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Elbit Systems president and CEO Bezhalel Machlis. Credit: Elbit Systems via LinkedIn. Elbit Systems has secured an approximately $1.4bn contract from an undisclosed European customer to support military modernisation programmes.  The contract, set to be carried out over five years, covers a range of activities designed to improve manoeuvrability and survivability across the battle domain.  Discover B2B Marketing That Performs Combine business intelligence and editorial excellence to reach engaged professionals across 36 leading media platforms. Find out more Elbit Systems will deliver a number of solutions including uncrewed autonomous systems, advanced networked land electronic warfare systems, and precision-guided munitions for artillery and air-to-ground…

North Korea fired several close-range ballistic missiles into the ocean on May 26, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said. It was North Korea’s eighth ballistic missile test this year, and the first since the test of several short-range ballistic missiles over a month ago. According to the South’s JCS, the missiles were launched around 1 p.m. KST from Chongju, North Pyongan Province, the county northwest of Pyongyang, and flew about 80 kilometers before falling into the sea to the west of the Korean Peninsula. Close-range ballistic missiles are generally classified as those with a range of 300 kilometers…

Recent conflicts have revealed two distinct patterns of warfare. The first involves neighbouring states engaged in territorial disputes, as seen in the Azerbaijan-Armenia wars of 2020 and 2023 and the ongoing Russo-Ukraine conflict.The second occurs when a state or alliance without a shared border seeks to impose its will, exemplified by the US-Israel-Iran confrontation. India, with territorial disputes involving two neighbours, falls squarely into the first category.Technology has profoundly shaped these wars. In the Azerbaijan-Armenia conflict, rockets, drones, missiles, electronic warfare systems and loitering munitions were employed with devastating effect. Armenia was forced into a ceasefire after suffering heavy losses…

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WASHINGTON — The Air Force now expects prototyping for highly advanced fighter jet engines will not be complete until 2031, delaying the marquee propulsion effort again by more than a year. In a statement to Breaking Defense, an Air Force spokesperson said the new timeline for the Next Generation Adaptive Propulsion (NGAP) program “reflects expanded test and evaluation of NGAP prototypes and allows investigation of test findings.”  The 2031 completion date is disclosed in the service’s fiscal 2027 budget documents, and follows roughly two years of delays revealed last year. Collectively, NGAP is now facing a three-year delay compared to…

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Central Asia is home to one of the most infamous human-caused ecological catastrophes: the dramatic drying-up of the Aral Sea. That disaster was rooted in systemic mismanagement of the region’s water resources in pursuit of cotton production, primarily during the Soviet period. Today, the region is in hot pursuit of emerging industries that could prove just as disastrous to the region’s water resources as cotton was: critical minerals and artificial intelligence (AI). The Diplomat’s Managing Editor Catherine Putz spoke with Dr. Theresa Sabonis-Helf, professor of the practice and concentration chair for science, technology and international affairs at Georgetown University’s School…

India’s Medium Transport Aircraft (MTA) program is entering a decisive phase, with the Indian Air Force (IAF) set to acquire 60–80 aircraft in the 18–30 tonne payload class to replace ageing An-32s and reduce reliance on Il-76s.The contest has narrowed to Embraer’s C-390 Millennium and Lockheed Martin’s C-130J, with Airbus’s A400M seen as capable but too costly for routine missions.The IAF’s MTA initiative is designed to create a leaner, more efficient transport fleet that bridges the gap between lighter C-295s and heavy C-17 “Globemasters”. The new fleet will form the backbone of India’s tactical and strategic airlift capability, enabling rapid…

S&S The aircraft carrier USS George Washington steamed out of Tokyo Bay on Saturday to start its second Indo-Pacific patrol since returning to the home of the U.S. 7th Fleet in 2024 Source link

SINGAPORE — South Korea has unveiled an initial roadmap for the development of nuclear powered submarines, with plans to introduce the first such vessel in the mid-2030s, according to its defense minister. Ahn Gyu-back told reporters at the announcement of the roadmap today at the South Korean naval base at Jinhae in the south of the country that it was planning to “launch the first nuclear-powered submarine in the mid-2030s, and push ahead with development to enter operational service in the latter half of the 2030s or later.” Meanwhile the US ally’s Ministry of National Defense (MND) published today what…