BAE Systems received $179 million in total awards from the U.S. Army as part of the Limited Interim Missile Warning...
Defense News
7 Turkish security personnel killed in reconnaissance plane crash
Seven Turkish security personnel have died after their plane crashed into a mountain in the east of the country, state...
Australian Defence Forces order 8,500 additional EF88 Aug Steyr rifles
The procurement of an additional 8,500 Enhanced F88 (EF88) Austeyr 5.56 mm rifles to supplement the 30,000 rifles of the...
Valor awards granted to 8 US Marines for hours of close Combat in Afghanistan
A Marine master sergeant blasted his way into a building filled with at least eight Taliban fighters in an attempt...
Philippines seeking guarantees from Turkey for the T129 attack helicopter
The Philippine Department of National Defense (DND) has said it still wants to procure the T129 ATAK helicopter from Turkish...
The russian Navy will be commissioning approximately 40 new vessels in 2020
Some 40 newly built naval platforms are about to be commissioned by the Russian Navy during 2020, according to its...
Military Tech
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Sikorsky-Boeing team releases details of its revolutionary helicopter [vid]
On Monday, Sikorsky and partner Boeing has released details of its revolutionary helicopter for the U.S. Army’s Future Long Range...
Russia: Our Su-57 stealth fighter can beat the F-35
The United States military’s Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter is considered one of the most deadly and capable aircraft...
UK orders Dismounted Joint Fires Integrators from Elbit
By Samuel Cranny-Evans & Nicholas Fiorenza The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has awarded Elbit Systems UK (ESUK) a GBP102...
US Army seeks “Predator-like” radar-proof camo
In the 1987 film Predator, Arnold Schwarzenegger and his band of commandos battle an alien with the ability to switch...
U.S. Space Force receives fifth SBIRS satellite
The U.S. Space Force has received the fifth satellite for its Space-Based Infrared System constellation. In a December announcement, Lockheed...
Turkish defence giant Aselsan opens Qatar branch
Turkey’s top defence contractor Aselsanhas opened a branch in Turkish ally Qatar, state-run Anadolu news agency reported. Named ASELSAN Elektronik Sanayi ve...
Opinions
Greek-Turkish “exploratory talks”: Just a tactical tool to win time
By Yavuz Baydar* Following months of high tensions – including standoffs at sea and dogfights in the air – and...
The next pandemic may be cyber – How Biden administration can stop it
By Jamil Farshchi* and Samantha F. Ravich** The next seismic event we face as a country may be a cyber...
Did China learn secrets from French submarine attack?
One lone French sub, the Safir, sank half of the Theodore Roosevelt carrier battle group in a 2015 exercise: Report...
Soviet naval strategy a template for China’s maritime ambitions?
By James Goldrick* In 1976, Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Sergei Georgyevich Gorshkov published his exposition of...
Does Russia really fear Turkey’s military power?
By Paul Iddon* A Russian writer recently made a bold claim, namely that Russia sought a diplomatic solution to the...
How to contain Putin’s Russia – A strategy for countering a rising revisionist power
By Michael McFaul* After President-elect Joe Biden inauguration on January 20, some elements of U.S. policy toward Russia will change...
NATO
185th Military Committee in Chiefs of Defence session
The Military Committee, NATO’s highest Military Authority, will hold its first meeting of 2021 in Chiefs of Defence (CHODs) Session...
NATO Science presents: The robot that goes first
Questions and Answers with scientist Lorenzo Capineri Location: Florence, Italy Project name: Holographic and Impulse Subsurface Radar for Landmine and Improvised Explosive...
U.S. Navy Conducts Interoperability with NATO in the Black Sea
The U.S. Navy and NATO Air Command, conducted the first joint maritime and air training mission in the Black Sea...
Politics
Biden overturns Trump ban on transgender people serving in U.S. military
President Joe Biden on Monday signed an executive order that overturned a controversial ban by his predecessor on transgender individuals...
Turkey reminds Greece of “casus belli”
Just a few days before the resumption of exploratory contacts between Athens and Ankara, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu reminded...
Antony Blinken: US-Greece security relationship, important to US interests in E. Mediterranean
The nominee for the position of Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, has expressed his desire to work to further strengthen...
Veterans
Army Veteran John Del Vecchio, New York Times Bestselling Author, Historian, Hiker
John Del Vecchio attended Lafayette College in the late 1960s, a time when tensions over U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War...
Veteran caregivers can receive COVID-19 testing, vaccinations
Designated family caregivers of Veterans participating in the Program of Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers can receive COVID-19 testing and vaccinations. Each...
VA woman Veteran author: Navy and Air Force Veteran Julia Maki Pyrah
VA’s Center for Women Veterans profiles a different woman Veteran author as part of their Women Veteran Authors Book Corner. This...
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