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SDA and MDA need to characterize the Earth's infrared background -- which has "a lot of complex shapes to it, clouds, land and stuff like that" -- in order to "pull out the dim signal" of a hypersonic missile, an SDA official explained. Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus spacecraft. (Northrop)...

Russian-controlled armed groups have been hindering access of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to the temporarily occupied territories of Donetsk and Luhansk regions and obstructing flights of the Mission’s UAVs. That’s according to the press service of the Joint Forces Operation...

The Commander of the Hellenic Army Air Force, Giorgos Koumendakis, has not submitted his resignation and remains in his current position, the General Army Command (GES) and Greece’s Defense Minister said in separate statements on Monday evening. Greek media reported earlier in the day that...

An Antares rocket carrying a Cygnus resupply spacecraft is raised into a vertical position at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia, February 5, 2020. Aubrey Gemignani / NASA via Getty Images Sensors in relatively low orbits may be the...

HENSOLDT modernises short-range air defence identification systems As sensor and cryptographic solutions provider, HENSOLDT France is delivering its IFF identification system (IFF= Identification Friend of Foe) , the Mode 5-capable MSR1000I interrogator for GBAD systems to MBDA. An initial...

The Air Force last week approved the KC-46 for limited refueling missions under requests from the U.S. Transportation Command, the branch announced. File Photo by Marian Lockhart/Boeing Aug. 9 (UPI) -- After years of issues, the U.S. Air Force has begun using the KC-46A aircraft's refueling...

SEOUL, Aug 10 (Reuters) - South Korea and the United States will face even greater security threats for going ahead with scheduled joint military drills due to begin this week, Kim Yo Jong, a powerful North Korean official and sister of leader Kim Jong Un said on Tuesday. South Korea and the...

For years, Mozambican President Felipe Nyusi maintained he would not allow foreign troops on Mozambican soil after the country fought an independence war and then a civil war to win and keep its independence. However, things changed in April when rebels stormed the port of Palma, killing 55...

The successor of Major Ivo Kardoš, Captain Ondřej Španko, has now passed certification to become the Czech Air Force's fifth Gripen display pilot. The new Czech Air Force Gripen display pilot will perform his stunts at various air shows in the future including the NATO Days and the Air Force...

Vice-Chairman of the Indonesian People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) Syarief Hasan. ANTARA/HO/FR Jakarta (ANTARA) - Indonesian People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) Vice-Chairman Syarief Hasan opined that Indonesians Army's (TNI AD's) joint exercise with the US Army is a commitment to boosting...

File Royal navy picture of the UK CSG. The task group led by Portsmouth-based carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth has passed through the Strait of Malacca (between Malaysia and northern Indonesia), rendezvousing with a number of navies along the way. Royal Navy press release Over the...

In an effort to accelerate the commercial development of hypersonic aircraft and propulsion systems, the U.S. Air Force is investing in the Hermeus Corporation – a U.S. based aerospace company – via a $60 million jointly funded contract that was awarded July 30. Currently, the company is...

Receives Increment II/III award to replace aging deep-water and new shallow-water ranges Sustains and enhances airborne, surface and undersea Navy readiness and proficiency Extends 60-year partnership providing Navy with undersea training range technology The U.S. Navy has awarded L3Harris...

Navantia picture. The offer submitted by Navantia to the Polish Ministry of Defence to build three frigates in a Technology Transfer (ToT) program has been selected in a ‘short list’ along with two other finalists. Navantia press release Now, Navantia will participate in the...

Datuk Seri Muez Abd Aziz said there were 3,647 reports on cyber security incidents in the first four months of this year involving online fraud, intrusions and malicious codes, and the ministry and Malaysian Armed Forces (MAF) also felt the impact. — AFP pic KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 3 ― The Defence...

The USS Carl Vinson and its strike group headed out from San Diego on Monday for the Indo-Pacific region, carrying an air wing of F-35C Lightning II fighter jets -- the first time the Navy has deployed the stealth planes on its carriers. The 41-year-old Nimitz-class aircraft carrier completed...

Romanian Gepards fire at targets during a July exercise. NATO Back in 2017, NATO stood up a new battlegroup in order to beef up the flagging defenses along the alliance’s eastern frontier. NATO’s Enhanced Forward Presence Battlegroup Poland—widely know as “Battle Group Poland”—could...

The Egyptian army announced on Sunday that it had killed 89 top terrorists in North Sinai recently, without specifying a date. It also announced that eight armed forces members were either killed or wounded during the same period. A statement from the General Command of the Egyptian Armed...

Japan's Minister of Defense Nobuo Kishi says the world must protect Taiwan from China Japan's Minister of Defense Nobuo Kishi is calling on all nations to take note of China's aggression towards Taiwan. Kishi says that the international community needs to apply more pressure on China. He says...

Contractor Northrop Grumman is set to adapt it's SEWIP system for larger deck ships to protect against incoming anti-ship missiles. (Northrop Grumman). WASHINGTON — The U.S. Navy’s ship-based electronic countermeasure system will provide an unlimited supply of ammunition against incoming...