A keel-laying ceremony to build the first of the US Armys 13 ordered new class of watercraft, the Maneuver Support Vessel (Light), was held last week, by shipbuilder Vigor Industrial. The company has been awarded a 10-year contract to construct up to 36 of the new boats
Iridium Communications Inc. today announced that it has been awarded a $738
The UK Royal Air Force (RAF) is reportedly mulling over the idea of applying Artificial Intelligence (AI) to break “missile bubbles” of S-400-type air defense systems that prevent any access to, or occupation of a tactically significant area, by an adversary. “Threat from missile systems such as the Russian S-400s requires a response
Hawkeye Tracking military logistics and IT consultancy has joined IFS Partner Network to provide advanced end-to-end supply chain solutions for military and commercial customers. Hawkeye will co-operate with IFS to meet with rigid US Department of Defense (DoD) contractual requirements
Taiwan's newly ordered $8 billion-worth 66 F-16V fighters are of downgraded standards and may not include ammunition and other accessories, Taiwanese media have claimed. The island nation has agreed to pay about $110-120 million per jet, way less than net price of "weaponised" Bulgarian F-16
The US Navy has awarded Physical Optics Corp a $27.2 million modification contract to support F/A-18E/F and EA-18G aircraft belonging to the Navy and the government of Kuwait
A NASA astronaut has committed perhaps the first ever crime in space by hacking into her former same-sex spouses bank account while on a mission aboard the International Space Station. Summer Worden, the astronauts former partner is an ex-Air Force intelligence officer
Russia has developed "D-14 Shelest airdrop parachute system" that will allow paratroopers to fire their guns mid-air. "The next-generation D-14 Shelest airdrop parachute system designed for jumps in the Ratnik soldier combat outfit principally differs from the previous systems
The United States (US) Navy will commission its latest Freedom-variant Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), the future “USS Billings” (LCS 15) on Saturday, August 3, in Key West, Florida. The ship is designed to defeat asymmetric "anti-access" threats such as mines, quiet diesel submarines and fast surface craft
While China is locked in a trade war with the US over Huawei, another may be brewing between Washington and Moscow in the telecom field. Smartphones made by international manufacturers such as Apple, Samsung and Huawei may be forced to pre-install applications made by local vendors if they want to sell in Russia according to a proposal initiated by the Kremlin