The US Army chief, Gen. Randy George, offered an intriguing possible win for AUKUS Pillar 2: "a common controller" for unmanned systems, allowing the three allies to exchange systems.
The ITN phase is expected to deliver, for the first time, a full breakdown of requirements and costs for industry for the estimated $1.3 billion program.
The restart will involve BAE Systems UK and US-based supply chain, and first deliveries are expected in 2025.
The 11-month lease of US Army Iron Domes to Israel could be extended “depending on factors on the ground," Army acquisition head Doug Bush said today.
"The Department of Defense is currently engaged in planning to support the provision of U.S. Iron Dome batteries to Israel," an official said.
Ukraine has said it will use the US-made tanks sparingly, and analysts told Breaking Defense they're unlikely to make an immediate strategic impact — unless there's a breakthrough.
The Army plans to "to design a more survivable, lighter tank that will be more effective on the battlefield at initial fielding, and more easy to upgrade in the future," the service announced tonight.
Airbus have brought the new helicopters to market in a bid to “capture advantages of the US export system” and the Foreign Military Sales process, said Scott Tumpak, vice president of military helicopters at Airbus US.
Some 200 Ukrainians, a mix of veteran tankers and other "well-trained" soldiers, are in their third week of training on the American main battle tank.
“It’s getting after interoperability. Obviously, we don't fight alone and it's going to take a team of teams to fight,” said Maj. Gen. Wally Rugen.
“We're very confident that [in] FY24 we're able to maintain the investments that we need in order to deliver the modernization strategy that we've set forth,” Undersecretary of the Army Gabe Camarillo.
At IDEX, Russia's pavilion was just yards away from a US Army setup showing off the kind of anti-tank weapons used daily in Ukraine.