by | Oct 10, 2023 | Security
WASHINGTON — The suppression of GPS signals in Ukraine amid Russia’s ongoing invasion is informing the development of next-generation U.S. Army navigation and targeting technologies. The service is investing in alternative sources of situational awareness — where...
by | Oct 10, 2023 | Security
ANKARA — Turkey’s leading drone maker, Baykar, will invest $100 million for three projects in Ukraine, including a production units for its Bayraktar TB2 attack drone, the company’s top executive said. In remarks quoted by Ukrinform news agency, company CEO Haluk...
by | Oct 9, 2023 | Security
WASHINGTON ― A West African union is considering diplomatic options in response to the July coup in Niger that ousted democratically elected President Mohamed Bazoum, the head of Ghana’s Army Staff told Defense News on Monday. But Maj. Gen. Thomas Oppong-Peprah also...
by | Oct 9, 2023 | Security
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Army is applying the telemaintenance capability it developed in a parking lot in Poland to its most challenging logistical theater — the Indo-Pacific, according to the head of Army Materiel Command. “It has been a great enabler to the warfight in...
by | Oct 9, 2023 | Security
WASHINGTON ― U.S. Army commanders overseeing forces in the Indo-Pacific outlined on Monday their work with allies and partners in the region to sustain the supply lines that allow the service to maintain forces throughout the broad, diffuse area. “This mesh network of...
by | Oct 9, 2023 | Security
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Army is pursuing a Stinger missile replacement for short-range air defense that can go faster, survive jamming and more easily hit tougher targets like drones, according to the service’s program executive officer for missiles and space. The...
by | Oct 9, 2023 | Security
WASHINGTON — The Army is hoping progress made at Talisman Sabre, the joint U.S.-Australian exercise this summer, could open doors for it to position more equipment in the Indo-Pacific region. The service sees expanding its pre-positioned equipment in the area as part...
by | Oct 9, 2023 | Security
WASHINGTON — Expensive, massive tanks destroyed by small and cheap loitering munitions. Drones helping artillery locate targets. A battlefield so flooded with sensors that it’s impossible to stay hidden for long. Since Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, the Army...
by | Oct 8, 2023 | Security
Editor’s note: This story was updated at 4:20 p.m. EST with additional information. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Sunday he has ordered the Ford carrier strike group to sail to the Eastern Mediterranean to be ready to assist Israel after the surprise attack by...
by | Oct 8, 2023 | Security
Without warning on Saturday, Gaza’s militant Hamas rulers attacked Israel by air, land and sea. Millions of Israelis in the country’s south awoke to the searing sound of incoming rockets and the inevitable thud of impact. Air raid sirens wailed as far north as Tel...
