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U.S. Naval Forces Central Command announced last week that Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGCN) vessels shined a laser multiple times at a U.S. Marine Corps AH-1Z helicopter in …
Iranian IRGCN Vessels Shine Laser at USMC Helicopter Read More
Talk: National Perspectives on the Recruiting Challenge Speakers: Brig Gen Peter Van der Tuin – Director Human Resources Royal Netherlands Army; Kapitän Stephan Küttler – Federal office for Personnel Management, …
Military Recruiting Across the Globe: The Netherlands, Germany, Japan, and France Read More
Moderator: Sylvia Pfeifer, Industry Correspondent – Financial Times Speakers: Richard Berthon, Director Future Combat Air – Ministry of Defence Herman Claesen, Managing Director – Future Combat Air Systems – BAE …
GCAP: A Trilateral Update Read More
Talk: Angela Owen OBE of Women in Defense UK, in conversation with Maj. Gen. Tom Bewick OBE, GOC Army Recruiting & Initial Training Interviewer: Angela Owen, Founder – Women in …
Recruiting a Diverse British Army Read More
Talk: Project Zeus: Visioneering the future operating environment on the principles of sustainability, adaptability and mitigation Speakers: CPO Pete Spayne, Royal Navy FutureNEST Representative Neve Parker, Business Manager, FutureNEST George …
UKNEST Royal Navy Future Concepts: 2050 Read More
The primary objective of the U.S. Army’s Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) program is to produce a next-generation scout aircraft to replace the previously retired Bell OH-58 Kiowa Warrior. FARA …
BRIEFER: Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) – U.S. Army Read More
A Center for a New American Security (CNAS) report released last month argues the U.S. must strengthen its investments and align strategic planning for precision-guided munitions (PGMs) to meet the …
Think Tank Report Addresses DOD’s Precision-Guided Munitions Planning Read More
Germany, France, and Spain’s Future Combat Air System (FCAS) program represents a major European tri-national effort to design and build a sixth-generation fighter aircraft. Similar to related fighter programs, like …
BRIEFER: Future Combat Air System (FCAS) Read More The Global Combat Air Program (GCAP) is a multinational collaborative project aimed at producing a sixth-generation fighter aircraft by the United Kingdom, Italy, and Japan. GCAP is the merging result …
BRIEFER: Global Combat Air Program (GCAP) Read More
The U.S. Air Force Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) program is designed to replace the F-22 Raptor with a sixth-generation fighter capable of operating and achieving air superiority in the face of advanced integrated air …
BRIEFER: Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) – U.S. Air Force Read More