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The Pentagon launched Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Data Acceleration (ADA) initiative, goal of which is to rapidly advance data and AI dependent concepts, like joint all-domain command and control. Speaking virtually to the opening of the Defense Department's Artificial Intelligence Symposium and Tech Exchange earlier today, Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen H
Russias Sevmash shipbuilding enterprise has completed modernization of Indian shipyards so they could perform repair and maintenance of the countrys sole aircraft carrier, INS Vikramaditya. "All the necessary work has been completed to equip the shipyards of the foreign customer with repair shops for weapons systems to ensure the repair and maintenance of weapons systems for the ship of Project 11430,” the company said in its 2020 annual report
The Netherlands MoD has approved the purchase of 179 small all-terrain patrol vehicles for the Marine Corps to replace some of the current BV206D, Viking and Landrover vehicles which are at the end of their lifespan. While no manufacturer has been shortlisted, a civilian or military vehicle 'off the shelf' that already complies as much as possible the Dutch MoDs requirements and can be adapted
Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) is assembling five more prototypes of its KF-21 fighter jet after the first prototype was rolled-out on April 9. The first prototype is currently in the building opposite the assembly line, where its insides are exposed for ground testing which will take another year or so, a report in South Korean media outlet
Defence Ministers from 10 NATO countries agreed to create a network of European training centers for fighter jet, helicopter and drone pilots under the NATO Flight Training Europe (NFTE) programme. The Air Forces of Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Greece, Hungary, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Portugal, Romania, Spain and Turkey will be involved in the program
Chinese communications gaint, Huawei launched a Global Cybersecurity and Privacy Protection Transparency Center in Dongguan, South China on Wednesday which Chinese media said will make it difficult to steal information off its mobile handsets and other devices. "Huawei's decision to open such a cybersecurity transparency center aims to dispel the security concerns of some Western countries
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Thales Australia, Microsoft and Australian SMEs- Myriad Technologies, archTIS and Fortifyedge have partnered to launch Nexium Defence Cloud Edge (NDC Edge), a secure Tactical cloud computing capability for the Australian Defence Force (ADF). The NDC Edge is built on Microsoft Azure Stack technology, that is designed to be compatible with Five Eyes nations (U
Damen Shipyards Galati performed the keel-laying ceremony of the Combat Support Ship (CSS) Den Helder on Wednesday. The keel laying ceremony was performed by the Director Defence Material Organisation (DMO), vice admiral Arie Jan de Waard and vice admiral Rob Kramer, Commander Royal Netherlands Navy (RNLN)