Factbox: Ukraine wants F-16 jets - how is coalition developing for training pilots?

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  November 28, 2018 | International, Land

  Czech Republic to boost spending on land weapons in 2019

  By: Jarosław Adamowski WARSAW, Poland — Czech Defence Minister Lubomir Metnar has announced the ministry's acquisition plans for 2019. Next year, the country aims to purchase 210 infantry fighting vehicles, multi-purpose helicopters, and mobile air defense radars (MADRs), among other systems. Metnar said that in 2018 the ministry managed to conclude deals to purchase weapons and military equipment worth more than 14.5 billion koruna (US $635 million). There is a consensus across the country's political spectrum that the country's defense spending must be further increased in the coming years, the minister said, as reported by local daily Denik. The planned acquisitions are largely focused on replacing the military's Soviet-designed gear with new equipment made by Western allies and Czech manufacturers. The region-wide trend has accelerated following Russia's military intervention in eastern Ukraine and its annexation of the Crimean peninsula in 2014. Meanwhile, Lt. Gen. Ales Opata, the Chief of the General Staff of the Czech Armed Forces, said at a joint press conference with Metnar that the key to military modernization was the upgrade of the country's land forces. “I don't only mean [acquisitions of] tanks or infantry fighting vehicles, but also robot systems, reconnaissance and combat unmanned vehicles,” Opata said. https://www.defensenews.com/global/europe/2018/11/21/czech-republic-to-boost-spending-on-land-weapons-in-2019

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  August 24, 2023 | International, Aerospace

  Top US general says Ukraine to get F16 jets soon | Reuters

  The United States' top general said on Thursday that Ukraine was likely to get F-16 fighter jets soon, and said its counter-offensive against the Russian invasion has been going slowly and had partial success.

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  December 6, 2019 | International, C4ISR, Security

  These companies are teaming up to pursue a $1B cyber contract

  By: Mark Pomerleau ManTech and General Dynamics are joining forces to compete for the Pentagon's top cyber training contract, a deal that is thought to be worth nearly $1 billion. In a Dec. 5 Facebook post, ManTech announced the partnership with General Dynamics Information Systems and General Dynamics Mission Systems for the Cyber Training, Readiness, Integration, Delivery and Enterprise Technology (TRIDENT) contract. Raytheon, Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman have previously said they will also compete for the award. The primary component of the contract is the Persistent Cyber Training Environment (PCTE), an online client in which members of U.S. Cyber Command's cyber mission force can log on from anywhere in the world for training and to rehearse missions. Pentagon leaders view PCTE as one of the more critical needs for Cyber Command. Currently, no integrated or robust cyber training environment exists. ManTech and General Dymanics will “will develop a Persistent Cyber Training Environment (PCTE) platform that empowers holistic, enterprise-wide U.S. cyber training capabilities for the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), delivering cyber threat-informed services, regional compute and data storage capabilities, and real-time #DevSecOps on a global scale,” the Facebook post stated. An award for the contract is expected in late 2020. https://www.fifthdomain.com/dod/2019/12/05/these-companies-are-teaming-up-to-pursue-a-1b-cyber-contract