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Finland and the Netherlands have agreed to transfer most of the remaining stock of Dutch Leopard 2A6 Main Battle Tanks (MBT) to Finland over a period of four years, for amount around €200 million. Defence Minister Carl Haglund has approved the acquisition of last thursday. Under the agreement Finland will procure 100 Leopard 2A6 […]
In this photo provided by Lithuanian Ministry of National Defense, Norwegian military vehicles move off trailers as they arrive at an airport in Kaunas, Lithuania, on Feb. 27. (AP) By Sara Bjerg Moller Today at 12:21 p.m. EST Following last week’s announcement by Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg that NATO has activated its Response Force, many […]
Friday, Feb 4 The Biden administration has approved the sale of 16 F-16 Fighting Falcon fighters to Jordan. Here, Jordanian and U.S. F-16s wait on the flightline at Misawa Air Base, Japan, during a 2014 exercise. (Staff Sgt. Tyler McLain/Air Force) The Biden administration said Thursday it has cleared a possible sale of as many as […]
DARPA flies a Black Hawk helicopter without a pilot for 30 minutes The Black Hawk is kitted out with Sikorsky Matrix autonomous flying technology. DARPA’s ALIAS program was used to fly the helicopter autonomously. DARPA The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has flown a UH-60A Black Hawk helicopter without a pilot for the first time […]
The use of artificial intelligence in military applications is undeniably growing. While many systems are at an experimental stage, the technology is maturing rapidly. At the end of 2021, NATO officially implemented its first artificial intelligence (AI) strategy. The paper sets out the challenges the military faces when using AI and recognises six basic principles […]
M1 Abrams are the only active main battle tanks of the US Army Via: Sgt. Christopher McCullough Main battle tanks are key military weapons as they provide direct fire and durability on the battlefield. Today, it’s common to see military units that consist of main battle tanks only, as these weapons are advanced enough to […]
Why The Tiger I Tank Was So Terrifying By Henry Kelsall Its thick armor and powerful 88 mm gun meant it could take on pretty much anything that Britain, America and the Soviet Union had. via Tank Encyclopedia In the earlier years of the Second World War, Germany’s technological and military might kept it well […]
Senior Airman Cameron Manson inspects cargo netting on palletized ammunition, weapons and other equipment bound for Ukraine during a Foreign Military Sales mission at Dover Air Force Base, Del., on Jan. 24, 2022. (Roland Balik/U.S. Air Force) WASHINGTON ― The Pentagon on Tuesday provided more details about the $200 million military aid package for Ukraine […]
Jan 26, 11:27 PM A setup of the British military’s Land Environment Air Picture Provision (LEAPP) is pictured in 2015. (British Army photo, via Wikimedia Commons) LONDON – The British Army is upgrading its existing command-and-control, battlespace-management capabilities in a deal with Lockheed Martin UK that the contractor originally declined to bid on. The company announced it […]
The US military has indicated its interest in commercial supersonic flight by granting as much as $60 million to Boom Supersonic for its airliner development efforts. The Colorado-based company has announced that the Air Force awarded a three-year contract to Boom to accelerate research and development of its Overture airliner. Separately this week, Boom selected Piedmont Triad […]
