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Australian Army to grow, diversify its drone fleet

September 24, 2024
Australian soldiers participate in a training exercise near Darwin, Australia, on Aug. 26, 2023. (David Gray/AFP via Getty Images) MELBOURNE, Australia — The Australian Army seeks to lean more heavily on aerial drones, with a comprehensive upgrade program for all size classes now in the pipeline, according to a service official. “My prediction, ahead of any formal requirement being…
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Air Force Plans to Grow Recruiter Ranks for 2025 Goal

September 23, 2024
The Air Force plans to grow its recruiter ranks to help it meet an ambitious 2025 goal. (Master Sgt. Kevin Nichols/Air Force) The Air Force said Monday it will meet its recruitment goals in fiscal 2024, one year after all components of the service missed the mark for…
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E-2D Advanced Hawkeye: The Next Gen of Electronic Warfare

September 23, 2024
E-2D Advanced Hawkeye aircraft conduct a test flight near St. Augustine, Florida. (Courtesy of Northrup Grumman).The Navy in August awarded a $587.4 million contract to L3Harris Technologies to develop the Next Generation Jammer Low Band system for select aircraft, according to a Navy release. The jammer system will be “increasing the lethality” of 4th and 5th generation platforms and…
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Italy Defense Procurement: New F-35A Jets and Eurofighters

September 23, 2024
An F-35A Lightning II flies over Arizona, April 24, 2024. (A1C Mason Hargrove/Air Force) ROME — Italy is to purchase 25 extra F-35 jets as well as new Eurofighters as its defense procurement spending rises 16.8% this year to €9.3 billion, or $10.3 billion, a new…
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How in-house tech and soldier tinkering is changing the Army

August 30, 2024
FORT JOHNSON, Louisiana – A new Army-made software application is allowing soldiers to identify a target and send a fire mission in under a minute when it used to take 15 minutes. Those same soldiers have rigged cheap drones with a cheap, off-the-shelf circuit board and sensor to make electronic decoys of their command posts, throwing enemy fires off target. This brave new world in Army…
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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 signal fields. Army Lt. Gen. John Morrison, deputy chief of staff for Army G6, which implements command, control…
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