Harrison Kass of the National Interest reports the Constellation-class, the U.S. Navy’s latest guided-missile frigate, is under construction, aiming to enhance multi-mission capabilities with a design based on the European FREMM. Kass writes: The Constellation-class, the U.S. Navy’s latest guided-missile frigate, is under construction, aiming to enhance multi-mission capabilities with a design based on the […]
Iran’s Drone Revolution Changing Global Warfare
Peter Waldman, Sheridan Prasso, and Simon Marks of Bloomberg report how Iran’s better, stealthier drones are remaking global warfare. They write: In January, rebels fighting the Sudanese army shot down a drone near Khartoum. As jubilant gunmen posted video of the wreckage on social media, they offered a fresh data point on how Iranian technology […]
New Chinese Electromagnetic Surveillance Leaves “Nowhere to Hide” on Battlefield
Christopher McFadden of Interesting Engineering tells his readers that Chinese researchers have developed a new signal intelligence device that could rival or exceed those of the US. The device is AI-enabled and is said to be a “game-changer,” leaving adversaries “nowhere to hide on the battlefield.” He writes: Chinese scientists have allegedly developed a new […]
Red Sea Cables Cut Disrupting Global Internet Traffic
Zachary Folk of Forbes reports that four fiber optic cables have been damaged in the Red Sea. Folk writes: At least four undersea fiber optic cables, which carry approximately 97% of all Internet traffic, were damaged last week in the Red Sea, telecommunications providers are reporting, and instability in Yemen threatens to prevent operators from […]
American Ship Uses Last Line of Defense against Houthi Missile
Ella Sherman and Jake Epstein of Business Insider are reporting that a Houthi missile got so close to the USS Gravely, within a mile, that the warship turned to a last-resort gun system to shoot it down. They write: A Houthi anti-ship cruise missile fired into the Red Sea came within a mile of a US Navy […]
Russia’s Dangerous New Drone Duo
Eric Schmidt of Foreign Affairs tells his readers how drones fill Ukrainian skies above the 600-mile front line. The tactics Ukraine pioneered are now being mimicked by Russia and it’s turning the tide in Putin’s favor. Schmidt writes: It’s winter in Ukraine again. The snow is piling up, the temperature is dropping, and the days […]
The U.S. Military Is Heavily Reliant on Satellite Communications
Kristin Burke of War on the Rocks writes that space-to-space jamming, even if only for experiments, potentially leads to misunderstanding, miscalculation, and unintended escalation. She continues: Most open source researchers following the Chinese military space program are well aware of China’s perceptions of the U.S. Space Force and its public technology and operation plans. However, […]
Sikorsky, A Lockheed Martin Company: RAIDER X
From Sikorsky: Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, introduces RAIDER X®, its concept for a fast, agile, survivable compound coaxial helicopter that will equip future aviators to address evolving peer and near-peer threats in the most difficult environments. RAIDER X is specifically designed as a prototype for the U.S. Army’s Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) prototype […]
Will the USA Lose Control of the Fighter Jet Export Market?
America has long been a major exporter of fighter jets, including the venerable F-16 and now the F-35. But as allied and friendly countries begin to ramp up their own efforts to build fighter jets, will the USA lose control of the fighter jet export market it has dominated? Richard Aboulafia reports in Foreign Policy: […]
The Pentagon’s Next Big Plane
The military’s massive cargo planes are getting old and need replacement. Doug Cameron discusses what’s next for the military’s cargo plane acquisitions program. He writes in The Wall Street Journal: Sometimes, you need a really big plane. An Air Force C-17 Globemaster evacuated 640 passengers in a single flight from Kabul during the U.S. withdrawal two years […]
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