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Enduring Shield is Dynetics' solution to the U.S. Army's counter to cruise missile threats. The company hopes to win a contract to build prototypes of the Indirect Fire Protection Capability by the end of this fiscal year.
More Missiles: Is This China’s War Strategy Against America? The Chinese DF-21D and DF-26 continue to get a lot of attention as tested operational weapons armed with various explosives and long-range precision guidance systems. Here's What You Need to Remember: The distance from Beijing, China to Tokyo, Japan, for instance, is listed as 1,304 miles, a distance well within the attack range of the DF-26’s 2,000-mile strike range (note: some sources have this as higher). This tactical threat scenario also applies to large numbers of crucial U.S. surveillance and strike platform assets based...
U.S. Military Leaders Are Worried about the Proposed 2022 Budget—Here’s Why Even with an Afghan drawdown, there would be absolutely no sensible basis upon which to reduce the size of Army end strength. Senior Army leaders may be showing some concern about the yet-to-be-announced 2022 budget request, adding that they would rather not be forced to choose between “better weapons and more soldiers” due to competing budget demands and planned expenditures. The question, cited in an article from Defense One, quotes Acting Sec. John Whitley as telling Congress “I think there is a lot of ri...
By Theresa Hitchens on May 07, 2021 at 12:45 PM Lockheed Martin’s Project Hydra WASHINGTON: Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works has demonstrated a capability for F-22 and F-35 fighter jets to share situational awareness data in flight — via a U-2 spy plane kitted out with the company’s ‘translation’ software, says Dan Markham, Skunk Works director of JADO/BMC2. Lockheed also transmitted data from the F-35 to a ground station using a Navy datalink, TTNT, and then on from there to an Army network, IBCS. “This is really the first time that all three of those live platforms in the a...
USAF demonstrates in-flight communication between F-35 and F-22 jets 04 May 2021 (Last Updated May 4th, 2021 16:32) The US Air Force (USAF) has demonstrated in-flight communication between F-35 and F-22 stealth jets during a flight test. Share Article The US Air Force (USAF) has demonstrated in-flight communication between F-35 and F-22 stealth jets during a flight test. The initiative, named Project Hydra, utilised an Open Systems Gateway (OSG) payload on board the U-2 spyplane to connect the fighter jets. Conducted jointly by USAF, the Missile...