Новости ВПК иностранных СМИ за 11.02.2019

Karan Bhatia, vice president of global public policy and government relations at Google, called for 'common rules of the road' when it comes to the regulation of technology.Different countries have taken different approaches to regulation such as GDPR in the European Union.Margaret Peterlin, ...

The U.S military is scheduled to provide the Afghan government with 159 UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters as part of an effort to modernize the Afghan Air Force (AAF) and make the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) less reliant on coalition aircraft for their operations. However, ...

The government of Poland has announced on Sunday February 10, 2019, its plan to finalize next week the purchase of 20 HIMARS artillery rocket systems from the United States for a total amount of USD 414 million. According to the radio Poland website, ...

Following a year of technical challenges and difficult cost-benefit questions, the F-35 seems to be starting 2019 in a decidedly more positive key. Only time will tell if this trend endures. A recently leaked video sheds light on one of the F-35's possible weapons configurations, ...

In May 2001 former cold-warriors met at Swidwin air base in Poland. Guy Razer, then a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Air Force, got a chance to ride in a Polish air force Su-22UM3K Fitter, then the Polish air arm's main fighter-bomber. ...

At present, Izumo and her sister ship Kaga normally embark just nine aircraft -- a mix of H-60 anti-submarine and rescue helicopters and MCH-101 minesweeping helicopters. But the 814-feet-long ships, each displacing around 27,000 tons of water while fully loaded, ...

South Korea signed a deal with the United States on Sunday, February 10, 2019, to raise its contribution to the upkeep of American troops here by 8.2 percent this year.В South Korea will pay US$890 million for the operation of the 28,500-strong U.S. Forces Korea (USFK), ...

In a big boost for Indian defence forces, the first batch of four Chinook helicopters for the Indian Air Force (IAF) arrived at the Mundra airport in Gujarat on Sunday. ANI reported that 15 Chinook helicopters are procured by Indian government from the United States. ...

Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan heads to NATO this week to reassure allies that the U.S. path on key security issues remains steady, amid major policy shifts in Syria, Afghanistan and its recent withdrawal from the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces treaty. ...

Last year, DP World, UAE's state-owned port operator, signed a partnership with Virgin Hyperloop One to develop a cargo transporter. Now it's revealed its first project destination will be in the world's largest democracy.'The first project will be in India, ...

The Zumwalt needed a new mission—even if that meant tweaking its capabilities at an additional cost. Finally, in December 2017 the Navy announced the class would specialize in 'surface strike', i.e. hunting down other ships .In January 2019, ...

BEIRUT — U.S.-backed and Kurdish-led Syrian forces said Saturday they have launched a final push to defeat the Islamic State group in the last tiny pocket the extremists hold in eastern Syria. ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appears unlikely to make a planned trip to India this month for another meeting with Indian counterpart Narendra Modi because both leaders have several other international commitments and are also tied up with preparations for upcoming general elections, ...

Five militants were killed on Sunday after an encounter broke out in Jammu and Kashmir's Kulgam district. At least 8 civilians and four CRPF personnel were injured due to stone pelting after clashes broke out in the area. ...

WASHINGTON — Military housing conditions will come under congressional scrutiny this week amid reports of failures by private contractors to maintain acceptable living standards at a host of sites around the country. On Tuesday, ...

Sutter Health and Ada Health are teaming up for a new symptom-checking chatbot, which will roll out next week. I got an early look. Here's how it went. Chatbots that analyze users' symptoms and offer advice are all the rage in Silicon Valley. ...

In a moving gesture, Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Sunday showed how dear the Indian flag is to him after one of his countless fans trespassed on to the ground during the third T20 International against New Zealand here.Dhoni's delirious fan, who was holding the Indian tri-colour, ...

Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan will meet International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief Christine Lagarde in Dubai on Sunday for talks on issues which have held up bailout negotiations, a Pakistani minister said on Saturday. ...

Defensive laser weapons are bringing great promise to the US military as well. Given that laser can also perform a sensor function, they might be able to acquire and knock out an incoming enemy missile. The US Air Force is refining its combat strategy, ...

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration's special envoy for Afghanistan is returning to the country after stops in Europe and the Middle East for an extended diplomatic tour aimed at pushing a U.S. peace initiative. ...

BEIRUT — U.S.-backed and Kurdish-led Syrian forces said Saturday they have launched a final push to defeat the Islamic State group in the last tiny pocket the extremists hold in eastern Syria. ...

Army and Marine Corps combat units are starting to receive brand-new, high-performance Joint Light Tactical Vehicles. But if war with a major power ignites in the near future, the bulk of U.S. ground forces will go into battle with the same Humvees that struggled to survive the last war.Today, ...

India's Ministry of External Affairs on Saturday reacted sharply to China's opposition on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Arunachal Pradesh asserting that the northeastern state is an 'integral and inalienable part' of India. ...

KODIAK, Alaska (AP) — A group of Peterson Elementary third-graders glimpsed snapshots of World War II history on Kodiak Island when they visited the Kodiak Military Museum at Fort Abercrombie State Historical Park on a crisp, clear Jan. 25 morning. ...

'We need to have any sensor connect to any shooter at very rapid machine-to-machine speed,' Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson said, 'if we're going to multi-domain operations.' But aye, there's the rub: Are we?

On Feb. 3, President Donald Trump again said that U.S. military intervention was a possibility if worse came to worse in Venezuela. 'All options are on the table,' he swaggered the week before. It has become a signature American threat — all options — born of the 1990 Gulf War against Saddam, ...

Indian army is equipping its soldiers with high-precision sniper rifles for key missions along the Line of Control (LoC). These deadly sniper rifles also include an anti-material rifle that can penetrate through concrete and metal objects.The guns being given to the troops are the 0. ...

GLENDALE, Ariz. — Luke Air Force Base's roster of F-35s has grown and that means more noise around the pilot-training installation on the west side of metro Phoenix.The Arizona Republic reports that Luke now has 85 F-35s, well en route to its planned full complement of 144, ...

BANGLADESH is not some Scandinavian heaven. It is poor and overpopulated, undereducated and corrupt, frequented by natural catastrophes, experiences occasional terrorism, and the farcical nature of its democracy was exposed in the December 2018 elections. ...

Yesterday, Congress chief Rahul Gandhi launched a blistering attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party over new details revealed about the Rafale deal. Gandhi cited a report carried in The Hindu which said during negotiations between India and France, ...

During the precious moments when communications and awareness were tied up, no one noticed the carrier's approach to the bank. Spend some time with Google Earth, an atlas or a globe and you will see that California, for peoples used to the Atlantic, ...

The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) will likely submit to the President on Monday a much-awaited report on its audit of big-ticket military procurements in the last few years, including the controversial Rafale jet fighter deal, ...

SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea and the United States struck a new deal Sunday that increases Seoul's contribution for the cost of the American military presence on its soil, overcoming previous failed negotiations that caused worries about their decades-long alliance. ...

Chief Special Warfare Operator Edward 'Eddie' Gallagher not only stabbed to death a teenage wounded Islamic State prisoner of war during a 2017 deployment to Iraq, according to an officer in his chain of command, but the SEAL also called in 'false target coordinates to engage a mosque, ...