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IAI lauds intel suite to predict surprise attacks as seen in Ukraine

September 12, 2023
LONDON — Russia’s use of drones to target both civilian and military targets in Ukraine is boosting European interest in an intelligence analysis system made by Israel Aerospace Industries that could help predict such attacks, according to company officials. Gideon Fostick, the director for marketing and business development for the intelligence, communications and electronic-warfare division…
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BAE Systems, QinetiQ sign pact on drone collaboration

September 12, 2023
LONDON — BAE Systems and QinetiQ are exploring the possibility of joining forces in the development of uncrewed systems, the two British companies announced Sept. 12. The companies said they have signed a framework agreement looking at the potential to collaborate in the…
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Value of Ukraine F-16s won’t be immediate, says US Air Force general

September 12, 2023
WASHINGTON ― President Joe Biden’s nominee to lead the Air Force has told lawmakers that F-16 fighter jets NATO is sending to Ukraine will mostly be effective in the long term as the war-torn country works to integrate them into the broader military. Gen. David Allvin, the Air Force vice chief of staff on tap for a promotion to serve as the service’s No. 1 officer, said at his Senate…
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Poland to buy 486 HIMARS launchers from Lockheed Martin

September 11, 2023
WARSAW, Poland — Polish Defence Minister Mariusz Błaszczak on Monday approved a framework deal to buy 486 launcher-loader module kits for its M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems. “In line with the adopted schedule, deliveries are expected to begin in 2025,”…
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Air Force to fall nearly 150 pilots short of annual training goal

September 11, 2023
The Air Force will fall short of its fiscal 2023 pilot training goal by about 120 airmen, missing its annual target of around 1,500 new aviators for the eighth consecutive year, the service confirmed Sept. 8. A slew of maintenance woes, staffing issues and other unexpected setbacks led the Air Force to pin wings on around 1,350 airmen rather than its aspirational goal of 1,470. The shortfall makes…
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Air Force test-launches unarmed nuclear missile with 3 warheads

September 8, 2023
The Air Force launched an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile over the Pacific Ocean in a routine test early Wednesday, the service said in a release. The missile was fired from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, around 1:30 a.m. local time, and traveled about 4,200 miles to the Marshall Islands, where the U.S. has conducted nuclear weapons tests for decades. Test…
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