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Parsons will provide integration, testing, and deployment support for USAFE-AFAFRICA operational systems. Credit: Parsons Corporation. Parsons has secured a task order valued at up to $70m to provide integration, testing, and operational support for air base defence systems across the US Air Forces (USAF) in Europe – Air Forces Africa (USAFE-AFAFRICA) region.   The four-year agreement, which includes three additional 12-month option periods, is awarded under the Air Base Air Defence (ABAD) programme.  Discover B2B Marketing That Performs Combine business intelligence and editorial excellence to reach engaged professionals across 36 leading media platforms. Find out more The contract covers system integration and…

Tanya Goudsouzian & Ibrahim Al-Marashi, TNI The history of the Middle East is littered with defunct security pacts. Source link

Lance Gordon, RealClearDefense The Hormuz transit framework has taken shape, but the terms for reopening have hardened. Source link

D. Armitage & Z. Selden, RCD European defense spending does not have to grow beyond current levels because relatively cheap technologies can deter Russia from further adventurism in… Source link

From Analilia Mejia to Abdul El-Sayed to Peggy Flanagan, a progressive winning streak in Democratic primaries has swept across the country in the lead-up to this year’s midterm elections. Unlike most midterm election cycles, where domestic issues dominate the political agenda, foreign policy has been thrust into the spotlight this time, with the Israel-Palestine conflict emerging as the defining litmus test of the Democratic Party. As progressive candidates have rallied behind the Palestinian cause in their battles against AIPAC-backed moderates, the party’s leftward ideological shift could impact not only the decades-long Israel-U.S. alliance, but also Washington’s policy toward its greatest…

Myanmar’s former ambassador to the United Kingdom appeared in a London court on Wednesday on trespassing charges for refusing to leave a diplomatic residence after being locked out of the embassy. When the military seized power in a coup in February 2021, Ambassador Kyaw Zwar Minn denounced the takeover and pledged his loyalty to the opposition movement. He was immediately dismissed by the junta and locked out of the embassy, but refused to leave Myanmar House, the ambassador’s official residence in northwest London. Kyaw Zwar Minn, now 68, has argued that Myanmar’s military government, which handed power to a “civilian”…

The UK signed a statement of intent to cooperate closely with Australia in advancing AESA radar and integrating the CEAFAR2 radar suite. Source link

Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming economies around the world, but much of the discussion about it focuses on software, algorithms, computing power, regulation, and talent. While these factors are important, they overlook the one major precondition upon which everything else depends: a reliable supply of electricity. Every AI application ultimately runs inside an AI data center and requires industrial land, electrical substations, cooling systems, fiber-optic connectivity, backup power, and, depending on the cooling technology employed, significant quantities of water. Without this infrastructure and the energy to power it, even the most advanced AI software, algorithms, and talent cannot be deployed…

The UK signed a statement of intent to cooperate closely with Australia in advancing AESA radar and integrating the CEAFAR2 radar suite. Source link

MELBOURNE — The Pentagon’s top policy official said today that the US is happy with ongoing progress on the AUKUS trilateral partnership, with Australia especially moving forward with “energy and focus” on the program.  Speaking at a virtual media briefing during his visit to Southeast Asia, Elbridge Colby also stressed that the US would like to see “middle powers,” such as Japan, continue efforts to indigenize their local defense industries and sharply warned against efforts by some countries to band together to exclude the US.  Colby’s visit to the region began in the Philippines on Aug. 10 and will also…