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Air Force meets recruitment goals, eyes 20% increase in 2025

Defense News - 20:20 Sep 17, 2024

The Air Force plans to add about 377 more recruiters to help it meet next year's ambitious goal.
Norway’s Kongsberg to open new Virginia missile production plant

Defense News - 20:06 Sep 17, 2024

Amid global demand, Kongsberg will build a new facility to produce Naval Strike Missiles and Joint Strike Missiles in Virginia.

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New Navy contracts boost battle command, electronic warfare potential

Defense News - 19:48 Sep 17, 2024

The new contracts will advance or replace existing systems on Navy aircraft.
Domain awareness, counterspace systems top Space Force budget needs

Defense News - 18:01 Sep 17, 2024

Awareness of the space domain and the means to protect and fight against threats are top needs for service, according to the chief of space operations.
Italy to buy 25 extra F-35 fighter jets under new budget

Defense News - 17:55 Sep 17, 2024

Rome will also invest half a billion euros in 2024 on development of the Global Combat Air Programme sixth-generation fighter.
Hezbollah pagers explode across Lebanon, injuring thousands

Defense News - 16:35 Sep 17, 2024

A Hezbollah official said the new brand of handheld pagers used by the group first heated up, then exploded, killing at least two of its members.

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Emphasis on electronic warfare a must, Air Force secretary says

Defense News - 15:09 Sep 17, 2024

“My own experience suggests that this is a historically neglected area that can have an oversized impact."
Austria flaunts air power, considers purchasing new trainer jets

Defense News - 14:00 Sep 17, 2024

The country's recent Zeltweg air show has brought an impending decision back into focus.
France plans low-orbit demonstrator that can target other satellites

Defense News - 13:01 Sep 17, 2024

The nanosatellite won’t be weaponized, though it may include a “dazzling” capacity, according to the general in charge.
How US Air Force special ops is allowing airmen the ‘freedom to fail’

Defense News - 13:00 Sep 17, 2024

The Air Force is changing up how it evaluates special operations.
New missile allows Marine pilots to strike far, avoid air defenses

Defense News - 12:00 Sep 17, 2024

Marine fighter pilots now have a missile that can strike targets up to 230 miles away, keeping aviators out of the range of many air defense systems.

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India orders hundreds of new engines for Su-30MKI fighters

Defense News - 10:03 Sep 17, 2024

The contract, worth more than 260 billion rupees or US$3.1 billion, will see the first engine handed over to the Indian Air Force after a year.
AC-130J lands at Kirtland as US Air Force streamlines gunship training

Defense News - 23:00 Sep 16, 2024

Consolidating AC-130J Ghostrider training into one location will reduce gunship training by 30 days, the U.S. Air Force said.

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Pentagon to oversee $3 billion effort to strengthen microchip supply

Defense News - 20:34 Sep 16, 2024

The program aims to create a production capability that specifically addresses military requirements for advanced semiconductors.
Houthi rebels claim they shot down another US MQ-9 Reaper drone

Defense News - 17:04 Sep 16, 2024

Brig. Gen. Yahya Saree, a Houthi military spokesperson, claimed it was the third MQ-9 drone downed by the group in a week.

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Leonardo plans upgrades for its UK operations, as leaders meet

Defense News - 16:50 Sep 16, 2024

The Italian defense group will invest £435 million ($575 million) in the UK this year, including upgrades to its helicopter production line.
New Zealand Air Force receives first Super Hercules cargo plane

Defense News - 16:31 Sep 16, 2024

The fleet will eventually comprise five aircraft, decided in a $1 billion deal that goes back to 2020.
Personnel shortages may force US Air Force pilots to fly non-fighters

Defense News - 14:00 Sep 16, 2024

A U.S. Air Force memo outlines a “significant but necessary” policy change to pilot assignments.

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US Air Force plans to bed down 25 F-35s in FY26, report says

Defense News - 13:00 Sep 16, 2024

The report also outlines the service’s procurement schedule to reach a fleet of nearly 1,800 of the aircraft by 2049.
Anduril unveils modular, high-production Barracuda cruise missiles

Defense News - 12:00 Sep 16, 2024

"You can take it apart like Lego blocks," chief strategy officer Chris Brose said of Barracuda's modular subsystem design.