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Defense One Radio, Ep. 165: Mark Montgomery’s insights from Ukraine
Defense One Radio, Ep. 165: Mark Montgomery’s insights from Ukraine - Defense One
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New solid-rocket maker aims to start production next year
Colorado-based propulsion company Ursa Major plans to start building solid rocket motors next year at scale—moving from concept to production in just a year and a half. “We have, in the last 18 months, rapidly scaled our internal team…
Defense officials to talk acquisition, business priorities Nov. 13
The coming months will be a time of transition across the U.S. military, with a new president-elect and administration likely to lay out new defense priorities in the face of increasing conflict around the globe.Many ongoing Pentagon…
‘Every single American’ a target of election interference, former DHS official says
Foreign adversaries aiming to influence next week’s election and sway the outcome of the presidential race are targeting “every single American” in their efforts, a former Department of Homeland Security official warned Thursday.Suzanne…
The D Brief: Russia’s foreign-made drones; Ukraine’s EW-hardened drones; China’s $50B littoral…
Ukrainian UAV wars: Russia launched 2,023 attacks against Ukraine using Iranian-designed drones last month, Ukrainian officials announced Friday. Those drones would have required an estimated 170,000 “foreign components,” including…
US-made jam-resistant drones helped Ukrainians cut through Russia EW
When Russian jamming neutered the recon drones flown by a group of Ukrainian special operators near Dnipro in August, they turned to a new solution: V-BAT drones built to withstand the massive electronic interference used by both sides in…
Pilot error blamed for crash of F-35 that flew for 11 minutes after ejection, investigation finds
The crash of an F-35 stealth fighter jet that went missing for more than 24 hours after the pilot ejected was caused by pilot error, a Marine Corps investigation found—but multiple system failures and bad weather contributed to the…
The D Brief: N. Korea tests big ICBM; Aussies’ arms ambitions; Pentagon ups recruiting goals; China…
North Korea tested what appears to be its farthest-flying missile yet early Thursday. Pyongyang’s state-run media and White House officials both confirmed it was an intercontinental ballistic missile launched at about 7 a.m. local time from…
Military services upping recruiting goals after rebound in 2024
After years of shortfalls, nearly all of the U.S. military’s active-duty components met their recruiting goals this year—and plan to increase those goals in 2025.The military services recruited 225,000 people in fiscal year 2024—25,000 more…
Maxar’s working on a 3D-mapping tool to replace GPS
If GPS goes down, could aircraft navigate by comparing what they sense around them to detailed three-dimensional maps? A major satellite imagery company believes so.Maxar’s nascent Pinpoint tool will use a drone’s video feed to infer its…
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