald R. Ford Carrier Program
The following is the Oct. 7, 2020 Congressional Research Service report, Navy Ford (CVN-78) Class Aircraft Carrier Program: Background and Issues for Congress. From the report The aircraft carrier...

CRS Reports on Status of US Navy’s FFG(X) Frigate Program
The FFG(X) program is a Navy program to build a class of 20 guided-missile frigates (FFGs). Congress funded the procurement of the first FFG(X) in FY2020 at a cost of $1,281.2 million (i.e., about $1....

US Navy Installs New Radar at Cruiser in Cornfield Test Site
The U.S. Navy, at land-based test site Combat Systems Engineering Development Site (CSEDS) in Moorestown, N.J., accepted delivery of the Navy’s AN/SPY-6(V)1 Air and Missile Defense Radar System Oct 7....

LCS 26 Completes US Navy Acceptance Trial
MOBILE, Ala. --- The future USS Mobile (LCS 26) successfully concluded its acceptance trial in the Gulf of Mexico Sept. 25 after a series of in-port and underway demonstrations. The Navy conducted ...

US Transportation Command Mulls Rockets for Urgent Deliveries
SCOTT AFB, Ill. --– While speaking at the National Defense Transportation Association's Fall Meeting on Oct. 7, U.S. Army Gen. Stephen R. Lyons, commander, U.S. Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM), an...

France Ripple-Fires Aster Missiles from SAMP/T for First Time
On September 15 and 17, 2020, the Air Brigade for Space Control of the Air Force Command fired five surface-to-air missiles, from its Biscarrosse site in the Landes, in coordination with of DGA Essais...

US, Romania Agree 10-Year Road Map for Military Cooperation
Defense Secretary Dr. Mark T. Esper welcomed Romanian Defense Minister Nicolae Ciuca to the Pentagon today with an enhanced honor cordon. The two defense leaders signed a 10-year road map for defen...

Tunisia, US Hold First Defense Cooperation Talks
The U.S.-Tunisia Joint Military Commission Senior Leader Forum (JMC SLF) was held in Tunis, Tunisia October 6-7, 2020. Dr. Michael Cutrone, Performing the Duties of Assistant Secretary of Defense for...

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