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Russia races ahead of NATO in weapons production for Ukraine war: SIPRI
3 weeks ago

Russia races ahead of NATO in weapons production for Ukraine war: SIPRI

Al Jazeera  

Despite a defence budget 10 times Russia’s, new report lays bare how NATO is unable to turn spending power into firepower in a crisis. New research shows that the revenues of Russia’s top defence contractors outpaced those of their United States and European counterparts last year, as they increased weapons production more effectively than their Western rivals. While Russia’s leading …

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Why Elon Musk wants US to do away with manned fighter jets
4 weeks ago

Why Elon Musk wants US to do away with manned fighter jets

Firstpost  

Citing the growing potential of autonomous drones, Elon Musk has criticised the Pentagon’s $1.8 trillion F-35 programme, calling it outdated. File Image/Reuters Elon Musk, the billionaire entrepreneur and CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, has called for a shift away from manned fighter jets in favour of autonomous drones. Sharing a video of synchronised drone swarms flying in complex formations, Musk …

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Fears over Boeing's plan to create AI-controlled killer jets for US military - despite slew of scandals
3 months ago

Fears over Boeing's plan to create AI-controlled killer jets for US military - despite slew of scandals

Daily Mail  

Aerospace giant Boeing — which has already stranded two NASA astronauts in space this year — now plans to build lethal, AI-piloted fighter planes. It is one of the several robotic fighter jets competing to become the Pentagon's killer AI drone fleet Above, an early production photograph documenting the systems installation and integration testing of the AI-powered killer drone's landing …

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Lockheed teams up with TASL to bid for IAF transport aircraft order
3 months, 1 week ago

Lockheed teams up with TASL to bid for IAF transport aircraft order

Hindustan Times  

US aerospace firm Lockheed Martin and Tata Advanced Systems Limited on Tuesday announced a tie up to bid for the Indian Air Force’s medium transport aircraft competition for up to 80 planes. “Collaborating with Lockheed Martin on the C-130J platform proposition for IAF’s MTA project is a milestone for Tata Advanced Systems,” said TASL CEO Sukaran Singh. The agreement provides …

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Tech bros are betting they can help win a war with China
4 months, 1 week ago

Tech bros are betting they can help win a war with China

Live Mint  

Palmer Luckey was an executive at Facebook when he first spoke with venture capitalist Trae Stephens about starting a weapons company. The newcomers’ hope is that the Pentagon will eventually kill off what Luckey calls “old legacy zombie programs," like expensive jet fighters and attack helicopters, and instead buy autonomous weapons, like drones and uncrewed submarines. Luckey says he’s dreamed …

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Lockheed Martin subsidiaries reach $70 million settlement for claims they overcharged Navy for parts
6 months ago

Lockheed Martin subsidiaries reach $70 million settlement for claims they overcharged Navy for parts

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Two Lockheed Martin subsidiaries have …

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Forget Biden's "pause": Israel is destroying Gaza with a vast arsenal of U.S. weapons
7 months ago

Forget Biden's "pause": Israel is destroying Gaza with a vast arsenal of U.S. weapons

Salon  

On May 8, as Israel escalated its brutal assault on Rafah, President Biden announced that he had “paused” a delivery of 1,700 500-pound and 1,800 2,000-pound bombs, and threatened to withhold more shipments if Israel went ahead with its full-scale invasion of Rafah. Lest one think the administration is truly changing its position, two days after announcing the pause, the …

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‘Divest from Israel’: Decoding the Gaza protest call shaking US campuses
7 months, 3 weeks ago

‘Divest from Israel’: Decoding the Gaza protest call shaking US campuses

Al Jazeera  

It’s a central demand in the pro-Palestine student protests on college campuses. However, in a statement posted to X on Monday, Columbia Students for Justice in Palestine claimed the direct investments account for “a mere 6.12 percent of Columbia’s $784m publicly traded investments”. Students made efforts to persuade NYU to divest from companies including “GE, Lockheed Martin, Caterpillar and Boeing …

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Australia challenged on ‘moral failure’ of weapons trade with Israel
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Australia challenged on ‘moral failure’ of weapons trade with Israel

Al Jazeera  

Regular protests have been taking place outside Australian firms making crucial components for the F-35 fighter jet. Last month, Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles insisted that there were “no exports of weapons from Australia to Israel and there haven’t been for many, many years”. “It’s an appalling moral failure, and it is almost certainly a gross breach of international law.” …

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India raises first MH-60R sqn in Kochi; Navy chief hails capabilities
9 months, 2 weeks ago

India raises first MH-60R sqn in Kochi; Navy chief hails capabilities

Hindustan Times  

Navy chief Admiral R Kari Kumar on Wednesday hailed the navy’s new MH-60Rs as among the most potent multi-role helicopters in the world, saying they will significantly enhance India’s maritime capabilities to secure its national interests. With their cutting-edge sensors and multi-mission capabilities, the MH-60Rs will augment our maritime surveillance and anti-submarine warfare capabilities,” he said as the navy raised …

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‘Good job’: Texas University students grill Lockheed representative, questioning firm's complicity in war crimes
9 months, 3 weeks ago

‘Good job’: Texas University students grill Lockheed representative, questioning firm's complicity in war crimes

Hindustan Times  

In the midst of the ongoing Israel-Hamas war, pro-Palestine protestors at the University of Texas at Dallas confronted Lockheed Martin's Senior Fellow, expressing concerns about their involvement in contentious projects and the ethical implications surrounding the deaths of children in Gaza. Protesting the defence contractor's presence in the university, ‘Students for Justice in Palestine’ club members questioned Lockheed Martin Corporation, …

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Good times for the military-industrial complex: American arms makers cashing in on conflict
1 year, 1 month ago

Good times for the military-industrial complex: American arms makers cashing in on conflict

Salon  

The New York Times headline said it all: “Middle East War Adds to Surge in International Arms Sales.” The conflicts in Gaza, Ukraine, and beyond may be causing immense and unconscionable human suffering, but they are also boosting the bottom lines of the world’s arms manufacturers. In his nationally televised address about the Israel-Hamas and Russia-Ukraine wars, President Biden described …

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Defense contractors spent $70 million lobbying ahead of annual defense budget bill
1 year, 1 month ago

Defense contractors spent $70 million lobbying ahead of annual defense budget bill

Raw Story  

This article originally appeared in OpenSecrets. Baker Donelson’s PAC and employees also made contributions to members of Congress in positions overseeing the defense sector in the first half of 2023, including over $10,000 to Kaine’s campaign committee and PAC. In addition to the money companies in the defense sector spent on lobbying, the sector made a total of $3 million …

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A 3D map of an eerie asteroid
1 year, 2 months ago

A 3D map of an eerie asteroid

BBC  

A far-off asteroid brought to life in 3D Brian May and Claudia Manzoni The asteroid Bennu is one of the most likely objects to collide with Earth – and a time capsule from the Solar System's early days. The team also enlisted the help of an English rock guitarist, whose lifelong interest in both outer space and 3D-imaging techniques helped …

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National security at 'high risk' as 'old school' methods degrade government security practices
1 year, 4 months ago

National security at 'high risk' as 'old school' methods degrade government security practices

Raw Story  

When news broke that 21-year-old Massachusetts Air National Guard airman Jack Teixeira leaked defense documents on the social network Discord, experts and concerned citizens alike began questioning who vetted this low-level service member who potentially caused grave damage to national security. “It's a totally messed up system.” Tracking security clearances the ‘old school’ way A 2023 report from ClearanceJobs, a …

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Defense industry dollars flowed to a Democratic senator after he gained a key role on spending
1 year, 6 months ago

Defense industry dollars flowed to a Democratic senator after he gained a key role on spending

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — As Democrat Jon Tester headed for a surprise victory in his 2006 U.S. Senate race, he attacked his incumbent Montana Republican rival’s close ties to lobbyists and committed himself to a rigorous ethics standard. Spokeswoman Sarah Feldman said in a statement, “Every decision he makes is based on one thing: what’s in the best interest of Montana and …

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Is a four-day workweek as good as it sounds? California employees share what it’s really like
1 year, 7 months ago

Is a four-day workweek as good as it sounds? California employees share what it’s really like

LA Times  

It’s after noon on a recent Wednesday, and the kitchen and patio at ThredUp’s Oakland headquarters are packed. “I think we’re going to see more interest in this from the policy side, as well as from employers that are looking for ways to keep workers, to attract new workers and to keep their workers healthier.” The snacks are free, but …

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Explained: What NASA's Artemis Moon base will look like
1 year, 7 months ago

Explained: What NASA's Artemis Moon base will look like

Firstpost  

The next time NASA goes to the Moon, it intends to stay. “It’s the Super Bowl of engineering,” Neal Davis, lead systems engineer for the Lunar Terrain Vehicle at space company Dynetics, told AFP. But it probably won’t be until later Artemis missions — 7 onwards — “where we’re starting to look at adding permanent habitations on the surface,” said …

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Helicopters in Kentucky crash are versatile Army workhorses
1 year, 8 months ago

Helicopters in Kentucky crash are versatile Army workhorses

Associated Press  

Two U.S. Army Black Hawk medical evacuation helicopters crashed during training Wednesday night in Kentucky, killing nine soldiers. The Black Hawk is a twin-engine, four-bladed, medium-lift, utility helicopter developed for the U.S. Army since the 1970s by Sikorsky Aircraft of Stratford, Connecticut. The Black Hawk is built in multiple configurations for a wide range of missions including cargo lift, combat …

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How X-planes may solve the sonic boom problem
1 year, 8 months ago

How X-planes may solve the sonic boom problem

BBC  

How X-planes may solve the sonic boom problem Lockheed Martin Shrouded X-59 under construction Rocket-powered and shrouded in secrecy, X-planes helped pave the way for the US space programme: Now they have another mission – taking the boom out of supersonic travel. H Armstrong Roberts/ClassicStock/Getty Images The Bell X-1 was the first X-plane to achieve supersonic flight The X-1 looked …

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Indo-US air power connect: Why there is a pitch for an American fighter
1 year, 10 months ago

Indo-US air power connect: Why there is a pitch for an American fighter

Firstpost  

The U.S. defence sales in the last over a decade have mostly been in the military aviation sector. US military aircraft in India IAF first ordered the Lockheed C-130J-30 Super Hercules aircraft in early 2008 for special operations under the US government’s Foreign Military Sales program. Boeing also has a huge presence in military aircraft with Indian Air Force’s C-17, …

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WATCH: US fighter jet F-22 Raptor shoots down Chinese spy balloon
1 year, 10 months ago

WATCH: US fighter jet F-22 Raptor shoots down Chinese spy balloon

Firstpost  

The Chinese surveillance balloon was shot down by a Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor jet from Langley Air Force Base in Virginia off the coast of South Carolina New York: Moments from the video when a US fighter jet shot down a suspected Chinese spy balloon off the coast of South Carolina on Saturday have gone viral on social media. Moment …

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Lockheed Martin ramps up F-16 production for possible supply to Ukraine
1 year, 10 months ago

Lockheed Martin ramps up F-16 production for possible supply to Ukraine

Firstpost  

New York: US fighter jets F-16 which was once denied by India for its less efficient primary long-range air-to air weapon, the AMRAAM, may be used by Ukraine for fighting Russia. A Financial Times report quoted chief operating officer of Lockheed Martin, Frank St John saying that the company was “going to be ramping production on F-16s in Greenville to …

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As the war rages on and military spending booms, the US arms industry is a big winner in Ukraine
1 year, 11 months ago

As the war rages on and military spending booms, the US arms industry is a big winner in Ukraine

ABC  

As the war in Ukraine heads towards the one-year mark, so far there has been only one clear winner — the US arms industry. The MIC was already a "powerful force", and in response to Ukraine the US has stripped away many safeguards to protect against waste and price gouging, Mr Hartung said. Production for Lockheed Martin's popular Javelin anti-tank …

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