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Sign of the Yuma Proving Ground of US Army. Credit: MartiBstock/Shutterstock.com. TRAX has received a seven-year, $726.9m contract from the US Army Test and Evaluation Command’s (ATEC) Yuma Proving Ground (YPG) for Mission Test Support Services. The agreement enables TRAX to continue supporting testing and evaluation activities at YPG, including the Yuma Test Center, Arctic Regions Test Center, and Tropic Regions Test Center. 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 extends a longstanding relationship between TRAX and YPG, with the company providing…
India has taken another significant step towards strengthening its indigenous defence capabilities under the Aatmanirbhar Bharat initiative. On 31 March 2026, the Ministry of Defence signed a major capital acquisition contract worth approximately ₹1,950 crore with Bharat Electronics Limited for the procurement of two Mountain Radars, along with associated equipment and infrastructure, for the Indian Air Force, announced PIB.The agreement was formalised in New Delhi in the presence of senior officials from both the Ministry and BEL, underscoring the government’s commitment to self-reliance in critical defence technologies.The Mountain Radar system has been indigenously designed and developed by the Electronics &…
CIMSEC Naval warfare is approaching a point where the traditional capital ship is no longer an unambiguous asset in contested waters Source link
WASHINGTON — The Navy’s top officer is “of course” worried that the conflict in Iran is eroding the US military’s readiness globally and its ability to deter near-peer threats like China. “It’s a mathematical certainty that if you consume a fixed resource, then your ability to bring that to bear on another problem set is diminished by the amount you subtract it,” Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Daryl Caudle said today at a Center for Strategic and International Studies event when asked about deterring Beijing. “So it’d be silly for me to say anything other than I’m concerned. Readiness is…
A critical U.S. Air Force radar plane damaged by an Iranian attack this past weekend is a significant loss and harms the military’s battlespace awareness for missions in the Middle East and beyond, defense experts say. An E-3 Sentry, an Airborne Early Earning and Control System aircraft or AWACS, was damaged during a March 27 attack on Prince Sultan Air Base, Saudi Arabia, a U.S. official confirmed to Defense One. Photos circulated on social media purporting to be of the aircraft showed a smoldering E-3 split in half on a runway. A U.S. Central Command spokesperson declined to comment on the…
Two soldiers install an anti-tank mine on a Vampire drone. Credit Maria Taran / Shutterstock.com Ukraine expands e-Points to cover more components such as comms/optics, navigation/power, controllers Ukraine–Bulgaria to cooperate on UAS/counter-UAS/ammo, potentially via EU SAFE funding Combat operations continue around the so-called Fortress Belt cities of Slovyansk and Kramatorsk Ukraine’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) has announced that its innovative e-Points system, which allows individual units to gain control of elements of their own defence procurement needs, will be expanded to include additional critical components. Revealed in a 30 March release, the Ukraine MoD said the list of components that have been added to the…
India is set to receive its fourth S-400 Triumf air defence system by the end of April, with deployment planned in the Western sector, most likely Rajasthan. An Indian Air Force team has already arrived in Russia to inspect the system before delivery, reported Hindustan Times.The fifth system is expected to be deployed by November, following the Defence Acquisition Council’s approval of five additional units. This will eventually raise India’s total inventory to ten S-400 systems, doubling the original order placed in 2018.The acquisition process for such systems is tightly regulated. It begins with a statement of case outlining operational…
David J. Trachtenberg, NIPP The 2026 document is a significant departure from prior NDSs in many ways Source link
BELFAST — Rheinmetall today announced it is collaborating with Boeing to offer the MQ-28 Ghost Bat as a Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) solution to the German Air Force. The “strategic partnership” with the US giant is targeting Berlin’s 2029 timeframe for a CCA to enter service, according to a Rheinmetall company statement today.The firm said it will act as a “system manager” for the MQ-28 in Germany, taking charge of system integration to cover “existing and future command and weapon systems of the Bundeswehr.” Activities in this area will also include managing “adaptation to national requirements and ensuring operational, maintenance,…
Iran’s ongoing war with the United States and Israel has put its ballistic missile (BM)-centric defence posture in the spotlight, testing its depth and its efficacy in real-time. Tehran built that posture over decades – investing in solid-fuel rocket development, low-cost loitering munitions, and a decentralized command structure – and it has imposed meaningful costs on a US-led coalition, even as Iran’s launch rates have declined sharply under strikes targeting its stockpiles. However, the military efficacy of Iran’s BM employment remains debatable. The strikes have generated strategic and perceptual effects, but their tactical impact has been limited compared to what…