A USAF B-1B Bomber Crashes in South Dakota
A USAF B-1B Lancer bomber crashed while carrying out flight training in South Dakota on Thursday, most probably due to poor visibility.
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Air
Navy / Maritime
Simulator / AI / Drill/ Software
U.S. Navy Conducts Drills with the Philippine Navy
The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson participated in joint drills between the U.S. and the Philippines in the South China Sea.
Navy / Maritime
Defence Politics
Danish Frigate Joins Operation “Guardian of Prosperity”
Denmark will join the US-led Operation Prosperity Guardian (OPG) with a frigate in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden.
Ammunition
USAF Awards $345 Million Contract to RTX for StormBreaker
The U.S. Air Force awarded Raytheon a $345 million contract to produce and deliver over 1,500 StormBreaker smart weapons.
Navy / Maritime
Bilateral Relations
Iran Deploys IRIS Alborz Frigate to the Red Sea
Following the international coalition deployment at Red Red, Iran sent the IRIS Alborz frigate to the region.
Air
Unmanned Systems
USAF Plans for Autonomous Flight Tests with F-16 Fighters
Under the VENOM project, autonomous flight capabilities will be evaluated with F-16 fighter jets modified with autonomy kits.
Air
Navy / Maritime
U.S. Aircraft Carrier Ford Returns Her Homebase
The U.S. Navy’s aircraft carrier, USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), left Israel to return to her home base. The vessels deployment in Israel was unplanned.
Air
Engine and Transmission
Turkiye Asks U.S.’s Approval to Produce GE Engines for KAAN
Turkiye wants to produce GE’s F110 engines in Turkiye as a stop-gap engine solution for the indigenous KAAN fighter jet.
Navy / Maritime
European Countries Refuse U.S. Command at OPG
The U.S.-led OPG provides the security of vessels transporting the Red Sea, but European Countries will act nationally.
Unmanned Systems
Air
Simulator / AI / Drill/ Software
Pentagon Announces the Replicator UAV Swarm Program
The Pentagon is working on the Replicator program aimed at deploying a large number of autonomous low-cost UAVs at the same time.
Weapon / Missile
U.S. Army Receives Enduring Shield AD Systems
U.S.-based Leidos has delivered the first Enduring Shield low-altitude air defence systems to the U.S. Army.
Navy / Maritime
Unmanned Systems
The U.S. Navy Receives the First Orca XLUUV in its Fleet
Boeing's ORCA XLUUV is formally delivered to the U.S. Navy. The unmanned submarine will survey oceans.
Navy / Maritime
Austal USA Builds Medical Ships for the U.S. Navy
Austal USA was awarded a $1.28 billion contract to build three high-speed expeditionary medical ships for the U.S. Navy.
Air
The U.S. Army to Trim UH-60 Blackhawk Fleet
With replacements for the long-serving UH-60 Blackhawk family of helicopters on the horizon, The Army will decommission 157 helicopters.
Global Defence Trend Brief
- 09:00 NATO allies launch joint Triton surveillance drone programme - Denmark, Finland, Germany and Norway signed a letter of intent to procure up to five MQ-4C Triton hi...
- 09:00 NATO begins negotiations for up to 10 Saab GlobalEye aircraft - NATO has launched negotiations with Saab for up to 10 GlobalEye airborne early warning aircraft to r...
- 09:00 Lockheed and Rheinmetall bring ATACMS production to Europe - Lockheed Martin and Rheinmetall agreed to establish ATACMS missile production in Germany, marking th...
- 09:00 Canada confirms TKMS as preferred submarine supplier - Canada selected Germany's TKMS as the preferred supplier for up to 12 submarines, deepening defence...
- 09:00 Counter-drone procurement continues shifting toward layered defence - Military organisations are increasingly procuring integrated counter-UAS architectures combining rad...
- 09:00 Hypersonic threats sustain investment in persistent tracking - Defence agencies continue expanding integrated radar and space-based sensor architectures capable of...
- 09:00 Autonomous maritime systems broaden infrastructure protection role - Navies are increasing deployment of autonomous surface and underwater vehicles to monitor undersea c...
- 09:00 Distributed satellite constellations become the preferred military model - Armed forces are increasingly adopting proliferated constellations of smaller satellites to improve...
- 09:00 Collaborative combat aircraft move toward operational acquisition - Air forces are transitioning collaborative combat aircraft programmes from technology demonstrators...
- 09:00 Industrial production capacity becomes a strategic capability - Governments increasingly regard manufacturing scalability, secure supply chains and rapid production...
