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No well meaning, honest person can say that it is bad to desire a color blind society, to want everyone to be treated equally relative to immutable characteristics, or to be judged by the content of their character - and then tell you they oppose racism. No one who desire a free nation should want to compel speech to squash debate ... but here we are. The absolute worst people in public discourse cannot argue their position, cannot stand for their policies to see the light of day ... so they will instead strive to destroy any voice that runs counter to their own. Weak people with weak ideas are always the most vicious. Congrats, you are a racist...in Canada. The Canad…

Americas AeroVironment won a $12 million deal by the US Army for RQ-20B Puma AE3 UAS systems. Bids were solicited via the internet with one received. Work will be performed in Simi Valley, California, with an estimated completion date of September 30, 2024. According to Defense News, the US Navy leveraged air and surface drones […]View the full article

AIM-120C from F-22A (click for test missile zoom) Raytheon’s AIM-120 Advanced, Medium-Range Air to Air Missile (AMRAAM) has become the world market leader for medium range air-to-air missiles, and is also beginning to make inroads within land-based defense systems. It was designed with the lessons of Vietnam in mind, and of local air combat exercises […]View the full article

Americas Aerospace giants Bell and Boeing have announced that the final CV-22 Osprey military transport and cargo aircraft has entered production, with the project’s Program of Record (POR) completion coming in the next few months. The final CV-22 will be completed at Bell’s assembly center in Amarillo, Texas, where it will roll out for future special operations missions that require advanced speed and range capabilities deemed too complex for other military aircraft. Following the completion of the POR, the companies’ Team Osprey is scheduled to continue support for the army by implementing sustainment and upgrades for the variant. The US Air Force’s Integrated Viper Ele…

Lithuania’s government is preparing to allocate €461 million ($540 million) for an advance payment on its planned acquisition of German-made Leopard 2 main battle tanks, according to a draft proposal registered by the Finance Ministry on Monday. The funds will be borrowed by the state to finance the first stage of the program. Minister of […] The post Lithuania sets $540M advance for Leopard 2 tank purchase first appeared on Defence Blog.View the full article

Target Arm Inc., a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), has introduced its Ralar Modular Mission Payload (MMP) drone system at the Association of the United States Army (AUSA) 2025 exposition, presenting a breakthrough in launch-and-recovery technology for small unmanned aerial systems (sUAS) operating in high-risk, mobile environments. According to the company, the Ralar MMP is […] The post U.S. firm develops robot arm to grab drones in flight first appeared on Defence Blog.View the full article

United States Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II aircraft are conducting routine flying operations in the U.S. Southern Command area of responsibility, according to an official communication from U.S. Southern Command. The command stated that U.S. military forces are deployed to the Caribbean in support of the SOUTHCOM mission, Department of War–directed operations, and the President’s […]View the full article

A Russian An-22 heavy-lift military transport aircraft has crashed in the Furmanovsky district of Ivanovo Region, according to initial reports from Russian media. The incident occurred on December 9 and involved a military aircraft identified as an An-22 “Antei.” The aircraft reportedly carried seven crew members at the time of the crash. Their status remains […]View the full article

India is moving toward approving a large-scale purchase of Rafale fighter jets, as New Delhi prepares for French President Emmanuel Macron’s visit next month, according to senior officials familiar with the process. Indian Air Force leaders have submitted a proposal to acquire what the service described as a “substantial” number of new aircraft under a […]View the full article

Russia’s military has begun urgently receiving new satellite internet terminals to replace Starlink equipment that has been blocked. Serhii Beskrestnov, an adviser to Ukraine’s minister of defense known by the call sign “Flash,” said Russia has moved to alternative providers of high-speed satellite internet operating via the Yamal and Express satellite constellations. He said the […]View the full article

A United States Army CH-47F Chinook transport helicopter was heavily damaged in what appears to have been an Iranian one-way drone strike at Camp Buehring in Kuwait in recent days. Photos from the Camp show the helicopter’s cockpit area torn apart, with visible destruction to the forward rotor assembly and front blades. The extent of […]View the full article

General Dynamics showed up to Modern Day Marine 2026 with three business units, two booth numbers, and enough hardware to stock a small army — from a next-generation 8×8 reconnaissance vehicle with a 30mm cannon to an assault bridge mounted on an unmanned ground vehicle scheduled to begin testing in July. The company’s presence at […]View the full article

The U.S. Army published a request for information on May 21, asking defense industry companies whether they can build a next-generation long-range optical targeting sensor that would replace two aging systems currently in service with reconnaissance and fire support units across the force. The program, called the Future Advanced Long-range Common Optical/Netted-fires Sensor and going […]View the full article

The United States Naval Research Laboratory, the scientific and technology development arm of the Navy and Marine Corps, has received a transportable satellite tracking antenna system from the Space Force’s Space Systems Command, transferred from a unit called System Delta 81 to NRL’s Blossom Point Tracking Facility in Welcome, Maryland, in a move that quietly […]View the full article

Australia has fired a live missile from a prototype ground-based air defense system for the first time, hitting a cruise missile target at the remote Woomera Test Range in South Australia and marking the debut pairing of an Australian-made radar with the U.S. Navy’s Aegis Combat System. The Department of Defence in Canberra announced the […]View the full article

A soldier in the California desert flips a switch, and a small drone lifts off the ground carrying the ability to see through darkness and, if commanders choose, to strike a target without ever putting a human pilot in harm’s way. That was the scene at Fort Irwin, California this summer, where soldiers from the […]View the full article

Brazil’s Avibras Aeroco and the Brazilian Army completed a successful test launch of the country’s first indigenous cruise missile on August 26, a milestone in a certification process that stalled for roughly four years while the missile’s manufacturer worked through a severe financial crisis. The test took place at the Army Evaluation Centre’s Marambaia Test […]View the full article

Russia’s state defense conglomerate Rostec says three of its newest jet-powered strike drones, the S-71M, S-71K and Dan-T, can now do the job of cruise missiles at a fraction of the cost, and that all three are already being used against Ukraine. Rostec made the claims in comments to the Russian Defense Ministry newspaper Krasnaya […]View the full article

Indian defense startup Apollyon Dynamics has released the first photos of its Nightshade Mk-2, a new jet-powered drone that the Hyderabad-based company is developing as a successor to the Nightshade it unveiled earlier this year. Co-founder and CEO Jayant Khatri shared an image of the aircraft lying on a hangar floor next to a team […]View the full article

Loaded to the K-MAX (click to view full) With its 5,145 lb empty weight (2.3 metric tons), the K-MAX UAS cannot quite convey the same sense of graceful lightness as its Hummingbird Boeing competitor, coming at slightly less than half the weight. Belonging to a different weight class shifts the Lockheed Martin/Kaman helo to a different mission focus, with a clear emphasis on battlefield cargo resupply. K-MAX has a useful load of 6,855 lb (3.1 tons) vs. 2,500 pounds for the Hummingbird. Up to 6,000 lb (at sea level) can be attached to the cargo hook which is attached to a curved trolley system. Payload at 10,000 ft is still rated above 5,000 lb. (more…) View the fu…