Defense innovation industry white paper
The US National Defense Strategy calls for a “broad and deep change in how we produce and manage military capability”. A key component of driving this change includes adapting and fortifying our defense innovation ecosystem with an emphasis on private sector collaborations – specifically with contractors, investors, and the broader early-stage technology start-up sphere. Properly […]
US Homeland Security Reveals Guide to Enhance Cyber Incident Reporting
The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has introduced new recommendations to streamline the reporting of cyber incidents across the Department of Defense and 32 other federal agencies. The guide is expected to further protect the country’s vital infrastructure, reduce the burden on cybersecurity partners, and decrease the downtime of associated operations in each sector […]
Russia Restarting Production of T-80 Tanks After 27 Year Halt: How Will the New Variants Look?
Russia’s second largest tank factory at Omsktransmash is working to restart production of the T-80 tank, which will supplement current production of the T-90M and T-14 tanks at the Uralvagonzavod factory located in the Ural Mountains. Production of the T-80 is thought to have ended in 1996, with the disintegration of the Soviet Union leading […]
Senate confirms new Joint Chiefs chairman, set to vote on Marine and Army chiefs in political twist
The US Capitol. (Photo by Anna Rose Layden/Getty Images) WASHINGTON — The US Senate tonight confirmed Air Force Gen. CQ Brown as the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and is poised to approve two other top military officers to key posts, the first break in a logjam caused by a blanket hold […]
TurnOnGreen to Manufacture Power Distribution Systems for MLRS
TurnOnGreen segment Digital Power Corporation (DPC) has received a $344,000 contract from an “industry-leading” defense company to produce distribution systems for Multiple Launch Rocket Systems (MLRS). Under the contract, DPC will work with the partner to fabricate and assemble multiple improved distribution box 3s or IEDB3s. The resulting boxes will be modeled for the MLRS […]
Ukrainian Officer Reveals 80-90% Casualty Rates Among ‘Cannon Fodder’ Conscript Units
Senior conscription officer in Ukraine’s Poltava Region Lieutenant Colonel Vitaly Berezhnyon September 15 revealed that units have been taking very extreme casualties in combat with Russian forces, providing the latest of multiple indications that personnel losses are becoming increasingly unsustainable. “Out of 100 people who joined the units last fall, 10-20 remain, the rest are […]
US in ‘no win’ situation after Canada suggests India involved in assassination
India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi (R) shakes hand with Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau ahead of the G20 Leaders’ Summit in New Delhi on September 9, 2023. (EVAN VUCCI/POOL/AFP via Getty Images) WASHINGTON — The accusation by Canada that the Indian government may have taken part in a political assassination on Canadian soil has thrust […]
China Military Rocket Force Admits ‘Shortcomings’ in Rare Incident
In a rare incident, China’s military rocket force admitted to facing several “shortcomings” after conducting a series of field exercises. Since last month, the rocket force reportedly conducted at least two drills to improve its combat readiness. Communist Party members visited the training sessions “multiple times” to assess the force’s capabilities and preparedness. However, in […]
How Soviet MiG-25 Interceptors Took Out the U.S. Air Force’s Top Fighter in a 1991 Air Battle: Missile Exchange Over Iraq
During the 1990-91 Gulf War the F-15C/D Eagle fighter and MiG-25PD Foxbat interceptor were the most capable aircraft fielded by the air forces of the United States and Iraq in terms of their air to air combat capabilities. The former was undisputedly the top fighter fielded by any Western air force, and would remains so […]
‘No easy answers’: Biden admin juggling pathways to send Taiwan weapons, but no line skipping
Two US-made F-16V jet fighters are seen on the run way at an air force base in Chiayi county in Taiwan on March 25, 2023. (Sam Yeh/AFP via Getty Images) WASHINGTON — As the Biden administration searches for ways to speed defense articles to Taiwan, a senior State Department official told Breaking Defense that having […]