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India’s indigenous navigation satellite system, NavIC, has suffered a serious setback with the failure of its last operational atomic clock aboard IRNSS-1F. This malfunction, which occurred on 10 March, has left only three satellites capable of delivering position, navigation, and timing services.Experts warn that at least four satellites with functioning atomic clocks are required for the system to operate effectively, meaning NavIC is currently unable to provide reliable coverage.The implications of this failure are particularly grave for India’s security and strategic needs. Navigation systems like NavIC are designed with dual signals: an open civilian signal and a restricted military-grade signal…
Sergey E. Ivashchenko, RCD Naval warfare is undergoing a profound transformation and is increasingly
Defense acquisition has long been described as a three-legged stool: requirements, budgeting, and acquisition management. In practice, the stool has always been missing a leg. The Pentagon treats industrial production capacity as an afterthought rather than a design constraint. Requirements writers inside the services seek the most capable system imaginable. Their incentives reward performance, not manufacturability. If a new fighter aircraft can fly farther, see more, and carry additional weapons, the requirement grows accordingly. The acquisition community then accepts those requirements and attempts to translate them into a program of record. Predictably, the system becomes complex, expensive, and slow to produce. What is insufficiently asked…
Gulf states targeted by Iranian drone strikes are turning to Ukraine for counter-drone expertise and interceptor unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), creating what could become the first large-scale defence-export campaign for Kyiv’s wartime drone industry. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told the UK Parliament on 17 March that 201 Ukrainian military experts are operating across the Gulf region, with a further 34 ready to deploy. Ukrainian Security Council Secretary Rustem Umerov subsequently confirmed that interception units are active in five countries – the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Jordan – with coverage expanding. The deployments followed requests from…
Soldiers train with small uncrewed aircraft systems. Credit: U.S. Army photo by Spc. Doniel Kennedy. The US Army has introduced the Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Marketplace, a new digital platform intended to expedite the procurement process for drone technology. The online storefront, launched on 24 March 2026, will enable US Army units, government agencies, and allied nations to acquire “vetted” uncrewed aerial systems more efficiently. Discover B2B Marketing That Performs Combine business intelligence and editorial excellence to reach engaged professionals across 36 leading media platforms. Find out more Developed in partnership with Amazon Web Services and the Army Enterprise Cloud…
The Tango Charlie, officially designated as the X-61 ISR unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), represents a significant milestone in India’s pursuit of strategic autonomy in defence technology.Developed through a high-stakes partnership between Cingularity Aerospace and the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), this indigenous platform is tailor-made to address the unique security challenges of the Indian subcontinent.By combining Cingularity’s aerodynamic innovation with ISRO’s advanced satellite-link expertise, the developers have created a system capable of mastering the unforgiving atmosphere of the Himalayas. The drone is specifically engineered to patrol the Line of Actual Control (LAC), providing the Indian Army with a persistent eye in…
R. Brobst, B. Bowman & J. Leopold-Cohen, RCD Sometimes people surprise you. That can also happen with weapons systems. Source link
WASHINGTON — Earlier this year, Army Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George said he expected the Bell-Textron-made MV-75 tilt-rotor long-range assault helicopter will be delivered to formations for testing by the end of this year or the beginning of next. But two months later, the Army’s Program Executive Acquisition for Maneuver Air said today it’s “too early to tell” if that timeline is still viable. A lot’s gonna have to do with funding as we go into a new year,” Maj. Gen. Clair Gill told Breaking Defense. “So there are a number of variables that I don’t want to commit…
HUNTSVILLE, Ala.—The Army is sprinting to field drones and counter-drone systems throughout its units, but there are a handful of capabilities they’re still looking for in order to make these new systems viable in combat.That starts with the training environment, Col. Burr Miller, of Security Assistance Group-Ukraine, said Tuesday at the AUSA Global Force Symposium.“I saw many U.S. systems in Ukraine that did not survive contact because they were not prepared for the environment,” he said, calling on vendors to help the Army develop training that models the way drone warfare is actually playing out in Ukraine. One of the key…
A Danish Leopard 2A7 prepares to undertake exercises with the US military in 2025. Credit: US Army Denmark is boosting its Leopard 2 track contract value, awarded directly to KNDS FMI cites increased track demand and says only KNDS can supply them Move fits wider Danish defence spending rises amid heightened security pressures The Danish Ministry of Defence’s Materiel and Procurement Agency (FMI) has moved to increase the value of an ongoing 15-year framework agreement for the supply of tracks for its Leopard 2 tanks, first awarded in 2020. According to a 20 March contract awarded notice, the FMI will…