Yearly Archive: 2022

Exercises Enhance NATO Allied Air and Missile Defenses

Exercises Enhance NATO Allied Air and Missile Defenses

SHAPE, Belgium — RAMSTEIN LEGACY 22 synchronises multiple NATO exercises including Ramstein Legacy (Surface Based Air and Missile Defence), Ramstein Guard (Electronic Warfare), and Ramstein Alloy (Live-Fly) to maximise the effectiveness of training with strong focus on tactical level and real-worl…
Chiefs of NATO and EU Military Staffs Prepare Madrid Summit

Chiefs of NATO and EU Military Staffs Prepare Madrid Summit

On 10 June 2022, the Director General of the NATO International Military Staff (IMS), Lieutenant General Hans-Werner Wiermann welcomed his counterpart from the European Union Military Staff (EUMS), Vice Admiral Hervé Bléjean and his staff to NATO HQ for the bi-annual IMS-EUMS Directors’ General Conf…
Lithuania to Arm its Bayraktar Combat Drone

Lithuania to Arm its Bayraktar Combat Drone

On June 10 the Ministry of National Defence signed a contract with Laisvės TV on targeted support which commits the MoD to procure weaponry for the Bayraktar TB2 UVA for the money crowdfunded by the Lithuania public. The UAV is donated to Lithuania by Türkiye’s Baykar.

“Türkiye will give the U…

Northrop Wins $40M for Further Tests of MQ-4C Triton Airframe

Northrop Wins $40M for Further Tests of MQ-4C Triton Airframe

Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., San Diego, California, is awarded a $40,651,605 cost-plus-fixed-fee order (N0001922F0910) against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N0001920G0005).

This order provides Full Scale Fatigue Test (FSFT) and Effects of Defects (EoD) for the Triton MQ-4C unm…

US Defense Department Moving Toward Data-Driven Future 

US Defense Department Moving Toward Data-Driven Future 

In April, the Defense Department hired a former computer science professor and head of machine learning for Lyft to elevate digital and artificial intelligence strategy development and policy formulation.  

As chief digital and artificial intelligence officer, Craig Martell is responsible for ac…

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