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US Navy Opens Tech Bridge Center in London

US Navy Opens Tech Bridge Center in London

Today the U.S. Navy’s acquisition chief announced during the United Kingdom’s Atlantic Future Forum the establishment of the London Tech Bridge—the first in a location outside the United States.

“London Tech Bridge makes 13 overall and our first overseas location,” said James Geurts, assistant se…

Russian Defense Ministry Mulls Opening Office in Serbia

Russian Defense Ministry Mulls Opening Office in Serbia

BELGRADE — The Russian Defense Ministry is planning to open an office in Serbia as Moscow pushes to expand military ties with its traditional Balkan ally.

Serbia’s Defense Ministry said on October 20 that “legal proceedings” have been launched that would allow an agreement between the two count…

USAF to retrain WSOs as B-21 pilots

The U.S. Air Force is planning to retrain some of its weapons systems officers (WSO) from the bomber track as pilots for B-21 stealth bomber. Maj. Gen. Mark E. Weatherington, 8th Air Force commander, said this will reduce that number of weapons systems officers in the B-1 and B-52 fleet by one-third to a half. […]

RoKAF will not assign new South Korea nickname for its RQ-4

Bucking the trend, the Republic of Korea Air Force (RoKAF) will not be assigning a local nickname for the RQ-4. Photo: U.S. State Department Instead, the unmanned air vehicle will still be called Global Hawk. The service had given the nickname “Freedom Knight” to the F-35A last year. Separately, Korea Herald reports that the Tasking, […]

Indonesia rejects U.S. requests for ground support of P-8A

The U.S. government made requests in July and August this year to Indonesia for its P-8A to land and refuel in the South East Asian country but those requests were rejected. Darren Koch (GFDL 1.2 or GFDL 1.2), via Wikimedia Commons Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo personnaly rejected those requests, Reuters reports. For more information, hit […]
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