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8 July

U.S. Air Force Maj. Kristin "BEO" Wolfe, F-35A Lightning II Demonstration Team pilot and commander, deploys flares during her aerial demonstration at the Pacific Air Show, Oct. 2, 2021, Huntington Beach, Calif. This was the first time the F-35 Demo Team deployed flares at a public performance. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Kip Sumner)

US Navy Eyes Thousands of Leonardo Decoys for F-35, F-18 Jets

The US Navy plans to award Leonardo a contract to supply thousands of airborne countermeasures for the service’s F-35 and F-18 combat aircraft fleets.

8 July

Akhsan Erido Elezhar

California Firm Launches Next-Gen EW Shield for Tactical Comms

Silvus Technologies has released Spectrum Dominance 2.0, a firmware upgrade that adds new capabilities to its StreamCaster radios to survive contested environments.

8 July

Ethan M. Encarnacion

US Army Brings ‘Touch’ to Virtual Training With New Haptics Tech

The US Army is looking to bridge the gap between virtual training and real-world combat by integrating haptics technology into its Synthetic Training Environment.

8 July

SPY-7 radar antenna seamlessly integrated into PTC-2.

Christine Casimiro

Japan Accepts First SPY-7 Radar Antennas From Lockheed

The Japanese Ministry of Defense has accepted its first shipset of four AN/SPY-7(V)1 radar antennas from Lockheed Martin, which will be fitted on Tokyo’s first Aegis System Equipped Vessel.

8 July

On-orbit render of a spacecraft resembling Evolved Strategic Satellite Communications (ESS) satellite.

Christine Casimiro

Boeing Clinches $2.8B Deal to Supply ESS Satellites for US

The US Space Systems Command has awarded Boeing a $2.8-billion deal to supply space vehicles in support of the Evolved Strategic Satellite (ESS) Communications program.

8 July

Staff Writer With AFP

US to Send ‘More Weapons’ to Ukraine: Trump

President Trump said the US will send additional weapons to Ukraine, after Russia claimed new gains in its grinding war against its neighbor.

7 July

An F-16 fires an AIM-120D-3 in the final required flight test for the missile variant, developed under the Form, Fit, Function Refresh, known as F3R. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. John McRell)

Inder Singh Bisht

Australia to Buy $1.4B in AMRAAM Missiles for Air Defense, Aerial Strike

The Australian Defense Department will invest 2.12 billion Australian dollars ($1.39 billion) to purchase the latest AMRAAM missile variants.

7 July

Giulia Bernacchi

Canadian Armed Forces Records Highest Recruitment in a Decade

Recruitment in the Canadian Armed Forces has reached a 10-year high, with over 6,700 new enlistees joining within the past year.

7 July

Ethan M. Encarnacion

US Army’s HIMARS to Go Hypersonic

The US Army is gearing up to give its High Mobility Artillery Rocket System a hypersonic boost with the development of the Blackbeard Ground Launch weapon system.

7 July