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AUSA 2019: US Army’s IBCS could enable joining offensive and defensive fires
Northrop Grumman in May delivered to the US Army the first production-representative engagement operations centre for the IBCS. Source: Northrop GrummanUK RAF chief endorses US Air Force’s Digital Century Series effort
Both the UK's Tempest (pictured) sixth-generation fighter effort and the US Air Force's Digital Century Series seek to find new ways of working with each nation's industrial bases. Source: Crown CopyrightTurkey launches offensive into northeastern Syria
Turkish-backed Syrian fighters are seen with an ACV-15 APC in the Syrian border town of Tal Abyad on 10 October 2019. Source: Hisam el-Homsi/Anadolu Agency via Getty ImagesGrowing backlash in US to Trump’s Syrian pullback
US troops patrol in the Syrian border town of Ras al-Ayn on 6 October, the day their withdrawal was announced by Donald Trump. Source: Delil Souleiman/AFP via Getty Images
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AUSA 2019: Leonardo DRS eyes US Army requirements for OBVP power system
Leonardo DRS hopes to see US Army requirements established soon for its On-Board Vehicle Power (OBVP) system to help push the technology into service more quickly. The company is talking with US Army officials responsible for establishing and delivering power needs for the service, Carlos Aguirre,
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AUSA 2019: US Army talks network dependency, concerns
US Army leaders have used the Association of the US Army 2019 (AUSA 2019) annual conference to tout progress developing a host of next-generation weapons systems while also acknowledging that the network piece of the equation could derail everything. During the 2019 show, a host of civilian and
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AUSA 2019: SMDC updating US Army’s space training strategy
The US Army’s space training strategy is to be updated in the next three to four months, Lieutenant General James Dickinson, head of Army Space and Missile Defense Command (SMDC), told reporters on 16 October at the annual Association of the United States Army 2019 (AUSA 2019) conference in
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Russia, Saudi discussions are guarded on S-400 procurement
Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed closer defence equipment co-operation with Saudi Arabia on his first visit to the country since 2007, news agency TASS reported on 15 October. In talks with King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud in Riyadh on 14 October, Putin “discussed the possibility
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AUSA 2019: US Army selects LTAMDS contractor, mum on the choice
The US Army missed its end of fiscal year (FY) 2019 timeline for picking a single Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor (LTAMDS) vendor but said it has now decided and hashing out the terms the deal. Brigadier General Brian Gibson, the head of the army’s Air and Missile Defense
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Widening scope: The return of the Russian sniper
Russia's use of snipers fell away after the Second World War, but conflicts in Syria and Ukraine have seen them return, engaging their opposite numbers, co-ordinating air strikes, and enhancing the firepower and effectiveness of regular units. Samuel Cranny-Evans reports -
UK agencies respond to challenge of recruiting and retaining cyber-skilled staff
Cyber security is a top-tier threat for the United Kingdom, but national intelligence and law enforcement agencies face a 'cyber skills gap' when it comes to recruiting and retaining specialist staff. Matthew Redhead assesses the UK agencies' efforts to build a new 'Generation Cyber' -
Leaderless resistance drives Hong Kong protests
Protesters in Hong Kong SAR and the government of mainland China have fundamentally different conceptions of media and messaging. Dr Ryan Manuel examines how these differences mean that the two sides have consistently talked past each other since the Hong Kong protests began in March 2019
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Arms and Security 2019: Ukraine’s Yuzhnoye introduces new supersonic ASM development
Key Points Design bureau Yuzhnoye has detailed its progress on a new Ukrainian ASM called the Bliskavka The missile is designed to exceed the performance of the Russian Kh-31 ASM Ukrainian design bureau Yuzhnoye has revealed the next phase of a previously unannounced programme to develop a
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Taliban attack two northern Afghan cities as latest round of peace talks with US concludes
The Taliban militant group launched attacks on Puli Khumri, the capital of Afghanistan’s Baghlan Province, on 1 September just a day after it overran several parts of Kunduz City, the capital of Kunduz Province, as the militants ramp up combat operations across the Central Asian country in an
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Co-ordinated insurgent offensive in northeastern Myanmar threatens trade with China, potentially increasing its role in peace talks
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Assassination attempt against Afghan Taliban leader indicates factional conflict and greater Islamic State capability after US withdrawal
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Conditions and tensions at refugee camp in Syria's Hasaka will likely create an incubator for Islamic State ideology
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UK Chief of Defence Intelligence looks to OSINT
Publicly available data will be the backbone of the UK military’s situational awareness in future conflicts and crises, according to the country’s Chief of Defence Intelligence (CDI), Lieutenant-General James Hockenhull. Speaking at a briefing at the Defence & Security Equipment
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Co-ordinated insurgent offensive in northeastern Myanmar threatens trade with China, potentially increasing its role in peace talks
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Assassination attempt against Afghan Taliban leader indicates factional conflict and greater Islamic State capability after US withdrawal
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Conditions and tensions at refugee camp in Syria's Hasaka will likely create an incubator for Islamic State ideology
