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General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems says it has received a contract from Advanced Technology International (ATI) to develop and demonstrate a prototype Lithium-ion Fault Tolerant (LiFT) battery system for the US Navy's prototype 'Snakehead' Large-Displacement Unmanned Undersea Vehicle (LDUUV). ...

Born as what most thought was a joke in March 2018, President Trump's Space Force had by June become a White House directive to the Pentagon. Since then the Trump Administration has been considering possible variants in the Force's subordination, authorities, size, and budget, ...

Build the border wall. Or build an engineering center at West Point. Or an aircraft hangar in North Carolina. Or flood control projects. Or a vehicle maintenance center in the home state of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky. ...

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We have a few ideas... This month, the U.S. Marine Corps declared that its first squadron of F-35Bs had reached 'initial operating capability'. That's 21 years after the program first began as the Joint Advanced Strike Technology (JAST) program, ...

A lance corporal argued his dishonorable discharge for nearly killing a corporal during a fight at the barracks smoke pit was far too severe. A military court disagreed. Lance Cpl. Tyler Goodlin was sentenced to 40 months of confinement, ...

The Army, the Air Force and the National Guard soon won't be the only ones sporting the Operational Camouflage Uniform.A non-Defense DepartmentР’В state volunteer defense force is next in line to get the new camo.Beginning in March, ...

The Indian Army is one of the most respected and trusted institutions in the country. Indian defence forces are said to be among the best in the world. Sacrifice, valour and a sense of brotherhood are what Army is known for. ...

In a move that could completely change the way military personnel transfer from base to base, U.S. Transportation Command is considering privatizing the system that supports permanent change of station (PCS) and other personnel moves.In November, U.S. Transportation Command, or TransCom, ...

After becoming the first Royal Navy ship to visit Auckland, New Zealand, in 20 years, Type 23 frigate HMS Montrose visited Darwin, Australia. Continuing a trend, the frigate became the first Royal Navy warship in a decade to visit Australia's northernmost and remotest city. ...

The Royal Norwegian Navy's new logistics and support vessel HNoMS Maud is en route home after getting underway from Busan, South Korea, where it was built byР’В Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME). The ship started her journey home on Sunday, ...

Mao Zedong must be turning in his grave. In his day, the name 'People's Liberation Army' conjured images of hordes of soldiers overwhelming their enemies with sheer numbers and Communist fervor. Not anymore. China's military is trading quantity for quality, foot soldiers for cyberwarriors. ...

The Indian Army's bid to procure indigenously manufactured high-altitude equipment and clothing for its troops in the mountainous parts seems to be gasping for air.The Army had floated the proposal to choose indigenous manufacturers in order to cut down on import costs by as much as Rs 2. ...

KEY WEST, Fla. РІР‚' A Chinese student has been sentenced to a year in federal prison after pleading guilty to illegally taking photos of a U.S. military installation in the Florida Keys. A federal judge imposed the sentence Tuesday on 20-year-old Zhao Qianli. ...

The Pentagon really botched a $7-billion effort to equip the Afghan military with UH-60 Blackhawk helicopters. The American-made Blackhawks cannot fly as high or carry as much as can the older, Russian-made Mi-17s they're replacing. ...

During the cold winter months, the 180th Fighter Wing's F-16s belonging to the Ohio Air National Guard, based at Toledo Air National Guard Base, are able to train and maintain their mission readiness by deploying to airbases located in states where weather does not affect flying activities. ...

On Jan. 31, 2019, the RAF launched the final operational sortie of the Tornado GR4. The aircraft (ZA601/066 and ZA542/035) took off from RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus and operated the final mission against Daesh in Syria and Iraq, marking the end of the type's involvement in Operation 'Shader'. ...

Soldiers from the U.S. Army's 1-2 Stryker Brigade Combat Team and the Royal Thai Army's 12 Infantry Regiment conducted a combined staff subject matter expert exchange January 29 - 31, 2019, at Camp Nimman Kolayut, Thailand, as part of Exercise Hanuman Guardian. ...

The US Special Representative for North Korea Stephen R. Biegun broke important new ground on administration policy toward Pyongyang in a far-reaching presentation at Stanford University last Thursday, January 31. ...

Elbit Systems of America has been awarded a potentially $22 million contract to support an avionics modernisation activity on the US Air National Guard's fleet of Fairchild Metroliner-derived RC-26B surveillance aircraft.Announcing its receipt of an initial $5 million contract on 4 February, ...

New Delhi is on the cusp of clearing a proposal for defence infrastructure building on the Andaman & Nicobar Islands (ANI). According to the media reports, the Modi government is ready with a 10-year-long 'roll on' plan to create facilities for additional troops, warships, ...

The US Navy's 36th littoral combat ship will be namedР’В USS Kingsville (LCS 36)Р’В in honor of the city of Kingsville, Texas, Secretary of the Navy Richard V. Spencer has announced. The Independence-variant is the first US Navy ship to bear the name. ...

Editor's Note: This story has been updated to reflect that the event occurred on a test vessel, not aboard the Ford as previously stated. ...

Dogged by cost overruns, design glitches and debates about the vessel's ability to withstand modern sea battle, the Navy's Littoral Combat Ship program has faced its share of controversy. ...

ANKARA, Turkey РІР‚' Turkey's president heavily criticized the U.S. on Tuesday over delays in establishing a buffer zone in Syria, saying that if Washington won't contribute to the effort, Ankara will do it alone. ...

TOKYO РІР‚' Japan announced Tuesday it has canceled a port call in South Korea by its main warship during a multilateral naval exercise as relations between the two Asian neighbors fall to their lowest level in recent years. ...

UNITED NATIONS РІР‚' North Korea's nuclear and missile programs 'remain intact' and its leaders are dispersing missile assembly and testing facilities to prevent 'decapitation' strikes, U.N. experts said in a new report. The experts' report to the Security Council, seen Tuesday by The Associated Press, ...

India has requested Russia to prolong the licence for manufacturing the Su-30MKI aircraft at Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) facilities in India which could mean an additional order for the multi role righter is on track once the 272 planes under the current order are delivered to the Indian ...

The Heidar is a hybrid, possessing what appears to be a grip and trigger mechanism copied from the MG 3, a modernized version of the MG-42 which is of German design. Iran has produced its own version of the MG 3 since before the 1979 Islamic revolution. ...

COLOGNE, Germany РІР‚' The French Air Force has successfully practiced a nuclear strike mission, sending aircraft on an 11-hour mission to sneak a nuclear-capable cruise missile through simulated enemy air defenses and nail it into the sands of a test range south of Bordeaux. The Feb. 4 mission, ...

WASHINGTON -- A group of key congressional members are demanding top military officials explain how they will update a series of medical rules and a failed waiver process that led to the deployment of a Navy linguist killed in Syria.Navy Chief Petty Officer Shannon Kent, 35, a mother of two, ...

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The U.S.- led military coalition needs to keep military pressure on the Islamic State even after the American withdrawal from Syria. And the U.S. needs to be prepared to still provide $4 billion yearly to Kabul after a troop drawdown in Afghanistan, U.S. Central Command commander Army Gen. ...

One of the first reports submitted to the Government of India on defence expenditure was the Blackett report in 1948. ...

Design and manufacturing issues have delayed the first test flight of the US Air Force's Combat Rescue Helicopter, the Sikorsky HH-60W, and threaten to postpone the start of low-rate production. ...

Union minister Subhash Bhamre today said the country is going to invest huge resources on modernisation of the defence sector in the coming years. ...

A judge has dropped two of the charges against a Navy SEAL who is facing a high-profile war crimes prosecution.Navy Capt. Aaron Rugh, the judge in the court martial of Chief Petty Officer Edward R. Gallagher, 39, ...

The Indian media was not allowed entry into a global conference, which was projected as an 'open' event, addressed by Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi in a committee room in the UK House of Commons complex on Monday. ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. РІР‚' The commissioning ceremony for one of the Navy's newest combat ships is set next month in South Carolina.Charleston officials said in a news release Monday the USS Charleston will be commissioned during a ceremony March 2.It's the sixth shipped named Charleston in naval history. ...

But no matter when it reaches Marine scout snipers, the new rifle represents a major, long-awaited breakthrough for the Corps РІР‚' and certain doom for their adversaries downrange. The Marine Corps plans on adopting the Mk 13 Mod 7 sniper rifle for Marine scout snipers, ...

CNBC's Jim Cramer breaks down the market's obsession with how large technology companies like Alphabet and Apple use their cash.The tech titans get too much flak and not enough credit for their massive cash hoards, the 'Mad Money' host says.Example No. 1? ...

A carrier with no working runway or flyable air complement is like a battleship with no working guns. Sending a 'wake-homing' torpedo into its propellers would similarly incapacitate it. Deprived of propulsion, ...

Every Breaking Defense reader has a good idea how huge the US military's modernization backlog is. But it sometimes takes a deep dive to show how big the problem is. In a new study by the Center for Strategic & International Studies РІР‚' embedded below РІР‚' scholars Gabriel Coll, Andrew Hunter, ...

China and Taiwan are at war ... on social media. The Chinese People's Liberation Army on Feb. 3, 2019 released a propaganda video celebrating China's desire to 'unite' with Taiwan. By force, if necessary. A day later on Feb. 4, 2019, ...

If Beijing wanted to, it could probably develop a carrier-based equivalent to the J-16D. The J-15 Flying Shark fighters on China's two Type 001 carriers also share common heritage in the Flanker family of aircraft, and pursuing a similar upgrade of the two-seat J-15SD seems plausible. However, ...

Iran is to enhance its long-range missile capabilities by, on the one hand, integrating its brand new Hoveizeh missile to its forces, and on the other hand, arming its Khorramshahr missiles with guided warheads (Khorramshahr 2). The newly-developed long-range cruise missile, the Hoveizeh, ...

NEW DELHI РІР‚' India's defense budget for 2019 included a marginal 6.87 percent bump to $49.68 billion, which is unlikely to meet modernization demands or 'Make in India' manufacturing increases. Out of the total allocation, $16. ...

Soldiers may now qualify for more help with family members' dental expenses, medical equipment and device costs, and with foreign-born spouses' passport and immigration fees ― three examples of six expansions in financial help available through Army Emergency Relief. The changes, ...

WASHINGTON РІР‚' As President Donald Trump is expected to call for an end America's ongoing wars overseas, his top general in the Mideast said he was not consulted or warned Trump would declare a U.S. troop withdrawal from Syria. 'I was not aware of the specific announcement. ...

LAS VEGAS -- Remington and Mossberg showed off two new compact pistols at SHOT Show 2019 that cater to female shooters and those with small hands.Remington has a new version of its RM380 sub-combat pistol available in a light blue that's very close to the color made iconic by Tiffany & Co. ...

The Pentagon's chief weapons tester said that the red teams the military uses to find cyber vulnerabilities and to mimic enemy actions 'urgently' need more resources, including additional personnel, training and advanced capabilities. The director of operational test and evaluation, ...

The UK Ministry of Defence intends to complete a study later this year that will determine the future requirements for its medium- and heavy-lift helicopter fleets, opening up the possibility of an acquisition of high-speed designs.Under an operational analysis study, due to conclude by mid-2019, ...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. РІР‚' The U.S. Coast Guard has seized nearly 35,000 pounds (15,000 kilograms) of cocaine from apparent drug smuggling vessels in the eastern Pacific Ocean. The drugs were off-loaded Tuesday in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Cmdr. ...

Pakistan's former dictator Gen Pervez Musharraf was responsible for no breakthrough on the Kashmir issue as he launched the Kargil operation without the civilian government's approval to 'sabotage' the talks with India and topple the Nawaz Sharif government, ...

When a person steps up and makes the personal sacrifice to serve our country, the U.S. military promises to take care of them. This is central to the fundamental contract our country makes with the brave men and women who join our armed forces. ...

Army Gen. Joseph Votel, commander of U.S. forces in the Mideast, said Tuesday that President Donald Trump did not consult him before announcing Dec. 19 that he was ordering the withdrawal of the estimated 2,000 U.S. troops in Syria.'I was not aware of the specific announcement,' Votel, ...

A new High-G training and test facilityР’В used by fast jet pilots in the Royal Navy and Royal Air Force to replicate flight in aircraft was opened at RAFР’В Cranwell on February 4. Developed under a Р’Р€44m project, ...

This post was updated to include a statement from U.S. Fleet Forces Command. A U.S. guided-missile cruiser andР’В NavyР’В resupply ship have collided off the coast of Florida during a training exercise on Tuesday, USNI News has learned. ...

WASHINGTON РІР‚' The U.S. special envoy for North Korea will be traveling to Pyongyang on Wednesday to prepare for President Donald Trump's second summit with leader Kim Jong Un.The State Department says Stephen Biegun will meet with his North Korean counterpart, Kim Hyok Chol. ...

US Army officials say they are pleased with the quality of the bids so far received under its future attack reconnaissance aircraft (FARA) programme, with an initial contracting decision anticipated by mid-year.Declining to be drawn on the number of competing submissions, Brig Gen Walter Rugen, ...

The United States needs to expand its cyber intelligence authorities and capabilities to meet the Trump administration's new cybersecurity strategy, according to top current and former government officials and academics. ...

The crescendo of publicity surrounding the H-20 indicates the PLAAF believes the plane will soon be ready enough to show to the publicРІР‚'and international audiences. Once revealed, analysts will pour over the aircraft's geometry to estimate just how the stealthy it really is, ...

The US Navy accepted delivery of the future USS Billings (LCS 15) during a ceremony at the Fincantieri Marinette Marine (FMM), shipyard, Marinette, Wisconsin, February 1. ...

The day-to-day functioning of Army officers to attend courses or crucial meetings may be hit due to cash crunch for meeting travel and accommodation expenses. Nearly Rs 4,000 crore is spent every year on these purposes.An order issued on Monday by Principal Controller of Defence Accounts, ...

The U.S. Army is buying new weapons without being certain if they will work, warns a new Government Accountability Office report.GAO examined Army Futures Command, ...

So far, only the United States and China have successfully developed stealth aircraft, while credible efforts by Russia and Japan have stalledРІР‚'at least for now. Thus, despite the difficulties of multinational cooperation, ...

A new report from two top Trump administration officials said they have found no evidence that foreign governments had a significant impact on the integrity of the 2018 midterm elections. Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker and Homeland Security chief Kirstjen M. Nielsen said in a Feb. ...

All torpedoes from the Royal Norwegian Navy frigate HNoMS Helge Ingstad have been removed and detonated over a course of two days as navy and civilian crews finalize preparations for the lifting of the ship. ...

In only 2 years, the Granatkastaranscarband 90 (Grkpbv90) has come from contract to delivery. FMV's Director General, Göran Mårtensson, was really impressed to already receive the first 4 wagons, ...

The public discussion of 5th generation (5G) mobile telephone service has been seen by many РІР‚' perhaps most РІР‚' in the United States as just another step in the evolution of mobile communications, ...

So did Russian submarines really track down a British sub? As so often with the Silent Service, it's hard for those of us above the waves to know what really happened. Russian diesel subs chased a British nuclear sub off the Syrian coast, according to British media. (This first appeared last year. ...

The lithium-ion batteries used in most of today's electric cars are most efficient at around the same temperature as humans, about 70 degrees Fahrenheit.How much slower the battery charges 'depends on several factors.'Batteries can also overheat, ...

An Indian Army helicopter was forced to make an emergency landing in a potato field near Karnataka capital Bengaluru on Tuesday. News Nation has the exclusive footage of the incident. ...

The Army is preparing to field about 200 new Army Greens uniforms to recruiters as early as this month, according to the service's top enlisted soldier. The upcoming wear test will get the new service uniform on the Army's most public-facing soldiers, ...

The US Naval Sea Systems Command has ordered further two Landing Craft Utility vessels from Louisiana-basedР’В Swiftships LLC under a $26.7 million contract modification announced by the US defense department on February 4. The newly-orderedР’В LCU 1701 and 1702 are the second and third in their class. ...

The Navy's AN/SPY-6(V)1 Air and Missile Defense Radar (AMDR) completed its final round of developmental testing having successfullyР’В trackedР’В its 15th ballistic missile target. During the Jan. 31 test in Hawaii, theР’В SPY-6Р’В searched, ...

It's not much bigger than a dishwasher, but the Leonardo DRS permanent magnet motor, used for years to power oil rigs, will help propel the Coast Guard's new offshore patrol cutter, or OPC.The Arlington, Virginia-based company was awarded a $10. ...