Yearly Archive: 2020

As the role of robotic and autonomous systems becomes more important within the Australian Defence Force, building trust in autonomous systems is critical to the technology’s uptake.

Autonomy gives a robot the ability to become a teammate and work with human operators and other robotic systems. A…

HANSCOM AFB, Mass. — The Air-to-Ground Tactical Data Links team, headquartered at Hanscom Air Force Base, has been working to provide the Department of Defense with an anti-jam, hack-proof and high-frequency radio system to improve communication with allies.

In July 2018, the DOD chief informat…

Lithuania’s and Germany’s cooperation on military training will intensify. It has been provided for in an agreement extension on cooperation in the area of military training by the Ministry of National Defence of Lithuania and the Federal Ministry of Defence of Germany.

The amendment to the bila…

MESA, ARIZ — MD Helicopters, Inc. (MDHI) announced two independent contract awards from Army Contracting Command-Redstone to support allied operations of the MD 530F Cayuse Warrior helicopter.

The first contract, worth $6.1 million, requires MDHI to retrofit 18 legacy MD 530F helicopters operat…

Defence Ministers of Russia, General of the Army Sergei Shoigu, and of Kazakhstan, Lieutenant General Nurlan Yermekbayev signed an interstate agreement on bilateral military cooperation in Nur-Sultan.

It is worth noting that this is an unprecedented document. Usually, in such cases, an intergover…

NATO member states will this week announce the creation of a space center in the air force high command base in Ramstein, Germany, according to reports. It would monitor, and in time likely protect, friendly satellites.

According to the reports, it will join with the NATO air force high command i…