By
Riad Kahwaji on May 10, 2021 at 2:00 PM
The ENS Gamal Abdel Nasser arrives at the port of Alexandria. (Credit: Egypt Army spokesperson official Facebook Page)
DUBAI: Despite occasional political frictions, military relations between the United States and Egypt remain strong, as CENTCOM signaled when it signed an MOU with the Egyptian Armed Forces on logistics and confirmed its participation in the Bright Star exercise in Egypt this year.
“On April 27, the United States of America and the Arab Republic of Egypt signed a memorandum of understanding to facilitate reciprocal provision of military logistic support, supplies, and services,” according to a statement released by the U.S. Embassy in Cairo. It noted that “while the MOU does not obligate either side to provide support, it does create a standing mechanism to ensure that U.S. and Egyptian military forces can effectively offer reimbursable support to each other when required.
Despite tightening budgets, the Army’s pushing ahead with its plan to replace the Reagan-era UH-60 Black Hawk with a high-speed Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA). It’ll pick between Bell’s V-280 and the Sikorsky-Boeing Defiant-X next year, with the winner entering service in 2030.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
Frank Kendall
UPDATED: To add comment from former SecAF Heather Wilson and HASC Chair Adam Smith. WASHINGTON: Frank Kendall has a reputation as a tough nut having wrestled to the ground any number of messy DoD programs when he led the Obama Pentagon’s acquisition shop including the troubled OCX operating system for GPS, and the aftermath of the Army’s Future Combat System disaster.
So maybe he is just what DoD needs in an Air Force Secretary as it struggles to sort out the tangled lines of budgetary and decision-making authority for the Air and Space Force, say a number of former DoD officials.
The new administration faces key decisions in the “great powers” competition with China and Russia. This includes implementation of Joint All Domain Command and Control (JADC2). In this brief video interview, Northrop Grumman Chief Technology Officer Scott Stapp offers some important thoughts.
The new administration faces key decisions in the “great powers” competition with China and Russia. This includes implementation of Joint All Domain Command and Control (JADC2). In this brief video interview, Northrop Grumman Chief Technology Officer Scott Stapp offers some important thoughts.
Oshkosh: ‘They’re Not Commercial Trucks Painted Green’
Oshkosh has made military vehicles since World War II. Recently, it doubled down on the military market by partnering with Korean armored vehicle maker Hanwha to compete for the Army’s Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle. But today, it’s famous for trucks. Tens of thousands of Oshkosh trucks dominate Army and Marine Corps motor pools, from ultra-heavy tank transporters to the 4×4 Joint Light Tactical Vehicle, the mine-resistant vehicle for frontline units.
“Oshkosh Defense is really unique,” said John Bryant, president of Oshkosh Defense, in an interview. “We’re really the only US tactical wheeled vehicle provider that has the entire portfolio of vehicles, from the heaviest, the Heavy Equipment Transporter, down to, of course, the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle.”