Defence`s Feeds

67% of the fleet (click to view full) DID’s FOCUS Article for the DDG-1000 Zumwalt Class “destroyer” program covers the new ships’ capabilities and technologies, key controversies, associated contracts and costs, and related background resources. The ship’s prime missions are to provide naval gunfire support, and next-generation air defense, in near-shore areas where other large […]

G/ATOR diorama (click to view full) The US military’s long run of unquestioned air superiority has led to shortcuts in mobile land-based air defenses, and the US Marines are no exception. A December 2005 release from Sen. Schumer’s office [D-NY] said that: “Current radar performance does not meet operational forces requirements… consequences could potentially allow […]

Iraq is to equip its Lockheed Martin F-16 Fighting Falcon combat aircraft with the L3Harris AN/ALQ-211 Advanced Integrated Defensive Electronic Warfare Suite (AIDEWS)...

The chief of joint operations for the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Armed Forces has met with the head of China's People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) as the two...

Americas Lockheed Martin won an $88.3 million Captains of Industry contract for the overhaul of B-2 digital receiver and legacy defense message system. This contract provides for overhaul, management, and material lay-in. Work will be performed at Owego, New York, and is expected to be completed by April 16, 2034. This contract was a sole […]

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has made up its mind. For the organisation of President Xi Jinping's visit to France in May (IO, 10/04/24), Dong Guangli, China's consul general in Marseille, has been given the key role in preference to

The government has published the winners of the bid to construct the new headquarters of the French foreign intelligence service,

An amendment signed into law by US President Joe Biden on 20 April updates the definition of foreign intelligence to

Iraqi Kurdistan's lobbyists in Washington - from the lobbying firm ArentFox Schiff and others orbiting around the American Kurdish Committee

Ahead of Erdogan's visit to Washington, DC in May, with US financial aid to Kyiv hopefully being made available again, Turkish military diplomacy is working hard to supply Ukraine with new equipment.

All together now… (click to view full) Britain’s practice of “contracting for availability” for key equipment, rather than paying for spare parts and maintenance hours, may be its most significant defense procurement reform. In a world where older air, sea, and ground vehicle fleets are growing maintenance demands beyond countries’ available budgets, it’s an approach […]

Americas The US Navy marks a new chapter in multi-engine pilot training with the arrival of its first two T-54A trainer aircraft at Naval Air Station (NAS) Corpus Christi on Apr. 18th. The T-54A, a modified Beechcraft King Air 260 designated for the Navy, replaces the T-44C Pegasus, which has served faithfully since 1977. The […]

Mickael Takahashi is fond of leaving Google reviews of the bars, restaurants and gyms he visits. For the past five months, the thirty-year-old, one of the first French nationals to have gone to fight for Russia during Moscow's invasion of

The Chinese commercial space company Uspace Technology Group, coveted by Beijing, is planning to step up its sales effort in

The 16 April announcement of a $1.5bn investment by Microsoft in artificial intelligence (AI) company Group 42 (G42) and the

On 12 April, the Wagner militia in Africa urgently began recruiting people with experience using drones, who are prepared for immediate departure.

Investigative consultancy Good Governance Group (G3) has hired former Secret Intelligence Service (aka MI6) director John Sawers to chair its

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 […]

In early April, the multi-faceted entrepreneur Guy Gildor stepped down from the board of OpenD, an Israeli firm that specialises in

In recent weeks, the Ukrainian electronic warfare specialist Infozahyst has been working on a compact new signals interception and jamming