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29 July

The RAF's latest fast jet trainer, the Hawk T2 is pictured during a flight over the beautiful scenery of North Wales. Based at RAF Valley on the Isle of Anglesey, the TMK2 Hawk is designed to train fast jet fighter pilots air combat and tactical weapons use, preparing them for front line operational aircraft like the Typhoon and Tornado.

BAE to Test Augmented Reality on British Hawk Trainer Jet

BAE Systems has signed a contract to test an augmented reality solution aboard the UK Royal Air Force’s Hawk T2 training aircraft.

29 July

Pictured are Soldiers deployed on Exercise Army Cyber Spartan taking part in creating traffic for the network in order to enable the Blue and Red teams taking part in the exercise to complete their tasks. Exercise Army Cyber Spartan 5 (ACS5) is an offensive and defensive cyber exercise on a live network with the aim to attract the widest talent. Ex. ACS5 welcomes participation from across the Field Army, with units invited to form Blue teams consisting of 10 people each with up to 30 Blue Teams in total. The Blue Teams are the exercising troops and are defending and administering representatives systems and services in a military context, whilst ensuring continued access to user. The Red Team are the opposing force (OPFOR) and their role is to attempt a series of exploits to gain access to information or disrupt normal service operation. These are the actions that the Blue Team are defending against.

Rojoef Manuel

QinetiQ to Administer British Thundercloud Military Management System

QinetiQ has received a contract to supervise the UK Ministry of Defence’s Thundercloud military data management system.

29 July

Inder Singh Bisht

Spain to Send Additional Hawk Air Defense Battery to Ukraine

Spain will send another Hawk air defense system to Ukraine in September, Minister of Defense Margarita Robles told her Ukrainian counterpart last week.

29 July

Staff Writer With AFP

Polish MPs Allow Security Forces to Use Arms With Impunity

Polish lawmakers voted to allow the security forces to use lethal weapons with impunity in response to active threats, including at the Belarus border.

26 July

Lithuanian Armed Forces military campus in Šiauliai

Rojoef Manuel

Lithuania Inaugurates Military Training Facility in Šiauliai

Lithuania has launched a military training facility in Šiauliai, finalizing a three-site armed forces campus expansion across the country.

26 July

Joe Saballa

Russia Now Offering $22,000 Sign-On Bonus to Fight in Ukraine

New Russian military recruits could receive a staggering $22,000 sign-on bonus to reinforce the country’s frontline units in Ukraine.

26 July

Rojoef Manuel

Greece Procures First F-35 Jets From US

Greece has signed an agreement to formalize the acquisition of its first F-35 Lightning II fighter jets from the US.

26 July

Image shows Protector aircrafts PR009 and PR010 side by side outside 31 Squadron at Royal Air Force Waddington on the 19th July 2024.

Rojoef Manuel

General Atomics Delivers Second MQ-9B Protector to British Air Force

The UK Royal Air Force has accepted its second MQ-9B Protector from General Atomics at Waddington station in Lincoln.

26 July

Staff Writer With AFP

Kyiv to Get Dutch, Danish Leopard 2 Tanks by Summer

The Netherlands and Denmark will deliver 14 Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine "before the end of summer," saying Kyiv "urgently" needed more military support.

26 July