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US National Guard Long range deployment of HIMARS by C130 from MIchigan to California (3200 km) and extraction to home base. HIMARS manned by the Michigan National Guard. Airlift by the Rhode Island Air National Guard...

I Corps's 25th Infantry Division, out of Hawaii, is currently one of the US Army's lead experimental forces. I lost its Strykers and it is down to two brigades mounted on ISVs. It has lost its Cavalry and each MBCT consists of three infantry battalions and a Multi-Function Reconnaissance...

About time and all.

https://www.ft.com/content/d9117016-8402-4a1c-84b1-f2101d1a56c4?syn-25a6b1a6=1 The privatisation of defence continues. Drone detection and jamming as part of the commercial securitry system. Kinetic kills are still off limits unless over designated and authorised sensitve installations and...

And that would be a classic case of adopting hope as a course of action. They tried that in the Free State.

More on the Ghost Bat Newer, bigger https://interestingengineering.com/military/boeing-ghost-bat-block-3

https://militarnyi.com/en/news/quantum-systems-introduces-pulse-p19-multi-role-aircraft-designed-for-drone-interception/ Optionally manned at the flip of a toggle switch. Easily certified in Europe as a manned aircraft. Easily converted to unmanned operation. Easy to remove the cockpit...

USROBOCOM? Alongside USSOCOM USSTRATCOM USTRANSCOM USCYBERCOM USSPACECOM https://breakingdefense.com/2026/06/sascs-1-14t-defense-policy-bill-creates-combatant-command-for-drones/

Lockheed bought Divergent and invested 25 MUSD. 12 months later they had a 3D printed, robot assembled, UAV. Software included. https://defence-blog.com/lockheed-skunk-works-built-new-drone-using-3d-printing/

https://taskandpurpose.com/news/ivas-headset-never-used/ “The expected time frame for major programs to deliver an initial capability now exceeds 12 years,” GAO wrote. “When requirements are unstable or overly ambitious, programs pursue systems they are not ready to build,” Malone said. "the...

Had the Afghan mission continued and a TAPV been fielded I suspect that the same people who were welding boiler plate to HUMVEEs would have promptly field modified the vehicle to something that actually worked for them.

Everything is a compromise. I suspicion that the majority opinion is that the compromise got it wrong.

The MQ-28 has already demonstrated the ability to launch the AIM-120 AMRAAM, in similar fashion to the German Cobra 600 launching an IRIS-T.

AUKUS in the air The Boeing Australia MQ-28 Ghost Bat CCA can be handed off from RAAF to USAF and RAF fighter control. https://aviationweek.com/defense/aircraft-propulsion/common-standard-opens-cca-sharing-between-australia-us

https://www.armyrecognition.com/news/aerospace-news/2026/germany-reveals-cobra-600-uav-to-launch-iris-t-missiles-beyond-ground-air-defense-range So this UAV is designed as a booster for the IRIS-T SAM. It extends the range of the IRIS-T and provides a loitering capability. In many respects it...

That applies to both the LAV II APC (Bison) and the CAVS. The Bison VC was the gunner. He was behind the driver and the MG pintle. The LAV 25 / Coyoter VC was in the turret, as is appropriate for an AFV. The CAVS are not AFVs. They are PMVs/APCs for transporting troops. Just like the Roshel...

Understood. Did we improve the MSFV when we specced the TAPV?

My concern is not with the Americans but our own "Canadian" lobbyists. And the concern is not with where the money goes but on what the money is being spent. The 20 year plans for fighters and ships and subs aren't my biggest concern. It is the 2 to 5 year plans for small arms, UxVs, GBAD...

https://defence-blog.com/us-restarts-production-of-armored-vehicle-to-send-65-to-ukraine/?amp The original "TAPV" is now back in production for Ukraine. .... The one thing where I think the TAPV, and the Patria CAV, has an advantage over the LAV II is the position of the driver and VC. The...

If we are talking about taking up civilian vessels from trade....you don't need to use the cabins just because you have them.