CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand — The Royal Thai Air Force has nominated the Gripen E/F fighter jet to replace the country’s aging F-16A/Bs in a hard-fought contest involving Saab and Lockheed Martin, officials announced on Tuesday.
A service committee deliberated for ten months before recommending the Gripen, though government approval is still required before a contract can be signed. “It can be…
PARIS — Britain’s Ministry of Defence plans to build a hangar-sized isolated chamber big enough for F-35 jets and Chinook transport helicopters to test its military assets against GPS jamming and other types of electronic warfare.
U.K. firm QinetiQ will build the…
Signal battalions to be rebuilt for modern combat, Army says
August 23, 2024
The Army is restructuring its signal battalions as advancements in technology and a laser-focus on its network dovetail with a shift from brigade to division-centric combat plans.
Final details for restructuring the battalions came after years of merging job specialties in…
The Army is reevaluating its workforce requirements and contract strategies for a major software modernization effort to make it easier for commercial vendors to bid for Defense Department projects.
The service in February released its latest software policy, laying out its plan for managing and developing software as part of a broader digital modernization push. Months later, in May, it unveiled…
Istari Digital, a startup led by former Air Force acquisition chief Will Roper, is partnering with Lockheed Martin Skunk Works to demonstrate the ability to digitally certify an aircraft before it’s built, a process that could make it easier to develop and test military…
The Missile Defense Agency expects to launch a new sensor designed to discriminate between complex ballistic missile targets by the end of the decade, according to agency director Lt. Gen. Heath Collins.
The discriminating space sensor, or DSS, is a key part of MDA’s…
Netanyahu’s hernia surgeon gets a seat on Rafael board
August 16, 2024
JERUSALEM – Israel’s defense sector is in an uproar over a surprise appointment on the board of directors of government-owned Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, whose weapons permeate the entire ecosystem of the country’s sprawling defense apparatus.
Alon Pikarsky, head of the surgical wing and the department of general surgery at the Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital in Jerusalem, will join the…
Lockheed Martin announced Thursday it will acquire small-satellite provider Terran Orbital for $450 million in a move by the defense giant to expand its space portfolio.
“Terran Orbital brings a high throughput, robotic manufacturing capacity and high-performing modular…
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — The U.S. Army plans to choose a few teams from a larger pool to compete to develop its Enduring High Energy Laser, or HEL, system for short-range air defense in early 2025, Lt. Gen. Robert Rasch, the Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office…
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — The U.S. Army is planning to hold a competition to replace its command-and-control system capable of managing drone threats for the maneuver force in the second quarter of fiscal 2025, Lt. Gen. Frank Lozano, the service’s program executive officer for missiles and space, said Tuesday at the Space and Missile Defense Symposium. As a result, the Army is looking for a more…
