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Mar 22
Turkish Aerospace is working on a supersonic target drone.
A Turkish state-controlled corporation claims to have built a supersonic target drone that is now being tested in flight. According to a promotional pamphlet from Turkish Aerospace Industries, the supersonic drone is part of the SIMSEK High Speed Target Drone Project. TAI has also created algorithms and payloads as part of the effort. The drone, […]
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Mar 22
The Space Force needs a 40% budget increase in order to improve space-based missile warning.
The U.S. Space Force’s $24.5 billion funding proposal for fiscal 2023 is a 40% increase over last year, driven by the Department of Defense’s need to expand its space-based missile warning and tracking system. During an embargoed media conference on March 25, Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall informed reporters that the Space Force’s $7 billion […]
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Mar 22
The Air Force wants more money to develop hypersonic weapons
The Air Force’s fiscal 2023 budget request includes further funding for hypersonic weapons development, replenishing guided munitions supplies, purchasing ship-killing missiles and air-launched cruise missiles, and further developing a next-generation intercontinental ballistic missile. The budget request, issued by the Biden administration on Monday, wants to raise spending on hypersonic prototyping from almost $509 million approved […]
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Mar 22
In the fighter replacement competition, Canada selects the F-35.
According to government insiders, the Canadian government has chosen Lockheed Martin’s F-35 as the preferred offering in its competition to purchase a new fighter plane. Canada intends to purchase 88 new fighter planes to replace its CF-18s. The government has set aside around CA$19 billion (US $15 billion) for the acquisition. According to Procurement Minister […]
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Mar 22
Biden proposes $773 billion for the Pentagon, a 4% increase.
According to a White House plan revealed on Monday, Defense Department spending would climb by 4% in fiscal 2023, which is much higher than what administration officials requested last year but likely not enough to please legislative Republicans. The $773 billion plan, according to administration officials, includes new funds to assist Ukraine in its fight […]
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Mar 22
The Negev Summit: New Architecture or Cracked Foundation?
On Sunday of this past weekend, the settlement of Sde Boker made history as the site of the Negev Summit, the first Arab-Israeli diplomatic conference hosted in Israel. The foreign ministers of Israel, Bahrain, Morocco, Egypt and the UAE met to discuss several key issues of shared interest including curtailing Iran, deepening regional cooperation and […]
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Mar 22
What’s Next for Mali?
The past few years have seen major political upheaval in the West African nation of Mali, with two coups in as many years. The most recent transition took place in May 2021, when President Bah Ndaw was ousted by his vice president and former special forces colonel, Assimi Goïta. The newly established junta, as recently […]
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Mar 22
NATO nations pledged their support for Ukraine in the event of a chem-bio attack
NATO nations intend to approve more assistance for Ukraine’s defense against Russia’s incursion, including weaponry to repel a future chemical or biological assault. The support is critical to protect the alliance’s own member nations, which would also be contaminated if Russia used a chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear (CBRN) weapon against Ukraine, said Secretary-General Jens […]
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Mar 22
Slovakia begins the deployment of the Patriot air defense system.
The Patriot air defense system has begun to arrive in Slovakia from NATO partner nations, and the deployment will continue in the following days, according to Slovakia’s defense minister on Sunday. The system will be operated by German and Dutch troops and will be first installed at the Sliac airfield in central Slovakia to […]
