John Hill
Defence Reporter at Airforce Technology
Defence Reporter at Army Technology
Defence Reporter for @DefenceTech_Mag, @Army_Technology, @Naval_Tech and @Airforce_Tech Views my own.
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naval-technology.com | John Hill
The US Armed Forces are preparing for a prospective conflict in the Indian and Pacific Oceans with China, which poses the problem of contested logistics. Being able to rapidly deliver capability, equipment and resources to forward deployed units across this vast expanse will prove a difficult task; and one that has not been attempted since America’s island-hopping campaign against Japan in World War II (WWII).
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army-technology.com | John Hill
British troops downed a drone swarm of up to 100 systems using a new radio frequency (RF) directed energy weapon (DEW) demonstrator for the first time. This novel system targeted, tracked, and defeated the uncrewed aerial systems at Manorbier Air Defence Range, near Tenby, West Wales. The trial is the largest Counter-Uncrewed Aerial System (C-UAS) exercise the Army have conducted to date, according to the UK government.
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naval-technology.com | John Hill
Fincantieri and Thyysenkrupp Marine Systems (TKMS), Italian and German naval suppliers, agreed to partner on delivering subsea capabilities to the Philippine Navy. An industrial cooperation agreement was signed by the two European defence companies to support the archipelago’s strategic defence objectives laid out in the Horizon III military modernisation initiative according to a press report released today, 16 April 2025.
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airforce-technology.com | John Hill
The Italian Air Force practiced missile firings from Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft at the UK Ministry of Defence’s Hebrides Range in Scotland. Their campaign assessed the viability of firing Meteor and AMRAAM beyond visual range air-to-air missiles from the Typhoon’s weapon system. The service conducted air and ground evaluations using the Telemetric Operational Missile variant of Meteor, which the Italians used to collect and assess flight and performance data.
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1 week ago |
realcleardefense.com | John Hill
John Hill Naval Technology April 15, 2025 How far will Trump align or deviate from the ‘Maritime Statecraft’ model pursued under the former Biden Administration? Read Full Article » Show comments Hide Comments Related Articles
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In one of the @DefenceHQ regular updates on the war from the 5 April, the department revealed that Russian territorial gains have decreased “month by month” from 730.5km² in November 2024 to 143km² in March 2025. https://t.co/NavwKyPrKp
Ultra Maritime’s CEO spoke to Naval Technology & Global Defence Technology about the need for a Sea Spear network and whether European demand for US system persists. https://t.co/A45yL0vIlX
Britain has explored several design variations for hypersonic propulsion which will go on to power a future cruise missile. https://t.co/gAUMlRCc5F