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Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering Sikorsky’s R66 Turbinetruck is set to carry up to 2,500 pounds without a crew onboard under a new $15.5 million Marine Corps contract Source link

When the US and Israel began military operations against Iran on Feb. 28, Russia was quickly identified as a chief beneficiary of the chaos that ensued. It’s easy to see why: The Trump administration’s lifting of U.S. sanctions on Russian oil and the surge in global energy prices has helped Moscow with its budget deficit and is providing a boost to its defense spending. Amid Washington’s pivot to the Persian Gulf, the rift between the U.S. and NATO partners is widening. For the Kremlin’s global information network, the U.S. military’s operations in the Middle East have provided an abundance of…

India’s crude oil imports averaged 4.4 million barrels per day between 1 and 26 April, marking a decline of about 15 per cent compared with February’s intake of 5.2 million barrels per day. This reduction highlights the strain on supplies as regional disruptions continue to weigh on energy flows.Efforts by the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia to bypass the Strait of Hormuz have provided some relief, ensuring that crude shipments to India remain steady despite the ongoing crisis.Industry executives have suggested that the UAE’s exit from OPEC is unlikely to cause significant disruption to global oil markets, with alternative…

T. Newdick, The WarZone The MQ-58 with conventional landing gear will mark the beginning of the Marines’ operational Collaborative Combat Aircraft journey, with other types likely to… Source link

WASHINGTON ― The US Air Force now plans to divest its E-11 Battlefield Airborne Communication Node (BACN) aircraft and is seeking to retire the fleet in fiscal 2028, according to officials. The divestment plan was revealed in written testimony [PDF] submitted jointly by Air Force Secretary Troy Meink, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Kenneth Wilsbach and Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman to the House Appropriations defense subcommittee today. An Air Force spokesperson told Breaking Defense following the hearing that there are seven E-11s in the current fleet, and confirmed that the plan is to replace them with…

Replacing the dozens of U.S. aircraft that have been damaged or destroyed in the Iran war will require more money than the staggering $1.5 trillion defense budget, the Air Force’s top general said. Air Force Gen. Kenneth Wilsbach, the service’s top uniformed leader, told House lawmakers Thursday that the historic defense budget is focused on buying more fighters, bombers, and tankers for the service’s fleet. Those losses in Iran have made additional funding from Congress outside the 13-figure budget request necessary, he said during a defense appropriations subcommittee hearing.“We hope to be able to address this in a supplemental, for the…

Air India Engineering Services Limited (AIESL) is pressing ahead with a significant expansion of its Maintenance, Repair, and Overhaul (MRO) capabilities at Nagpur, with the ambition of transforming the site into a premier global aviation maintenance hub by 2026.The initiative is designed to attract international airlines, broaden technical expertise, and extend service offerings across both Boeing and Airbus fleets, positioning Nagpur as a key player in the global aviation ecosystem.A central element of this expansion is the pursuit of European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) certification for base maintenance of Airbus aircraft. Securing this approval would allow the facility to…

National Defense The Marine Corps’ Modular Advanced Radio Architecture is a top priority for its tactical communications and electromagnetic warfare systems office Source link

WASHINGTON — Ten months after Congress passed its reconciliation effort, only $26 billion of the roughly $152 billion earmarked for defense has been placed on contract, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said today. However, Hegseth told members of the Senate Armed Services Committee that the money is set to start flowing soon, saying, “we’ve got the floodgates about to open and apply to those priorities.” Formally known as the One Big Beautiful Bill, the sprawling megabill included additional multi-year funding for an array of defense initiatives including Golden Dome, two Arleigh Burke-class destroyers, munitions, nuclear modernization and more. Although that legislation…

It’s been two months since the U.S. began strikes on Iran without authorization from Congress, so the clock is about to run out on the legal amount of time a president has to carry out a military operation without congressional approval. But the administration has given no indications they hope to make Operation Epic Fury legal.Asked during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing Thursday whether an authorization or extension request are coming, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth demurred, arguing that the current ceasefire with Iran has paused the 30-day clock.“I do not believe the statute supports that,” Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va.,…