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DAYTON, Ohio — The Air Force is weighing whether to pull scrapped B-52 Stratofortresses out of the boneyard, according to an Air Force official, prompted in part by the demands of operations in the Middle East. “We can and have looked at bringing B-52s out of Arizona,” Col. Timothy Spaulding, the Air Force’s portfolio acquisition executive for bombers, said Monday in a media roundtable here at the Life Cycle Industry Days conference. Arizona is home to Davis-Monthan Air Force Base where divested aircraft, including the B-52, are sent for retirement.  “That’s not a necessarily easy thing to do, and there’s…

Imagine that you have two powerful friends you cannot afford to lose. One of them often threatens to punish you unless you publicly denounce the other for something you know the other didn’t do. But you comply because you depend on that friend. But now the other friend is watching, and you’re left hoping they will still take your calls. This is the position Sri Lanka often finds itself in with regard to the United States and China. In early July, Sri Lanka issued a gazette to ban the import of goods produced using forced labor. The gazette says that…

Defence Blog Lockheed Martin was awarded up to $347,500,000 to develop a containerized Patriot missile launcher and RIG-360 guidance system for the Army Source link

FARNBOROUGH — The Department of Commerce is dedicated to increased advocacy for the US defense industry in order to push for greater sales abroad amidst international competition, key department officials told Breaking Defense. William Kimmitt, undersecretary of commerce for international trade, acknowledged during an interview at the Farnborough Airshow last week that he has heard directly from US industry that there are concerns that Europe’s increased defense spending will trend towards non-American products. “Yeah, we’re hearing that, and we’re hearing not just competition from within Europe, but also competition from Asia as well in Europe,” Kimmitt said. “But we of…

Since the haphazard and hasty withdrawal of U.S. and allied forces from Afghanistan in the summer of 2021, Washington has not recognized the Taliban – or any other group – as the legitimate government in Afghanistan. Washington asserts that it advocates for an inclusive government that respects human rights, including those of women and minorities.  Since August 31, 2021, the U.S. embassy in Afghanistan has suspended its operations, and the Afghanistan Affairs Unit (AAU) in Qatar serves as the U.S. diplomatic mission for Afghanistan. Despite this, there have been selective contacts between U.S. officials and the Taliban over the past…

Michael Marrow, BrDefense An engine with so-called adaptive turbofan technologies “could” go on the forthcoming F-47 stealth fighter Source link

WASHINGTON — This morning US Central Command announced the imminent stand-up of a joint US-UAE task force to advance AI in the two allies’ militaries. Grandly named “Task Force Talon Synapse,” the effort is set to launch “in the coming weeks,” according to the CENTCOM release. The team will be based in the United Arab Emirates capital of Abu Dhabi and “will consist of approximately 20 American and Emirati personnel with expertise in AI, data, and cybersecurity.” Talon Synapse will be “the first bilateral task force focused on accelerating the development of military artificial intelligence,” the CENTCOM statement says, with…

Saab to deliver two GlobalEye AEW&C planes to Middle East in 2030. Credit: Saab. Saab has received an order valued at Skr10.1bn ($1.03bn) for two GlobalEye Airborne Early Warning & Control (AEW&C) aircraft from an undisclosed country in the Middle East, with delivery expected in 2030. The Swedish defence company stated that, due to industry practices and national security considerations, it will not disclose further details about the customer or the order. Discover B2B Marketing That Performs Combine business intelligence and editorial excellence to reach engaged professionals across 36 leading media platforms. Find out more GlobalEye is designed to provide…

Independent journalist and author Snigdhendu Bhattacharya joins host Tushar Shetty to examine what the Cockroach Janata Party protests reveal about the erosion of India’s democratic institutions. They discuss the satirical origins of the movement and the exam-leak grievances that fueled it, Sonam Wangchuk’s hunger strike and the government’s effort to brand the protesters as foreign funded, and the forcible removal of Wangchuk and the police crackdown of July 20.  They also cover the sidelining of Parliament and the collapse of the opposition as a channel for dissent, the Election Commission’s loss of credibility after the disputed electoral roll revision in…