Lena Kovacs, Author at DEFENSE-AEROSPACE

Alaska Trial Exposes GPS Jamming Vulnerabilities in U.S. Attack Drone Programs

Range crews are not often surprised by conditions in Interior Alaska. They are used to below-freezing temperatures at sunrise rapidly changing to muggy noon haze and gusts off the Yukon River that will lay steel antennas sideways. What no one anticipated during

July 15, 2025

Asia-Pacific

Japan Negotiates Transfer of Abukuma-Class Destroyers and TC-90 Surveillance Aircraft to the Philippines

Tokyo and Manila are negotiating the transfer of six Abukuma-class destroyer escorts and additional Beechcraft King Air TC-90 maritime surveillance aircraft. Philippine Navy chief Vice Adm. Jose Ma. Ambrosio Ezpeleta says discussions started after Japan signaled its plan to retire the 35-year-old

July 7, 2025

Russia-Ukraine War

Chancellor Merz Appeals to Trump for Quick Delivery of Patriots to Ukraine

BERLIN - Friedrich Merz picked up the phone on Thursday and asked U.S. President Donald Trump for one thing: more Patriot air-defense systems for Kyiv. The conversation lasted roughly twenty minutes and focused on securing additional batteries against a backdrop of tightened

July 4, 2025

Joint Exercises / Special Ops Training

US Navy’s Large Scale Exercise 2025 Welcomes Canadian, Japanese and NATO Liaison Teams

The U.S. Navy will run its third Large Scale Exercise (LSE 25) from late July into August. This iteration brings Canadian, Japanese, and NATO representatives into the control architecture for the first time. They will sit beside U.S. commanders to test global

July 3, 2025

Missiles / Drones / Directed Energy

Purdue University Opens Hypersonics Applied Research Facility

Purdue University in West Lafayette has finished a large step in high-speed flight study. The new Hypersonics Applied Research Facility (HARF) cost about $41 million and covers near 65 000 sq ft. It sits inside the Discovery Park District, close to existing

August 22, 2024

Missiles / Drones / Directed Energy

US Approves $75 Million Sale of Javelin Missiles to Kosovo

The United States okayed the largest single arms deal in Kosovo’s short history. Pristina can now order 246 Javelin FGM-148F missiles plus 24 Lightweight Command Launch Units, worth about $75 million. Officials in both capitals frame the move as key step in

January 12, 2024

Electronic Warfare

GAO Reports Highlight New F-35 Deficiencies

The Government Accountability Office released two companion studies dated April 25 that paint a stark picture of the F-35’s technical health and budget outlook. The auditors describe a fighter still haunted by fresh defects even as procurement ramps up. They note that

April 26, 2018

Contracts & Deals

Pentagon Contract Announcement

L-3 Communications, Platform Integration Division, Waco, Texas, received a not-to-exceed $41.5 million undefinitized contract action to supply four intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) aircraft, spares, and crew training to support counter-terrorism operations in Yemen. The contract number is FA8620-14-C-3020. Big Safari—officially the

June 2, 2014

Lena Kovacs

Alaska Trial Exposes GPS Jamming Vulnerabilities in U.S. Attack Drone Programs

Japan Negotiates Transfer of Abukuma-Class Destroyers and TC-90 Surveillance Aircraft to the Philippines

Chancellor Merz Appeals to Trump for Quick Delivery of Patriots to Ukraine

US Navy’s Large Scale Exercise 2025 Welcomes Canadian, Japanese and NATO Liaison Teams

Purdue University Opens Hypersonics Applied Research Facility

US Approves $75 Million Sale of Javelin Missiles to Kosovo

GAO Reports Highlight New F-35 Deficiencies

Pentagon Contract Announcement

Authors

Julien Mercier

Clara Nguyen

Priya Shah

Michael Adler

Lena Kovacs

Diego Ramos

Peter Johansson

Lucas Meyer