Yearly Archive: 2020

RAF Typhoons in Lithuania Intercept Russian ELINT Aircraft

RAF Typhoons in Lithuania Intercept Russian ELINT Aircraft

Royal Air Force Typhoon fighter jets deployed to Lithuania on a NATO policing mission have carried out their first intercept of the operation, on a Russian Military Aircraft off the Baltic coast. The Typhoons launched on 2nd June 2020 to intercept a Russian IL-20 Coot Intelligence, Surveillance and …
US Army Awards Contract to Research Off-Road Autonomy

US Army Awards Contract to Research Off-Road Autonomy

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. — The Army awarded $2.9M to eight academic and industry partners for first-year funding of its newest program focused on expanding its autonomy enterprise.

The U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command’s Army Research Laboratory created the Scalable, Adaptiv…

BAE Wins Role in Darpa Squad-X Autonomy Research Program

BAE Wins Role in Darpa Squad-X Autonomy Research Program

MERRIMACK, N.H. — Squad X prime contractor Lockheed Martin has awarded BAE Systems a contract to provide key autonomy and artificial intelligence capabilities that aim to advance the effectiveness of tactical robotic air and ground vehicles and create true partnerships between ground warfighters –…
Korea to Pay Pentagon’s Korean Employee Labor Costs

Korea to Pay Pentagon’s Korean Employee Labor Costs

The Department of Defense has accepted the Republic of Korea’s (ROK) proposal to fund the labor costs for all U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) Korean National (KN) employees through the end of 2020.

The lapse of last year’s 10th Special Measures Agreement (SMA), in which the Republic of Korea partially s…

Spacecom, Space Force Officials Discuss Planetary Defense

Spacecom, Space Force Officials Discuss Planetary Defense

It’s possible one day an asteroid may threaten the Earth and the threat would need to be mitigated — possibly by the U.S. military. It’s a scenario considered in a paper titled “Whither Space Power?” co-authored by two Air Force officers in 2002.

“Should be found on a collision course, whose job …

Space National Guard Would Cost $100M -$490M per Year: CBO

Space National Guard Would Cost $100M -$490M per Year: CBO

CBO examines two options for establishing a Space National Guard to support active component Space Force personnel, estimating the additional costs beyond those incurred for existing Air and Army National Guard units that have space-related missions.

SUMMARY

The National Defense Authorization …

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