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NATO Sees $145B in Munitions Needs, as Members All Hit 2 Percent GDP for First Time

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NATO officials have identified up to $145 billion in shared munition and air defense requirements across member-states, with Secretary General Mark Rutte vowing to push weapon production as a top priority at the next NATO summit.

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Silvus Technologies adds Login Authentication to StreamScape ATAK Plugin

By The Editor on Mar 30, 2026 06:55 am


Silvus Technologies has just released an update to its StreamScape ATAK plugin, that brings the full power of StreamCaster MANET radios directly to any ATAK-enabled End User Device (EUD). This latest update introduces Login Authentication, adding a critical layer of security with username and password requirements to protect your network from unauthorized access. The free-to-use StreamScape […]


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NAVAIR Selects Near Earth Autonomy for Unmanned Ship-to-Shore Operations in Contested Maritime Environments

By The Editor on Mar 30, 2026 06:50 am


The Naval Air Systems Command has awarded Near Earth Autonomy a contract to develop an aircraft-agnostic autonomy solution for ship-to-shore and shore-to-ship operations through an Other Transaction Agreement (OTA) under the Naval Aviation Systems Consortium (NASC). The work will advance the U.S. Marine Corps’ capabilities for unmanned logistics missions in contested maritime environments. Most unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) […]

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BRINC’s Guardian – the Next Era of Drone as First Responder

By The Editor on Mar 30, 2026 06:45 am


BRINC, a leading American developer of public safety drones, has announced Guardian, its most advanced 911 response drone to date. Designed to transform Drone as First Responder (DFR) operations, Guardian introduces major upgrades in connectivity, autonomy, and deployment. Notably, it is the world’s first Starlink-connected drone, enabling reliable communication virtually anywhere—even where traditional networks fail. […]

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NATO and Ukraine Activate Next Steps for UNITE – Brave NATO Innovation Programme

By The Editor on Mar 30, 2026 06:15 am


Following its announcement in November 2025, NATO and Ukraine have unveiled the next steps for the first Ukraine-NATO Innovation, Technology and Engineering (UNITE) – Brave NATO competition. NATO and Ukraine will fund a collective €10 million in contract awards to teams of Allied and Ukrainian companies. Innovators from across the Alliance and Ukraine can now access […]

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Successful first demo flight: Airbus’ uncrewed Bird of Prey interceptor autonomously engages kamikaze drone with Frankenburg missile

The Airbus Bird of Prey interceptor drone successfully completed its first demo flight.
Copyright: Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2026

Munich, Germany, 30 March 2026 – The Airbus ‘Bird of Prey’ interceptor drone successfully completed its first demonstration flight at a military training area in northern Germany. In a realistic mission scenario, it autonomously searched, detected and classified a medium-sized one-way attack (kamikaze) drone. After successful identification, the Bird of Prey interceptor engaged the target with a Mark I air-to-air missile developed by defence tech start-up partner Frankenburg Technologies.

“Against the current geopolitical and military backdrop, defending against kamikaze drones is a tactical priority that urgently needs to be tackled,” said Mike Schoellhorn, CEO Airbus Defence and Space. “With our Bird of Prey and Frankenburg’s affordable Mark I missiles, we are providing armed forces with an effective, cost-efficient interceptor, filling a crucial capability gap in today’s asymmetric conflict theatres. The integration of Bird of Prey into Airbus’ air defence battle management suite IBMS acts as a force multiplier.”

“This is a defining step for modern air defence,” said Kusti Salm, CEO of Frankenburg Technologies. ”Together with Airbus, it marks the first integration of a new class of low-cost, mass-manufacturable interceptor missiles onto a drone, creating a new cost curve for air defence and enabling defence against mass aerial threats at a fundamentally different scale.”

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Flight Safety Information  - March 30, 2026    No. 063

In This Issue



: Incident: Swiss A320 at Zurich on Mar 29th 2026, rejected takeoff due to suspected bird strike


: Incident: Serbia A319 at Helsinki on Mar 28th 2026, rejected takeoff due to engine trouble


: Aircraft Cabin Air International Conference - 22-23 September 2026 (London)


: Incident: Corendon B738 at Delhi on Mar 28th 2026, engine failure


: Accident: Malta Air B738 enroute on Mar 26th 2026, severe turbulence causes injuries


: Incident: Easyjet Europe A320 at Naples on Mar 27th 2026, cleared for takeoff despite car on runway


: Incident: Swiss A21N at Zurich on Mar 26th 2026, lightning strike


: Incident: Canada B38M over Atlantic on Mar 27th 2026, FMC problems


: FBI responds after Chicago-bound American Airlines flight diverted to Detroit, officials say


: Documents reveal 2 close calls between jets, military helicopters 1 day before deadly midair collision at D.C. airport


: New power bank restrictions will safeguard international aviation


: EASA warns non-airworthy stolen engine parts could re-enter the market

Eurocontrol med human factors stoff som alltid er aktuelt

 

Don't let an "expeditious mindset" result in you or your inexperienced crew lacking the mental capacity to do the job

On 30 July 2023, an aircraft departed Toulouse from an intersection other than the one from which it was cleared to use without the flight crew or the tower controller noticing the error. The available takeoff distance was 500 metres less than required, and rotation occurred with only approximately 500 metres of runway remaining. The crew error was attributed to a combination of “high workload and expeditious mindset, limited attentional capacity, sub-optimal performance and confirmation bias." That the tower did not notice the crew error was assessed as a contributory factor which allowed the incorrect takeoff to occur.




 


USA i dag

 

Det har gått over styr for Hegseth

THE HILL

Hegseth injects combative Christianity into America’s military

Sjekk https://tinyurl.com/2jnv3kce Den historien er ikke til å tro....., men den er sann.

Sjekk også https://tinyurl.com/mtjv5p8y


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