International
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Air ForceRep. Bacon Broaches APG-83 Radar for Ukrainian F-16s
Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.), a member of the House Armed Services Committee, has broached the idea of providing the Northrop Grumman [NOC] active electronically scanned array AN/APG-83 radar for the […]
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InternationalEurope Needs To Embrace Risk To Bolster Space Capabilities, Officials Say
PARIS — Europe needs to embrace risk if it is to benefit more from next generation of space capabilities and keep its space assets secure. This was one of the […]
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InternationalInterview with Air Force Lt. Col. Jared “CLiF” Bindl, Chief Innovation Officer, U.S. Africa Command to Discuss AMTEC
Bindl and Defense Daily’s Cal Biesecker discussed the recently established Africa Multidomain Training and Experimentation Center (AMTEC) in Morocco. The discussion mainly focused on the Multidomain Training Area (MDTA) component […]
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Unmanned SystemsInterview with William “Mac” McAuley, Branch Chief of Integrated Air and Missile Defense/Counter-Unmanned Systems, USAFRICOM, on C-UAS
McAuley, who has responsibility for protecting the airspace for U.S. forces in Africa, spoke with Defense Daily’s Cal Biesecker on Sept. 9 in Washington, D.C. about the types of unmanned […]
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Pentagon‘Experimentation Fatigue’ Cited As Issue for Industry and Pentagon
Speakers at a defense forum in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday cited “experimentation fatigue” as an issue for both industry and the Pentagon, as the military presses for rapid fielding of […]
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ArmyTrump Threatens Canada’s Bombardier With U.S. Sales Ban, Amid Army’s Aerial ISR Modernization
The impact of President Trump’s threat on Monday to block the sale of Canadian manufacturer Bombardier’s aircraft, whose business aircraft serves as the platform for the U.S. Army’s ongoing aerial […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyUkrainian AI-Enabled Drone Strikes Have Jumped 10-Fold This Year, MoD Says
The number of Ukrainian artificial intelligence (AI)-guided drone strikes has jumped tenfold this year, according to the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense (MoD) and Brave1, Ukraine’s defense technology accelerator. The Ministry […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyAeroVironment Nabs First International Order For LOCUST Counter-Drone Laser System
AeroVironment [AVAV] on Monday said it has received an order worth more than $50 million for the first international sales of its LOCUST laser weapon system. The direct commercial sale […]
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InternationalU.S. OKs Nearly $7 Billion In FMS With Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Including Large JDAM-ER Deal With Riyadh
The U.S. has approved nearly $7 billion in potential foreign military sales with Saudi Arabia and Iraq, to include a $5 billion deal with the former for Joint Direct Attack […]
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Air ForceL3Harris Announces Production Completion of First 35 Viper Shields
L3Harris Technologies [LHX] said on Sept. 3 that it has finished production of the first 35 AN/ALQ-254 Viper Shield electronic warfare and countermeasure systems in a planned buy of 233 […]