# us air force (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 2 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover us air force. Page: Feed: --- ## [Lockheed Martin’s Layered Counter-Drone Defense Architecture](https://www.overtdefense.com/2026/08/21/lockheed-martins-layered-counter-drone-defense-architecture/) _2026-08-21 · Arun Bishnoi · Overt Defense_ Lockheed Martin has developed a layered counter-drone architecture to address the emerging threat posed by cheap swarming UAVs. In August 2026 the company unveiled a system “designed to detect, prioritize… Continue reading "Lockheed Martin’s Layered Counter-Drone Defense Architecture" The post Lockheed Martin’s Layered Counter-Drone Defense Architecture appeared first on Overt Defense . ## [Iraqi Kurdistan Company ‘Shield’ Presents B70 Armored Vehicle](https://www.overtdefense.com/2026/08/21/iraqi-kurdistan-company-shield-presents-b70-armored-vehicle/) _2026-08-21 · Vladimir Onokoy · Overt Defense_ Last week, a company called ‘Anwar Atroshi Company SHIELD’ from the Kurdistan region of Iraq presented their first tracked armored vehicle called B70. This is big news for Iraqi arms… Continue reading "Iraqi Kurdistan Company ‘Shield’ Presents B70 Armored Vehicle" The post Iraqi Kurdistan Company ‘Shield’ Presents B70 Armored Vehicle appeared first on Overt Defense . ## [M1 Support Services Wins $10 Billion U.S. Army ‘Flight School Next’ Contract](https://www.overtdefense.com/2026/08/20/m1-support-services-wins-10-billion-u-s-army-flight-school-next-contract/) _2026-08-20 · Arun Bishnoi · Overt Defense_ The U.S. Army awarded M1 Support Services a 26-year contract worth $10 billion to lead its new Flight School Next program and modernize Army helicopter pilot training. The award was… Continue reading "M1 Support Services Wins $10 Billion U.S. Army ‘Flight School Next’ Contract" The post M1 Support Services Wins $10 Billion U.S. Army ‘Flight School Next’ Contract appeared first on Overt Defense . ## [Airbus Secures $115 Million U.S. Army Lakota Helicopter Deal](https://www.overtdefense.com/2026/08/19/airbus-secures-115-million-u-s-army-lakota-helicopter-deal/) _2026-08-19 · Arun Bishnoi · Overt Defense_ Airbus has secured a $115 million U.S. Army Lakota helicopter deal to supply ten UH-72B Lakota helicopters to the Army National Guard. The contract was awarded to Airbus’s U.S. Space… Continue reading "Airbus Secures $115 Million U.S. Army Lakota Helicopter Deal" The post Airbus Secures $115 Million U.S. Army Lakota Helicopter Deal appeared first on Overt Defense . ## [Lockheed Martin Wins $211 Million UAE THAAD Deal](https://www.overtdefense.com/2026/08/18/lockheed-martin-wins-211-million-uae-thaad-deal/) _2026-08-18 · Arun Bishnoi · Overt Defense_ Lockheed Martin announced on 12 August that it has won a $211.4 million U.S. contract to supply additional THAAD missile defense launchers to the UAE. It is a modification under… Continue reading "Lockheed Martin Wins $211 Million UAE THAAD Deal" The post Lockheed Martin Wins $211 Million UAE THAAD Deal appeared first on Overt Defense . ## [Northrop Grumman has Invested Over $2 Billion in the Sentinel ICBM Program](https://www.overtdefense.com/2026/08/18/northrop-grumman-has-invested-over-2-billion-in-the-sentinel-icbm-program/) _2026-08-18 · Arun Bishnoi · Overt Defense_ The U.S. Air Force’s LGM-35A Sentinel program is the next-generation ICBM initiative that will replace the aging Minuteman III. Northrop Grumman is the prime contractor and has already invested over… Continue reading "Northrop Grumman has Invested Over $2 Billion in the Sentinel ICBM Program" The post Northrop Grumman has Invested Over $2 Billion in the Sentinel ICBM Program appeared first on… ## [Taiwan Concludes Han Kuang 2026 Exercise](https://www.overtdefense.com/2026/08/18/taiwan-concludes-han-kuang-2026-exercise/) _2026-08-18 · Jack Wood · Overt Defense_ Last Friday, Taiwan concluded its annual Han Kuang 2026 military exercises, the largest of the country’s military drills, with this year’s exercise breaking new records in size and scope. In… Continue reading "Taiwan Concludes Han Kuang 2026 Exercise" The post Taiwan Concludes Han Kuang 2026 Exercise appeared first on Overt Defense . ## [HII Secures $2.2 Billion SOUTHCOM Surveillance and Intelligence Task Order](https://www.overtdefense.com/2026/08/17/hii-secures-2-2-billion-southcom-surveillance-and-intelligence-task-order/) _2026-08-17 · Arun Bishnoi · Overt Defense_ HII has been awarded a $2.2 billion task order to provide advanced surveillance and intelligence support to SOUTHCOM. The award, announced on 11 August, funds HII’s Mission Technologies division under… Continue reading "HII Secures $2.2 Billion SOUTHCOM Surveillance and Intelligence Task Order" The post HII Secures $2.2 Billion SOUTHCOM Surveillance and Intelligence Task Order appeared first on… ## [Lockheed Martin’s Kodiak Launcher First Live-Fire Test](https://www.overtdefense.com/2026/08/17/lockheed-martins-kodiak-launcher-first-live-fire-test/) _2026-08-17 · Arun Bishnoi · Overt Defense_ Lockheed Martin’s Kodiak Launcher fires a Reduced-Range Practice Rocket during its first live-fire test. The company announced on August 12, that its Kodiak Launcher had fired its first rocket. The… Continue reading "Lockheed Martin’s Kodiak Launcher First Live-Fire Test" The post Lockheed Martin’s Kodiak Launcher First Live-Fire Test appeared first on Overt Defense . ## [Poland Unveils First Miecznik Frigate – ORP Wicher](https://www.overtdefense.com/2026/08/17/poland-unveils-first-miecznik-frigate-orp-wicher/) _2026-08-17 · Arun Bishnoi · Overt Defense_ Poland unveiled its first Miecznik-class frigate, ORP Wicher, in August 2026. It is expected to enter service around 2029. Wicher will replace aging Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigates and become a… Continue reading "Poland Unveils First Miecznik Frigate – ORP Wicher" The post Poland Unveils First Miecznik Frigate – ORP Wicher appeared first on Overt Defense . ## [Trade Smarter With IBKR (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/PFFoD7WTP9At) _2026-08-17 · **Sponsored**_ Join Interactive Brokers through a referral and start investing with low-cost global access. ## [Senate Democrat Leader Calls For Hegseth’s Firing Over USS Abraham Lincoln Suicide Attempts](https://www.overtdefense.com/2026/08/14/senate-democrat-leader-calls-for-hegseths-firing-over-uss-abraham-lincoln-suicide-attempts/) _2026-08-14 · Albert L · Overt Defense_ Senate Minority Leader Senator Chuck Schumer has called for Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s immediate firing, as other Senate Democrats called for investigations into reports of attempted suicides aboard the… Continue reading "Senate Democrat Leader Calls For Hegseth’s Firing Over USS Abraham Lincoln Suicide Attempts" The post Senate Democrat Leader Calls For Hegseth’s Firing Over USS Abraham… ## [Northrop Grumman Accelerates Military Autonomy with Project Talon](https://www.overtdefense.com/2026/08/14/northrop-grumman-accelerates-military-autonomy-with-project-talon/) _2026-08-14 · Arun Bishnoi · Overt Defense_ Northrop Grumman’s “Project Talon” is a cutting‑edge uncrewed combat drone prototype designed as an autonomous “wingman” to crewed fighters. The program was unveiled in early December 2025 at Northrop’s Mojave… Continue reading "Northrop Grumman Accelerates Military Autonomy with Project Talon" The post Northrop Grumman Accelerates Military Autonomy with Project Talon appeared first on Overt… ## [CLOSURE OF THE CRITIQUE ARCHIVES](https://thegreatcritique.wordpress.com/2026/05/19/closure-of-the-critique-archives/) _2026-05-19 · Martin Odoni · TheCritique Archives_ Time is now being called on The Critique Archives. … Continue reading → ## [Starmer, Mandelson and Vetting – reblog](https://thegreatcritique.wordpress.com/2026/04/21/starmer-mandelson-and-vetting-reblog/) _2026-04-21 · Martin Odoni · TheCritique Archives_ Starmer is either lying or amazingly gullible, because this was such a major role, and it was a candidate with a very grubby history that has been widely known since the late-1980s. He should have been much more careful before giving Mandelson the job. … Continue reading → ## [CLASSIC WHO REVISITED: Remembrance Of The Daleks – fascists to fascists](https://thegreatcritique.wordpress.com/2026/04/03/classic-who-revisited-remembrance-of-the-daleks-fascists-to-fascists/) _2026-04-03 · Martin Odoni · TheCritique Archives_ The way the Doctor combats the Nazis makes him look very Nazified himself. … Continue reading → ## [Have standards really fallen so far that THIS is considered to be ‘playing a blinder’? \[VIDEO\]](https://thegreatcritique.wordpress.com/2026/03/12/have-standards-really-fallen-so-far-that-this-is-considered-to-be-playing-a-blinder-video/) _2026-03-12 · Martin Odoni · TheCritique Archives_ While the right wing demands to pander to Trump were indeed wild, hysterical, bombastic and myopic, that does not mean Starmer's response is automatically correct; at absolute best, Starmer has got it half-right over Iran. … Continue reading → ## [No, Starmer was not right to let the USAF use British bases](https://thegreatcritique.wordpress.com/2026/03/03/no-starmer-was-not-right-to-let-the-usaf-use-british-bases/) _2026-03-03 · Martin Odoni · TheCritique Archives_ At absolute best, Starmer did this too soon. … Continue reading → ## [Meme of the Day, 2nd March 2026](https://thegreatcritique.wordpress.com/2026/03/02/meme-of-the-day-2nd-march-2026/) _2026-03-02 · Martin Odoni · TheCritique Archives_ With apologies to the Dark Lord of the Sith … Continue reading → ## [Mandelson, you were WRONG](https://thegreatcritique.wordpress.com/2026/02/27/mandelson-you-were-wrong/) _2026-02-27 · Martin Odoni · TheCritique Archives_ Support has bled from red to green. … Continue reading → ## [Labour should have dropped out](https://thegreatcritique.wordpress.com/2026/02/26/labour-should-have-dropped-out/) _2026-02-26 · Martin Odoni · TheCritique Archives_ by Martin Odoni The Gorton & Denton by-Election really has reminded us of the true depth of ugliness of Starmerism and the Labour Right. They have reserved most of their negative campaigning for the supposed ‘fellow’ progressives, the Green Party. They have taken this to the extent of blatant election fraud, inventing a non-existent tactical-voting-advice … … Continue reading → ## [Stop CI/CD & Supply-Chain Attacks (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/aG8CulCw4Iu3) _2026-02-26 · **Sponsored**_ Per-PR: 17 CI/CD checks and package malware scans with inline Check Run findings. ## [“We opposeth not the King. We opposeth his wicked advisors!” \[VIDEO\]](https://thegreatcritique.wordpress.com/2026/02/17/we-opposeth-not-the-king-we-opposeth-his-wicked-advisors-video/) _2026-02-17 · Martin Odoni · TheCritique Archives_ The 'wicked advisors' are still getting the blame nearly four hundred years after Charles I's time … Continue reading → ## [Meme of the Day, 5th February 2026](https://thegreatcritique.wordpress.com/2026/02/05/meme-of-the-day-5th-february-2026/) _2026-02-05 · Martin Odoni · TheCritique Archives_ Mandelson gets caught with his trousers down. … Continue reading → ## [Oh come off it, Starmer! Everyone knew what Peter Scandalson was like decades ago! \[VIDEO\]](https://thegreatcritique.wordpress.com/2026/02/04/oh-come-off-it-starmer-everyone-knew-what-peter-scandalson-was-like-decades-ago-video/) _2026-02-04 · Martin Odoni · TheCritique Archives_ Starmer has been shown to be, not so much gullible, as just plain uninterested in the moral inadequacies of the 'Blairite Svengali'. Even if Mandelson had not been leaking information to Epstein, he had maintained a friendship with the sex-trafficker for long years after Epstein's conviction in 2008. … Continue reading → ## [Meme of the Day, 2nd February 2026](https://thegreatcritique.wordpress.com/2026/02/02/meme-of-the-day-2nd-february-2026/) _2026-02-02 · Martin Odoni · TheCritique Archives_ Mandelson resigns from the Labour Party, and who will miss him? … Continue reading → ## [Meme of the Day, 31st January 2026](https://thegreatcritique.wordpress.com/2026/01/31/meme-of-the-day-31st-january-2026/) _2026-01-31 · Martin Odoni · TheCritique Archives_ by Martin Odoni ## [Water bills going up… again! Sorry to get all Marxian, but capitalism is to blame \[VIDEO\]](https://thegreatcritique.wordpress.com/2026/01/30/water-bills-going-up-again-sorry-to-get-all-marxian-but-capitalism-is-to-blame-video/) _2026-01-30 · Martin Odoni · TheCritique Archives_ Bills would be going up now irrespective of whether there was a clean-up needed or not. … Continue reading → ## [Meme of the day, 15th January 2026](https://thegreatcritique.wordpress.com/2026/01/15/meme-of-the-day-15th-january-2026/) _2026-01-15 · Martin Odoni · TheCritique Archives_ Starmer to lose his seat? … Continue reading →