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Americas KC-46A, #17-46034, was recently painted with a tail flash to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the founding of the city of Portsmouth and the 75th anniversary of the United States Air Force. It was flown to Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson to be painted at the 36,000-square-foot paint facility there in June. An AIM-120D3 air-to-air missile with production hardware was test-fired for the first time on June 30 from a F-15E. It was the first of five combined Air Force and Navy live-fires scheduled for the AMRAAM F3R program, which replaces 15 Circuit Card Assemblies on the missile. Raytheon says in a press release that an additional live fire for the Foreign Mili…

It can take awhile sometimes, but at last Master Chief Slabinski is recognized appropriately. During the early morning on March 4, 2002, then-Senior Chief Slabinski led a SEAL reconnaissance team to the top of the 10,000-foot, snow-covered Takur Ghar mountain in Afghanistan. The team’s insertion helicopter was attacked by an enemy rocket-propelled grenade attack, causing Petty Officer Neil Roberts to fall out of the aircraft and onto the enemy-infested mountaintop, and the helicopter to crash-land in the valley below, according to the Navy. “Fully aware of the risks, a numerically superior and well-entrenched enemy force, and approaching daylight, without hesitation Seni…

Americas Raytheon has tested its Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor (LTAMDS) radar for the US Army in New Mexico. The trial was part of a $384-million deal signed in 2019 for six LTAMDS to replace older radars of the service’s Patriot surface-to-air missile systems.In July 2022, Raytheon received a $354-million contract to provide the army with […]View the full article

Americas D-J Engineering Inc. won a $30 million deal for machine shop requirements for supplies related to EA-18G and P-8A aircraft components and related platforms/requirements for Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane. Each awardee will be awarded $10,000 obligated at time of award. These contracts include options which, if exercised, would bring the total value to […]View the full article

Americas Boeing won a $129.2 million contract for the F-15 Japan Super Interceptor program. This contract provides for the Japan Air Self-Defense Force to incorporate engineering change proposals. Work will be performed in St. Louis, Missouri; Eglin Air Force Base, Florida; El Segundo, California; and Hunt Valley, Maryland, and is expected to be completed by Jan. 31, 2030. The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, is the contracting activity. Raytheon won a $185 million delivery order for the repair, upgrade, or replacement of 160 parts in two of the 13 major subsystems of the Aegis Weapon System: the MK99 fire control system, and the Army Na…

India has conducted the first flight-tests of its new Integrated Air Defence Weapon System (IADWS), the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) announced. The trial took place on August 23 off the coast of Odisha, with the system engaging multiple targets simultaneously. According to a release from the Press Information Bureau, the IADWS combines several […] The post India tests multi-layered air defense system first appeared on Defence Blog.View the full article

Ukraine’s latest generation of naval drones has made its debut on the international stage. According to the defense outlet Militarnyi, the modernized Magura v7.2, along with two other Ukrainian uncrewed surface vessels (USVs), participated in NATO’s REPMUS exercise in Portugal, a three-week multinational training event focused on maritime innovation. The REPMUS series, organized annually by […] The post Ukrainian naval drones spotted in Portugal first appeared on Defence Blog.View the full article

It has been six weeks since we started striking drug boats, and as we hit more, so are the objections rising to the surface. That is good. A free people should discuss and argue the point. Let’s pick up from the post linked to above. Before we start, I think we need to bring an item to the center of the conversation. It is the background to all that follows and a touchstone to all arguments. This, of course, does not include the deaths caused in the drug trade, the murder, torture, kidnapping, random violence and associated companion criminal enterprises both inside and outside the USA by those who feed the demand for drugs. So far this century, over 1 million Americans …

Russian defense officials have showcased a new strike-capable configuration of the Orion unmanned aerial vehicle equipped with two Kh-BPLA (TKB‑1030) guided missiles. The Orion, developed by Kronstadt Group, is already in use by the Russian military for reconnaissance and limited strike missions. The latest variant was publicly displayed carrying two newly integrated Kh-BPLA munitions, which […]View the full article

SummaryIn this episode of the UNCLAS Read Board, Sal discusses various geopolitical issues, focusing on the U.S. military presence in South America, particularly regarding Venezuela. He explores the implications of U.S. sanctions, the potential for economic growth in South America, and the importance of responsible governance. Sal also delves into naval… Read more View the full article

Teledyne FLIR Defense has secured a $32 million contract to supply reconnaissance and surveillance sensor kits for Bulgaria’s Stryker armored vehicles, the company confirmed. The contract was awarded by the U.S. Army Contracting Command at Aberdeen Proving Ground and covers the integration of advanced sensor systems on nearly 200 U.S.-made Stryker vehicles that Bulgaria is […]View the full article

A top-secret United States government body called the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has issued a special notice outlining new research priorities for its forthcoming Fleetwood program, an initiative aimed at developing advanced catalytic technologies to convert biomass waste into carbon-based chemicals for resilient global manufacturing supply chains. The notice, published February 13, 2026, […]View the full article

The United States Navy confirmed plans to increase production of the Hammerhead anti-submarine mine system through a contract modification expected to be awarded to General Dynamics Mission Systems, according to a presolicitation notice released by Naval Sea Systems Command on March 13. The notice states that the Navy intends to modify an existing contract to […]View the full article

Talon Avionics, a defense technology company headquartered in Boise, Idaho, has developed a new type of drone intercept system called SECTR. It is an autonomous drone-intercept platform that detects, tracks, and engages aerial threats using AI-driven acoustic technology. The company describes it as a fundamentally new approach to airspace defense against the growing threat of […]View the full article

The U.S. Army has awarded a production contract to SURVICE Engineering for the Joint Autonomous Aerial Resupply System. A cargo drone designed to deliver supplies to troops in the field without putting additional soldiers at risk to do it. The contract came through PM UAS, the Army’s Uncrewed Aircraft Systems Project Office sitting under the […]View the full article

More than a dozen countries are now waiting in line to buy the rocket artillery system that rewrote the rules of the war in Ukraine, and the U.S. Army just signed a contract to make sure all of them can keep it running. A $180 million award announced May 28 will put Lockheed Martin in […]View the full article

Ukraine is turning to the global labor market to fill its infantry ranks, with Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov announcing, that the government will license private recruitment companies to sign up foreign nationals for the Ukrainian Defense Forces, paying those firms approximately $7,400 per recruit they bring in while offering the soldiers themselves monthly salaries of […]View the full article

Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney traveled to General Dynamics Land Systems-Canada’s facility in London, Ontario, alongside National Defence Minister David J. McGuinty, to formally announce a new Strategic Partnership between the Canadian government and the company, along with a contract worth roughly $1.4 billion for 190 additional Armoured Combat Support Vehicles for the Canadian military […]View the full article

The U.S. Department of War has awarded NODA AI a $100 million contract to scale the company’s autonomous mission command software across the Joint Force, the Austin-based company announced Monday. The award builds on a smaller contract NODA won in July, when the department awarded the company $10 million to develop MAESTRO, orchestration software designed […]View the full article

Americas F-35 fighter plane engines are in short supply, with the solution months away, causing the Defense Department to reduce its schedule of exhibition flights and to start planning for a shortage as soon as 2022. The Defense Department’s F-35 office has advised that about five to six percent of the US. F-35 fleet could be without useable engines by 2022, and up to 20 percent of the plane’s fleet could be sidelined by 2025. According to Defense News, the F-135 Heavy Maintenance Center, located at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, has been unable to process engines for repairs and maintenance, and catching up will take months. According to Lockheed Martin, the company …