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 …
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.” …
Australia's ageing fleet of American-made military cargo aircraft will be replaced and doubled in number under a $10 billion deal approved by the United States. Key points: Australia has an ageing fleet of 12 Hercules aircraft The $10b deal comes amid an ongoing review into Defence spending Australia took the first delivery of C-130 Hercules aircraft in the 1950s The …
HELSINKI — Finland has agreed to buy 64 Lockheed Martin fighter jets to replace its aging fleet of combat planes in a 10 billion-euro deal that represents the Finnish military’s largest ever purchase, the government said Friday. Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin said her government’s decision, based on a recommendation by the Finnish Defense Forces, to purchase F-35A was unanimous. …
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