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V-22s won’t return to full flight operations until mid-2025
The U.S. military’s fleet of V-22 Ospreys won’t be allowed to fly unrestricted missions for another year, officials said, because of still-unaddressed risks with the tiltrotor aircraft. “Today, we are methodically looking at material…
Defense One Radio, Ep. 155: The future of Taiwan’s security with Mick Ryan
Defense One Radio, Ep. 155: The future of Taiwan's security with Mick Ryan - Defense One
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The D Brief: Air raid on Kyiv; WH responds to House defense bill; Estonia’s drone hotbed; US crime…
The U.S. is transferring one more Patriot air defense system to Ukraine, officials told the New York Times and Associated Press Tuesday. There’s already one such U.S.-provided Patriot system inside Ukraine. The second one will be…
China’s overseas bases aren’t a big threat—yet: RAND
China’s growing interest in opening more military bases abroad does not pose a big threat to U.S. forces in the next six years, RAND concludes in a new report out Monday. China is not well positioned to build foreign bases or run them in a…
Europeanize NATO to save it
When NATO members gather next month to celebrate the alliance’s 75th anniversary, they must seize the opportunity to inoculate the vital collective-defense organization against shifts in U.S. geopolitical priorities.The argument that the…
Rheinmetall opens repair center for armored vehicles in Ukraine
A center for repairing German armored vehicles opened in Ukraine on Monday, making Germany’s Rheinmetall one of the first foreign arms producers to establish a facility inside the besieged country. The center, located in western…
How Estonia is becoming a hotbed for drone warfare
TALLINN—With a close eye on Ukraine’s use of drones, Estonians are fielding new kit, changing doctrine, and revamping training for unmanned systems in case they also have to repel a Russian invasion one day. Estonia — a country with a…
The D Brief: Chinese boat in Taiwanese river; Ask AI to 3D-print a drone; Army’s mobile trainers;…
An alleged former Chinese naval officer managed to sail a speedboat up a “strategic river mouth” that leads to Taiwan’s capital city of Taipei, and now authorities on the self-governing island are investigating how it could have happened,…
Move Guardsmen into the Space Force? You’ll lose most of them instead
Senior Air Force officials have scoffed at surveys that show that only 14 percent of Air National Guard space professionals would be willing to transfer to the Space Force if it absorbs their units.Apparently, these officials believe that…
Air Force’s Mideast drone unit eyes a ‘stateside element’
The Qatar-based U.S. Air Force task force that’s been experimenting with unmanned technologies—including AI-designed, 3D-printed drones—may add a component on U.S. soil.The small group, based at Al Udeid Air Base, has a three-year…
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