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The Indian Air Force has established the Directorate of Aerospace Design (DAD), a specialised unit poised to revolutionise indigenous aerospace development. This new directorate serves as a pivotal bridge between the military, industry, research and development institutions, and academia. By fostering seamless collaboration, DAD aims to pinpoint niche technologies with high potential for defence applications.At its core, DAD’s mandate involves identifying cutting-edge aerospace technologies that can be adapted into home-grown war-fighting solutions.These efforts align closely with India’s broader push for self-reliance in defence manufacturing, emphasising the conversion of conceptual innovations into deployable assets. The directorate will play a crucial role…

Alan Dowd, RealClearDefense The Middle East War has opened a new chapter in the decades-long struggle between the community of nations and the Islamic Republic of Iran—a chapter that… Source link

WASHINGTON — As US allies in the Middle East fend off Iranian missile and drone strikes, the US today announced a slew of potential “emergency” Foreign Military Sales for high-dollar equipment that could replace munitions and systems used in the fight. In a series of notices posted online, the State Department said it’s ready to greenlight deals including $8 billion-worth of Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor radars and associated equipment for Kuwait. The United Arab Emirates could see a $4.5 billion deal for a long-range radar and other equipment to work with Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD)…

A-10 Thunderbolt IIs are strafing boats in the Straits of Hormuz as part of President Trump’s war on Iran, and at least some experts say it shows why the venerable aircraft should remain in service.”The A-10 Warthog is now in the fight across the southern flank and is hunting and killing fast-attack watercraft in the Straits of Hormuz,” Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said during a Pentagon press briefing on Thursday. The Defense Department posted images of the A-10 flying in U.S. Central Command airspace this week. CENTCOM praised the Warthog’s capabilities, noting in an X…

The UK Ministry of Defence has contended with multiple pressures to its budget. Credit: UK MoD/Crown copyright UK Defence Committee left blindsided by new MoD Permanent Secretary hailing a Treasury funding announcement MPs queried Jeremy Pocklington’s suitability for the role, citing a lack of experience in defence sector or the MoD Committee warned new funding plan may duplicate Nato/European procurement bodies and lacks detail or scale Flanked by key UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) lieutenants, the new Permanent Secretary, Jeremy Pocklington, prepared to present the UK parliament’s esteemed Defence Committee with a scoop hot off the press. The announcement was…

India’s consideration of joining either the Global Combat Air Program (GCAP) or the Future Combat Air System (FCAS) marks a significant inflection point in its long-term airpower strategy.The Indian Air Force, already grappling with a shortfall of squadrons, is acutely aware that delays in the Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA) and the retirement of legacy fighters have created a widening gap against China’s rapidly advancing stealth aviation.With Beijing fielding two operational stealth fighters and testing sixth-generation prototypes, New Delhi’s planners are keen to avoid a scenario where AMCA induction in the mid-2030s leaves India technologically behind just as sixth-generation systems…

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In this edition of The Pentagon Buzz, Editor-in-Chief Aaron Mehta chats with Jules Hurst, who is performing the duties of the Pentagon’s comptroller, about the topic on everyone’s mind: the fiscal 2027 budget, expected to reach $1.5 trillion. But just how will that money be spread out? And when will the budget be delivered? Watch to find out more, and keep an eye for part two of their discussion coming soon. Source link

When Secretary of War Pete Hegseth gave Anthropic a deadline to renegotiate its contract with the Pentagon to include “all lawful purposes” or be designated a supply chain risk — a classification typically reserved for adversarial foreign firms like Huawei — he framed it as a fight against “woke AI.” “Department of War AI will not be woke,” Hegseth declared during a speech at SpaceX in mid-January 2026. “We’re building war ready weapons and systems, not chatbots for an Ivy League faculty lounge.” Later on, President Donald Trump lambasted Anthropic as a “RADICAL LEFT, WOKE COMPANY.”The public confrontation, and the unprecedented…

The UK held a meeting with Middle East representatives on 18 March. Credit: UK MoD via X The UK appears to be attempting to repair the damage caused by its perceived weak response to the Iran-Middle East crisis, holding a meeting with representatives of GCC and Middle East states where it affirmed its support for the region. In an 18 March release, the UK Government confirmed that it would acquire additional Lightweight Multirole Missiles (LMM) to supply British forces and countries in the region. Manufactured by Thales in Belfast, the LMM had already proven “highly capable” for air defence in…