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Durso, RCD The global competition underway with China is not just about trade or tariffs. It is about industrial capacity, technological dominance, artificial intelligence (AI),… Source link

PIÑON CANYON MANEUVER SITE, Colo. — Surrounded by empty desert, a group of Army soldiers was debating a dangerous choice.  Their communications equipment wasn’t working as it was supposed to. Network connectivity and bandwidth issues aren’t foreign — it could be weather related, issues with the satellites in orbit, or user error — but can pose challenges in the middle of a fight. So, the unit sought workarounds and tried to troubleshoot their problems. As they fiddled, the enemy unit across the battlefield silently cheered because a clever ruse had worked. They were actually jamming the soldiers’ communications, but only…

Signatories across industry, academia and expert groups issued a public letter Monday asking the Trump administration to roll back new restrictions imposed on Anthropic’s Fable 5 model. Featured on a new “Free Fable” website, the letter — signed by representatives from companies like Adobe, NVIDIA and Zoom, along with academics from Johns Hopkins and the University of Maryland, Baltimore College — asks Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and National Cyber Director Sean Cairncross to reverse the suspension of Anthropic’s latest model.The White House’s Friday decision to suspend access to Fable 5, which is a consumer-safe variation of Anthropic’s cybersecurity-focused Mythos model, initially…

Japan is considering what could become one of its most significant defense-industrial reforms since relaxing arms export restrictions in 2014: the creation of a Japanese version of the U.S. Foreign Military Sales (FMS) system.  Defense Minister Koizumi Shinjiro recently confirmed that the government is examining measures that include a Japanese-style FMS framework and a new organization to support defense exports and industrial development. While emphasizing that no final decisions have been made, Koizumi acknowledged that relevant ministries are engaged in what he described as “continuous deliberations” on concrete measures and institutional arrangements. Such carefully worded language often precedes major policy…

The Indian Army has formally selected Israeli firm Meprolight’s MEPRO X6 telescopic sight as the dedicated daytime optic for its NEGEV 7.62×51 light machine guns.Deliveries are scheduled to begin at the end of the current fiscal year, marking a significant enhancement in the Army’s small arms capability.In August 2024, the Army placed an order for 41,000 NEGEVs to replace the ageing 5.56×45mm INSAS light machine guns. Although originally designed and produced by Israel Weapon Industries, the NEGEV is now manufactured domestically at the Adani Group’s facility in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh. This became possible after Adani acquired PLR Systems, IWI’s local…

Jon Dunne, MC Gazette The story of the Marine Corps often begins at Tun Tavern, but the institution that Marines entered in late 1775 was shaped long before the first recruits assembled in… Source link

WASHINGTON — The government of Canada has begun negotiations to buy the Leonardo-made M-346 trainer aircraft, according to a statement today from Prime Minister Mark Carney’s office. “Canada and Italy are becoming increasingly close in defence and security. To that end, the leaders were pleased to launch negotiations for Canada’s purchase of M-346 advanced jet trainer aircraft designed and produced by Leonardo, one of Italy’s largest aerospace companies,” said the statement, released as part of a readout from Carney’s meeting with Prime Minister of Italy Giorgia Meloni. “Leveraging Italian expertise in aerospace and defence, this agreement will enable the Royal…

NATO has “really changed a lot in the last three to four years,” since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine forced the alliance to rethink how it learns, experiments, and operates, a top NATO transformation official said.Now the alliance is moving away from long, platform-centered modernization cycles and toward faster experimentation, interoperability, and “system-of-systems” approaches, said Maj. Gen. Dominique Luzeaux, NATO’s digital transformation champion and special advisor to the Supreme Allied Commander Transformation. He spoke Tuesday at the Defense One Tech Summit in Arlington, Virginia.Luzeaux pointed to Ukraine’s ever-increasing use of unmanned ground, air, surface, and undersea systems—and how the main lesson…

Chief of Defence Staff Air Marshal Richard Knighton (left), with the newly appointed Secretary of State for Defence, Dan Jarvis (centre), and MoD Permanent Jeremy Pocklington, at MoD Main Building. Credit: UK MoD/Crown copyright UK military chief signals the Defence Investment Plan will mean cuts or delays to capabilities Savings likely come from slowing or shrinking future procurement, not existing kit, as well as operational deployments British Army programmes could be most at risk as drones reshape priorities The UK’s seniormost military officer has signalled the long-overdue Defence Investment Plan (DIP) will likely result in cutting or delaying planned acquisition…

During the Cold War, Mongolia forged an unlikely but surprisingly warm set of relationships with African countries. Driven by communist solidarity rather than geography or commerce, Ulaanbaatar hosted African liberation leaders, sent veterinary experts to Ethiopia and Mozambique, and interacted with both Somalia and Ethiopia during the Ogaden War. Ulaanbaatar opened its first African embassy in Guinea before Mongolia had even joined the United Nations. The continent, in turn, helped secure Mongolia’s seat at the U.N. It was, by any measure, a more substantial relationship than the physical distance suggested. Then the Cold War ended, and so did most of…