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After China, Vietnam Builds on Disputed Pearson Reef in Spratlys

After China, Vietnam Builds on Disputed Pearson Reef in Spratlys

Vietnam appears to be doing new construction and land-filling on a remote reef it occupies in the disputed South China Sea, commercial satellite imagery shows.

The feature in question is Pearson Reef in the Spratly island chain. Vietnam has occupied the reef since 1978 and has previously reclaime…

Russia Slams German Minister’s Statements on Nuclear Deterrence

Russia Slams German Minister’s Statements on Nuclear Deterrence

MOSCOW — The German military attache in Moscow was summoned to Russia’s Defense Ministry where he was handed a note and told that statements by German Defense Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer on nuclear deterrence of Russia provoked tension in Europe, the Russian Defense Ministry reported on Mo…
What Options for the US Air Force’s Future Fighter Force?

What Options for the US Air Force’s Future Fighter Force?

ARLINGTON, VA — The Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies is pleased to announce a new Research Study, The Future Fighter Force Our Nation Requires: Building a Bridge, by Heather Penney, Senior Resident Fellow at the Mitchell Institute.

The U.S. Air Force’s fighter force is in crisis. After …

GD, Epirus Team to Enhance Next-Gen Ground Combat Vehicle

GD, Epirus Team to Enhance Next-Gen Ground Combat Vehicle

WASHINGTON — General Dynamics Land Systems announced today a Strategic Teaming Agreement with Epirus, Inc., a high-growth technology company developing directed energy systems that enable unprecedented counter-electronics effects.

GD and Epirus will collaborate to integrate the Leonidas direct…

GA-EMS, Boeing to Develop Laser Weapon Prototype for US. Army

GA-EMS, Boeing to Develop Laser Weapon Prototype for US. Army

SAN DIEGO — A General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) and Boeing team has been awarded a U.S. Army Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office (RCCTO) contract to develop a 300kW-class solid state Distributed Gain High Energy Laser Weapon System. Delivery will be a 300 kW-class d…
After Sweden, US Demos Fast HIMARS Deployment in Latvia

After Sweden, US Demos Fast HIMARS Deployment in Latvia

On Monday, October 25, the landing exercise of the US Special Operations Forces aircraft MC-130J Commando II took place at Spilve Airport in Riga, demonstrating the rapid delivery and deployment of the High Mobility Rocket Artillery System (HIMARS).

The delivery and deployment of the HIMARS miss…

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