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NATO Airmen to Go Into 4-Week Quarantine Before Iceland Patrols

NATO Airmen to Go Into 4-Week Quarantine Before Iceland Patrols

Italian airmen who are scheduled to conduct air patrols of Icelandic airspace in mid-June will first have to go through quarantine totalling four weeks, the Icelandic Coast Guard has announced.

The airmen will have to undergo a medical examination, with samples taken from them for testing, and be…

The Risks of Autonomous Weapons in Future US-Russia Confrontations

The Risks of Autonomous Weapons in Future US-Russia Confrontations

What advances in artificial intelligence (AI) will mean for the future battlefield remains opaque. Mainline discourse is overly influenced by exaggerated forecasts such as that reflected in Russian President Vladimir Putin’s often repeated 2017 declaration that “whoever becomes the leader” in the sp…
Lockheed Wins $18M for Norway-Italy F-35 Reprogramming Lab

Lockheed Wins $18M for Norway-Italy F-35 Reprogramming Lab

Lockheed Martin Corp., a Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is awarded an $18,670,070 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract (N00019-20-C-0052) for the procurement of maintenance and sustainment operations support for the Norway Italy Reprogramming Laboratory systems and consumables in suppor…
Canada Awards Contract for New Multi Role Boats

Canada Awards Contract for New Multi Role Boats

OTTAWA — As part of this investment for the RCN, a contract valued at $35 million was awarded to Zodiac Hurricane Technologies of Delta, B.C. for the acquisition of 30 new multi-role boats.

These new boats will replace the rigid hull inflatable boats currently used on the RCN’s fleet of Halifa…

US Army Tests Anti-Drone ‘Smart Scope’ in Syria

US Army Tests Anti-Drone ‘Smart Scope’ in Syria

Images of U.S. soldiers in the Syrian desert training with an advanced electronic aiming system on their rifles have offered the first indication that the Israeli-made device was being field tested by the U.S. military.

The photos — posted on the Defense Visual Information Distribution Service — …

UK Website Marks Decade of Challenging MoD Drone Secrecy

UK Website Marks Decade of Challenging MoD Drone Secrecy

A key aspect of our work over the past decade has been to challenge the secrecy that surround the use of armed drones. The Pentagon and the Ministry of Defence (MoD) insist that many aspects of these operations must remain secret in order to protect lives and national security. And in some cases, t…
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