SAN DIEGO, Feb. 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — OmniSync Incorporated announces the successful completion of the period of performance under its second innovation contract from the US Air Force, fully meeting the objectives of both contracts.
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OmniSync is a San Diego-based high-growth tech startup that uses a combination of AI/ML-powered research tools, process workflow automation, and services to help democratize access to government grant and contract funds. Its flagship product, TurboSBIR is used by hundreds of deep tech and life science startups to access Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)/Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) grants and contracts to fund their product development pipelines.
The company itself has now been awarded two innovation contracts from the US Air Force’s AFWERX SBIR/STTR program – these are highly competitive awards that encourage the development of innovative dual-use technologies that while solving an important defense need, also have commercialization potential. With its previous innovation contract for matching teams and capabilities with defense needs progressing towards later Phases of development and implementation, OmniSync recently completed execution on its second contract, awarded for streamlining a crucial part of the contract creation/solicitation process itself.
“Federal grant and contract systems are largely opaque on both sides of the table – most applicants are unaware of how to position their capability to solve or contribute to a government need or focus area, while government grant makers and contract creators’ awareness of market capabilities and state-of-the-art is limited by historic contractor engagements and information submitted by a biased pool of repeat applicants. OmniSync intends to make requirement-research, grant/contract solicitation, application, awarding and acquisition processes more objective, data-driven, rapid, and cost-efficient”, said Dr. Rupak Doshi, CEO of OmniSync Incorporated.
As a requirement of the AFWERX SBIR/STTR Phase I contracts, awardees are meant to engage in technical feasibility studies that result in securing interest from an Air Force stakeholder to serve as a potential customer for later Phases of development and implementation. OmniSync has successfully received signed interest from several distinct stakeholders for both projects that are now advancing to later Phases.
OmniSync’s success in the SBIR/STTR program follows its successful fundraise from venture capital investors. The company is backed by the ex-Googler founded venture studio, Launch Factory, and premier accelerators, Capital Factory and EvoNexus. Read more about OmniSync.
Major General Dustin “Dusty” Shultz is not leaving the service just yet, but she’s already preparing for her career after the military.
Shultz, a two-star general for the U.S. Army, told CBS News the transition is “pretty tough.”
Finding a job after their military service affects nearly 200,000 veterans every year. Only one in four U.S. veterans have a job lined up after leaving the armed forces, according to the Pew Research Center.
Shultz, who learned to speak multiple languages over her three decades of service, is looking to add something new to her toolbox — learning how to translate her skills into corporate language.
“Business is a new language, you know? In the military, we have our own terminology. I work in the G-357 and to most people, that doesn’t mean much,” she said. “But if I tell somebody, you know, ‘I work in the operations center of the Army,’ that means a lot.”
It’s just one of the issues service members face when transitioning to civilian life.
A U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation study from 2016 found that 53% of veterans are unemployed for four months or longer after leaving the military. Veterans who spoke to CBS News cited a lack of resources, underemployment and not having a four-year college degree as some of the obstacles that prevent them from getting a good-paying job.
American Corporate Partners, an organization that assists veterans in finding their post-military purpose through a network of mentors, helped First Sergeant Manny Morejonreyes, who served as a senior aviation leader for more than 20 years, in his job search.
“I really thought that it was going to be a little bit easier to be able to find a job,” Morejonreyes told CBS News. “I concentrated my career on giving everything to the military. Most of the job descriptions do require you to have some sort of level of higher education.”
Because he didn’t have a four-year degree, Morejonreyes said most of his job applications were overlooked before T-Mobile hired him as a Human Resources manager.
Rich Comitz, senior vice president at American Corporate Partners, said mentors help veterans understand how they can convey the skills they learned during their military service on their resumes and in job interviews.
“They’ve learned some valuable skills from deploying service members overseas, the equipment maintenance, to all these different skills managing teams,” Comitz told CBS News. “Oftentimes it’s military jargon that they’re used to explaining, and they help them translate that into what the industry is looking for in the areas that they’re interested in applying to.”
The New York City-based nonprofit has two free programs to help veterans: a nationwide mentoring program with more than 100 corporate partners and an online network that offers career and employment advice. More than 22,000 veterans have completed the mentoring program, according to the organization.
Veterans have qualities that should make them appealing to private corporations, Morejonreyes and Shultz said.
“The biggest advantage that a lot of veterans have are all those soft skills that most of corporate America takes years to attain — loyalty, integrity, honesty and a great work ethic,” he said.
Shultz added, “They have the discipline. Sometimes they have just these phenomenally exquisite skills. And why are we not harnessing that?”
The corporate world is waking up to it, Shultz said.
“We still want to give the best of ourselves, and to be part of something bigger than ourselves,” she said.
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Feb. 24—NEW BRITAIN — Among those who gathered Wednesday morning at National Iwo Jima Memorial Park to commemorate the raising of the American flag on the Japanese island was Harry Danos, the 97-year-old Niantic man believed to be the state’s oldest survivor of the battle and its aftermath.
Immortalized first in photographic film and then in bronze, the flag being hoisted by six men atop Mount Suribachi became the symbol of perseverance amid one of the bloodiest battles in U.S. Marine Corps history. The image was taken by Associated Press photographer Joe Rosenthal on Feb. 23, 1945.
Nearly 7,000 U.S. Marines died and 20,000 were wounded in the five-week Battle of Iwo Jima during World War II, the Associated Press has reported. Of 18,000 Japanese soldiers, almost all were killed. The island was declared secure on March 16, 1945, but skirmishes continued.
One hundred of the dead were from Connecticut, according to the Iwo Jima Memorial Historical Foundation.
Danos said he arrived on the island in April as a 19-year-old Army Air Corpsman to find so many spent shells that he couldn’t see the ground. He recalled Seabees with the U.S. Navy’s construction battalion moving dirt and body parts all at once as they bulldozed trenches to aid in the construction of airfields, which would serve as an emergency landing site for massive B-29 bombers.
“I have walked over all the gravesites of the fallen Marines,” he said.
That’s why he became involved with the creation of the National Iwo Jima Memorial Park in New Britain. An architect by trade, he supplied the first drawing for what ultimately would become the memorial statue that includes rocks from Mount Suribachi and black sand from the beach incorporated into the stone base.
“These guys were worth more than a bell toll,” Danos said.
The park was built by the Iwo Jima Survivors Association under the direction of the late Dr. George Gentile and is now maintained by the Iwo Jima Memorial Historical Foundation. Like the well-known Marine Corps War Memorial in Arlington, Virginia, it is based on the iconic photograph.
During a ceremony to commemorate the 77th anniversary of the battle, veterans of the U.S. Marine Corps from the northwest detachment of the Marine Corps League presented Danos with an engraved USMC KA-BAR fighting knife like the ones affixed to the belts of the Marines looming in bronze over the ceremony.
It is unknown exactly how many survivors are left, according to the memorial park foundation. But there were three at the ceremony, with Danos the eldest.
Greg Timms and Nick Gandolfo thanked Danos for his service as they presented him with the knife and called him a hero.
“I don’t have to be your hero,” Danos replied. “You’re my heroes. I’ve seen the Marines in action and there are no equals.”
According to The Day archives, Danos was a young first lieutenant when he was assigned to Iwo Jima in 1945, tasked with tracking thousands of U.S. B-29s leaving the Marianas to bomb Japan. If one was shot or forced down, he was supposed to dispatch a rescue team.
Danos, who grew up in Springfield, Mass., enlisted in the Army and was picked to go through a commissioning program. He had arrived on the island in April 1945, a time when Japanese soldiers were still holed up in caves there and occasionally rushed out to kill an American.
After the ceremony, Danos described showing up to find the dark and foreboding island of sand and ash guarded by barbed wire and U.S. Marines. There were B-29 bombers overhead; below were land crabs that ran around sideways and sometimes disappeared into the soldiers’ uniform pants.
He said the Marines were the defense against an enemy determined not to relinquish its land.
“I know what they did,” he said. “For these people to give up their lives and go through the crap that they did is a tribute to the American spirit.”
Danos said he’s writing a book called “After the Flag” about his arrival in Iwo Jima and what he found there.
East Lyme veterans representative Brian R. Burridge, who picked up Danos in Niantic and drove him to the event, described the Iwo Jima veteran as “living history.”
“He’s willing to share and let the next generation know what he did, why he did it and what they can learn from life’s living lessons of somebody that’s been there,” Burridge said.
Danos at 97 has outlived his wife, Kitty, and their son, Michael. His legacy as an architect includes numerous buildings in Niantic and across the state, including the East Lyme Town Hall and his own home. He is a watercolor painter who has taught at Mystic Art Center, Naples Art League in Florida, Guilford Handcraft Center and Veterans of Foreign Wars Kari Hill Post 5849.
“It’s a privilege to be alive, and I owe my life to the Marines and what they did,” he said.
It is no accident that the document is circulating just before Mr. Biden’s State of the Union address on March 1, and the following week’s House Democratic “issues” retreat.
The dozens of bills listed in the agenda all have Democratic and Republican authors, many of them endangered either by anti-Democratic momentum or by challengers endorsed by former President Donald J. Trump.
One such bill, written by Representatives Debbie Dingell, Democrat of Michigan, and Liz Cheney, Republican of Wyoming, would make permanent Medicare tele-health expansions undertaken during the pandemic. There is a diabetes prevention bill by Representatives Diana DeGette, Democrat of Colorado, and Tom Rice of South Carolina, a Republican who, like Ms. Cheney, voted to impeach Mr. Trump. An expansion of tax-favored education savings accounts is co-sponsored by Ms. Spanberger and Representative Fred Upton of Michigan, another Republican who voted to impeach. Also included is a significant expansion of eligibility for child and adult nutrition programs, drafted by Representatives Suzanne Bonamici, Democrat of Oregon, and Jaime Herrera Beutler, a Washington Republican facing a serious Trump-backed challenge for her impeachment vote.
There are even incentives for utilities to invest in cybersecurity written by Senator Joe Manchin III of West Virginia, the Democrat who has raised the contempt of the left by blocking the social policy and climate change bill in the Senate, and refusing to join his party in changing the filibuster rule to pass voter protection legislation over Republican opposition.
But most striking is how the draft agenda takes on issues that appear to be dominating the campaign trail, even if they have not generated much debate on the floors of the House and the Senate.
To beat back inflation, one bill the group is pushing would “prohibit” foreign governments from participating in cartel-like activities, a hit at OPEC that would have no real impact. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission would be granted the authority to order refunds for natural gas bills “that are unjust, unreasonable, unduly discriminatory or preferential.” And assistance would be given to new and small meat processors to combat monopoly pricing from the few dominant meat processors, an effort already underway by the Biden administration.
Rising crime rates across the country would also receive attention, through an expansion of existing grants to local law enforcement, new safety requirements for ride-hailing companies, stronger reporting requirements for electronic communication service providers to help track child predators and a new federal crime designation for “porch pirates” who steal packages from home stoops.
Boeing delivered the 12th P-8I Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft to India, on February 23. This is the fourth of the four additional aircraft delivered under the options contract signed by the Ministry of Defence in 2016. Only the US operates more P-8Is than India.
“Customer centricity, commitment to the modernization and mission-readiness of India’s defense forces are key values to our partnership with India,” said Surendra Ahuja, managing director, Boeing Defence India.
“With this delivery of the P-8I maritime patrol aircraft, we continue to nurture this partnership and are fully committed to working closely with India’s defense forces to deliver the right value and capabilities to meet their operational needs,” Ahuja added.
The P-8I is an integral part of the Indian Navy’s fleet and has surpassed 35,000 flight hours since it was inducted in 2013. The aircraft, with its exceptional maritime surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities, versatility and operational readiness, has proven to be an important asset to the Navy.
In addition to unmatched maritime reconnaissance and anti-submarine warfare capabilities, the P-8I has been deployed to assist during disaster relief and humanitarian missions.
The Indian Navy was the first international customer for the P-8 and today the P-8 is also operated by the US Navy, the Royal Australian Air Force, the United Kingdom’s Royal Air Force and the Royal Norwegian Air Force.
Boeing P8I-Poseidon
Boeing remains committed in its efforts to further the ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat’ (self-reliant India) vision for manufacture, sustainment and support of the Indian Navy’s P-8I fleet. Boeing Defence India (BDI), Boeing’s local entity in India, supports India’s growing P-8I fleet by providing training to Indian Navy flight crews, spare parts, ground support equipment and field-service representative support.
Boeing’s integrated logistics support has enabled a high state of fleet readiness at the lowest possible cost, the company said.
Several complex and mission-critical P-8I components such as the radar fingerprinting system, IFF (I/T) and datalink, speech secrecy system, mobile satcom system and wire harnesses are made in India by supplier partners, including Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) located across the nation.
Boeing plans to enhance in-country technical services support for the P-8I fleet by leveraging the skills and expertise of Boeing’s India Engineering and Technology Center, the aerospace giant said in a press release.
Boeing is also completing construction on the Training Support & Data Handling Centre at INS Rajali, Arakkonam, in Tamil Nadu, and a secondary center at the Naval Institute of Aeronautical Technology, Kochi, as part of a training-and-support package contract signed in 2019.
The indigenous, ground-based training will allow the Navy crew to increase mission proficiency in a shorter time while reducing the on-aircraft training time resulting in increased aircraft availability for mission tasking.
Indian Navy Expands
The Indian Navy is reportedly setting up a naval base in the remote Mauritian island of North Agalega and could operate its P-8 Poseidon from the facility, located in the south-western Indian Ocean.
As reported by The EurAsian Times in May last year, new satellite imagery showed changes in the physical features of the Indian infrastructure in Mauritius with an airfield and port development work being undertaken.
This work was believed to be worth more than $87 million. There has been a presence of the Indian military in Mauritius since 2015. Al Jazeera in its report claimed that it is a naval facility, and other military experts said that “an airstrip under construction will almost certainly be used for maritime patrol missions by India’s Navy”.
A runway is seen in this Google Earth image of the Mauritian island of North Agalega. (via The Interpreter)
This infrastructure plan included the construction of a 3,000-m runway capable of handling the Indian Navy’s P-8I Neptune Maritime Patrol Aircraft and a port that could host other surface vessels and potentially submarines, or other assets of strategic importance.
According to the Lowy Institute, this development was supposed to be in sync with the Modi government’s 2016 vision for the Indian Ocean, articulated as Security and Growth for All in the Region (SAGAR). Under SAGAR, New Delhi planned to work together with Indian Ocean regional governments to “engineer virtuous cycles of cooperation”.
Recently satellite pictures of Agalega, have emerged to depict the construction of two large jetties and a runway that is more than 3km (1.84 miles) long.
“It’s an intelligence facility for India to stage air and naval presence in order to increase surveillance in the wider southwest Indian Ocean and Mozambique channel,” Abhishek Mishra, associate fellow at the Observer Research Foundation (ORF) think-tank in New Delhi told Al Jazeera.
It’s worth mentioning that India is set to acquire six more P-8I maritime patrol aircraft from the US. Developed by Boeing, the P8I is the Indian variant of the P-8A Poseidon multi-mission maritime aircraft. The P-8I planes are expected to replace the older fleet of the Tupolev Tu-142 aircraft.
Indian Navy’s P8I Neptune. (file photo)
To put these activities into context, the Chinese PLA Navy has been working firmly to be on par with the US military by 2027. The PLA navy possesses the largest surface fleet according to a US Congressional report published last year.
Beijing has been constructing military as well as commercial bases along the sea lines of communication (SLOCs), which extend from the Chinese mainland to Port Sudan in the Horn of Africa.
India’s Plan To Checkmate China
Many commentators in India believe this plan, together with the China–Pakistan Economic Corridor, a part of China’s Belt and Road Initiative, is a threat to India’s national security. Such a system would encircle India and threaten its power projection, trade, and potentially territorial integrity.
China is on its way to creating a strong foothold in the Indian Ocean region with its elaborate naval bases, one that already exists in Djibouti, and the other long-expected one to be completed at Gwadar in Pakistan.
Wary of such developments, India is duly building and restoring its military presence pertaining to the naval assets/infrastructure in the region of the Indian Ocean.
Indian Navy ship Shardul arrives at Port Louis for Mauritius National Day celebrations, in March 2021. (via Twitter)
Apart from Agalega, India also has its strategic listening post and radar facility in Madagascar and a coastal surveillance radar in Seychelles (whose existence is disputed and under shadows of secrecy and political controversies).
There is another listening post at Ras al Hadd. The Indian Navy has berthing rights at Muscat naval base, Oman. In 2018, New Delhi also secured access to facilities at the port city of Duqm in Oman for the Indian Air Force and the Indian Navy.
According to Samuel Bashfield, a researcher at the National Security College at the Australian National University, a port is being constructed at the north end of Agalega, which now includes accommodation for up to 430 Indian workers.
Mauritian Coast Guard Ship Victory was escorted from Goa to Port Louis by INS Shardul on her maiden voyage, November 2016. (Image: Indian Navy)
“The latest images show the original jetty in addition to the considerable port development (two longer jetties) stretching closer to the deep water,” he said.
“This base on Agalega will cement India’s presence in the south-west Indian Ocean and facilitate its power projection aspirations in this region. As new imagery of Agalega is publicly released in the coming months the full scale and capabilities of this facility will be better understood,” Bashfield wrote for The Interpreter in March 2021.
The Space Development Agency has already started the process of transitioning from the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering to the U.S. Space Force, said the agency’s director.
Derek M. Tournear spoke yesterday at the U.S. Space Foundation’s 36th Space Symposium in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
The SDA, established in March 2019, will fully transition to the Space Force in October 2022, he said. “That transition has already started.”
Since 2019, the agency has been busy helping to get military satellites launched and in various orbits.
The agency doesn’t actually build, launch or control those satellites. “What we do is we take technology that’s very mature, and we field that to get the rapid capabilities,” he said.
Thus, the agency relies on industry and government partners for the development and fielding of the satellites.
The agency’s role is in streamlining the acquisition process, eliminating redundancies of effort and collecting feedback from the combatant commands as to what their needs are, he said.
The envisioned National Defense Space Architecture, he said, will consist of a layered approach, eventually featuring hundreds of satellites that can track targets such as missiles, hypersonic vehicles and other objects; provide position, navigation and timing for warfighters in GPS-denied environments; and communicate with platforms and warfighters on Earth and between other satellites.
A lot of the technology needed to get there has not yet been produced, so the SDA relies on innovation from industry, he said. The Air Force Research Laboratory, the Missile Defense Agency and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency have also been very helpful.
The SDA has divided the development of the National Defense Space Architecture into five two-year stages, called tranches, that will begin in fiscal year 2022.Tournear described each tranche:
In Tranche 0 in fiscal year 2022, there will be demonstration satellites that warfighters can use for testing missile detection and tracking.
In Tranche 1 in fiscal year 2024, initial warfighting capability will be achieved. Regional missile detection and tracking will be available.
In Tranche 2 in fiscal year 2026, the regional coverage described in Tranche1 will expand to a global scale.
In Tranche 3 in fiscal year 2028, advancements will be added to Tranche 2 such as better sensitivity to missile detection and tracking, communications with the Combined Joint All-Domain Command and Control network and enhanced PNT.
Tranche 4 in fiscal year 2030 will be further advances made to the space architecture.
Cadets from the Korean Military Academy take on an obstacle course at Camp Humphreys, South Korea, Feb. 16, 2022. (Jazzmin Spain/Stars and Stripes)
CAMP HUMPHREYS, South Korea – Military trainers from the 2nd Infantry Division helped cadets of the Korean Military Academy hone their skills over three days recently as they prepare for a global competition in April.
Obstacle courses, weapons systems, and combat casualty care – not exactly Olympic events, but the South Korean cadets will test their mettle against their peers when they take the field during the Sandhurst Military Skills Competition at the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, N.Y.
The annual event, limited to U.S. military competitors only in 2021, will admit international cadets again after a two-year absence. The event was canceled altogether in 2020, according to the West Point website.
First-year cadet Suhae Jang, one of 10 preparing for the event, was present for water survival training at the Vandal Training Center pool on Feb. 15.
Cadets sharpened their skills on everything from proper swimming techniques to water rescue.
“I have always been pretty confident in my swimming skills, but the Army water survival training took it to another level for us,” Jang said. “It was a good opportunity for me to try not to panic and prepare me for what I’m going to be doing in the Sandhurst competition.”
Cadets from the Korean Military Academy take part in water survival training at Camp Humphreys, South Korea, Feb. 15, 2022. (Jazzmin Spain/Stars and Stripes)
A Korean Military Academy cadet takes part in water survival training at Camp Humphreys, South Korea, Feb. 15, 2022. (Jazzmin Spain/Stars and Stripes)
Trainers from the 2nd Infantry Division at Camp Humphreys, South Korea, recently helped Korean Military Academy cadets prepare for the Sandhurst Military Skills Competition at the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, N.Y. (Jazzmin Spain/Stars and Stripes)
The Sandhurst competition began in 1967 when Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, the U.K. academy, presented a British officer’s sword to West Point “to use as the prize for a competition to promote military excellence,” according to the West Point website.
The competition evolved from there to include competitors from other U.S. military academies, ROTC detachments and up to 14 teams from 12 other countries, according to West Point.
“The Sandhurst competition teaches cadets the mental and physical toughness, the relentlessness and the discipline that’s necessary to work as a team to accomplish the mission,” West Point Superintendent Lt. Gen. Darryl Williams said during the 2021 Sandhurst event, according to the academy website.
“It also strengthens relationships with our allies and partners to foster multi-national cohesion and interoperability while showcasing the tenacity and grit of future military leaders from across the world,” he said.
Interoperability is a term the military uses to describe the ability of a country’s armed forces to use another country’s training methods and military equipment.
The team from the Korean Military Academy has been preparing for the competition since September.
On day two of training, Feb. 16, the cadets stood before an eight-lane obstacle course at Camp Humphreys.
“Familiarizing the cadets with each lane and the proper way to execute each station was the main priority for the day,” said Master Sgt. Dimas Magundayao, the 2nd ID noncommissioned officer in charge of competition training.
“They picked up on everything so fast and I was impressed with the improvement from start to finish,” he said.
On Feb. 17, day three of training, the cadets were familiarized with weapons systems, radio communications and tactical combat casualty care.
“I think it’s definitely been mentally and physically challenging,” Jang said.
“But I can see that I’m growing, but I still have room for lots of growth. So, I think it’s both enjoyable and challenging at the same time and I look forward to competing in April.”
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J-20 Mighty Dragon Stealth Fighter Challenging American Air Assets – Is the J-20 Mighty Dragon fighter building toward Chinese air superiority?
The United States is used to being the king of the skies in the last 20 years of conflict in the Middle East and South Asia. No insurgents or terrorists could threaten the Americans in the air. But now there is China to worry about.
And the People’s Liberation Army Air Force has upped the ante in East Asia. Flashpoints like Taiwan and the militarization of various rocks and reefs in the South and East China Seas have resulted in the PLAAF modernizing and adding to its fleet of aircraft. This effort could enable the Chinese to surpass the United States if they haven’t already.
Enter the J-20 Mighty Dragon
To this end, the PLAAF is stoked about the Chengdu J-20 Mighty Dragon that has stealth characteristics with a low radar cross-section that looks like it stole designs and technology from the F-35. The J-20 is an advanced fourth-generation (although some sources say it is fifth-generation) single-seat, twin engine warplane. The J-20 is not entirely stealthy and could be tracked by advanced radar but the Chinese are producing them in “high numbers,” perhaps with plans for over 500 of them.
There Is Much to Like About the J-20
The J-20 is purported to be a fighter with excellent maneuverability, admirable avionics, and advanced targeting capability, according to a DOD military power report. The range is extended by external fuel tanks, and it is able to fly at supersonic speeds at over 1,600 miles per hour.
J-20 Engines Are Less Than Stellar
One weak point about the J-20 is its lackluster engines that have been examined by 1945 extensively. The exhaust from the engines can be tracked and this downside hurts the airplane’s overall stealthiness.
But producing the airplane in numbers has given the PLAAF battle planners confidence that the J-20 can give them a decided advantage in a potential aerial combat scenario. The United States would not have clear air superiority, they believe.
Chengdu J-20 displaying weapon bays, missiles and avionics during Airshow China 2018.
Image: Chinese Internet.
Image: Chinese Internet.
J-20 – American Generals Sound the Alarm
U.S. Air Force generals are worried that the American aerial advantages are slipping away. The Air Force Chief of Staff, General Charles Q. Brown Jr., told an audience at an Air Force Association conference in January that the PLAAF had “the largest aviation forces in the Pacific” and had built the force up “underneath our nose.” Brown predicted China could eclipse U.S. air superiority by 2035.
Another general at the same conference expressed that the Chinese were moving forward with air technology, and they are ahead in certain areas, according to Lieutenant General S. Clinton Hinote, a deputy chief of staff of the Air Force for strategy. “In a few important areas, we’re behind — tonight. This is not a tomorrow problem. This is a today.” He added that the “light is blinking red.”
Taiwan Is a Problem for the U.S. Air Force
The Chinese are sending flights of multiple different aircraft into Taiwan’s air defense identification zone on a regular basis.
To be sure, the Chinese pilots have no air combat experience and do not have the same night-flying or all-weather prowess as American aviators. But they are catching up.
J-20 Plus a Lethal Mix of Capabilities Boost China
If you combine fighters like the J-20 with carrier-killing missiles, hypersonic weapons, and anti-aircraft systems, the Chinese have a potent mix of capabilities. Plus, China is closer to Taiwan than are American air assets in Guam and Okinawa making defending Taiwan that much more difficult, although U.S. aircraft carriers could make up this difference in this regard.
The J-20 may have weak engines and their designers cheated in stealing design and technology data from the United States, but the Mighty Dragon has an important role in the current aerial order of battle exhibited by the Chinese. Air Force generals are sounding this alarm and trying to get policy-makers to understand that the potential of air combat with China should be top of mind.
Now serving as 1945’s Defense and National Security Editor, Brent M. Eastwood, Ph.D., is the author of Humans, Machines, and Data: Future Trends in Warfare. He is an Emerging Threats expert and former U.S. Army Infantry officer. You can follow him on Twitter @BMEastwood.
New exclusive savings created for Veterans Advantage members
NEW YORK, Feb. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — Veterans Advantage and AudioCardio, a data- and science-backed mobile app that aims to maintain and strengthen hearing by delivering personalized sound therapies for hearing loss and tinnitus, banded together to give veterans new discounts. Veterans Advantage VetRewards subscribers get an exclusive 30% OFF a monthly, semiannual, or annual subscription to AudioCardio’s sound therapy app.
AudioCardio’s Threshold Sound Conditioning technology stimulates the inner ear cells and has been clinically studied at Stanford University, Palo Alto Medical Foundation, and Samsung Medical Center, with more than 75% of participants having a significant effect. Threshold sound conditioning works by continuously stimulating the cells just below the audible level in hopes of activating and supporting the cells responsible for hearing.
“We are honored to team up with Veterans Advantage to bring new and innovative hearing help to more veterans, ” said AudioCardio CEO Chris Ellis. “Our threshold sound conditioning technology has been known to help with tinnitus and hearing loss, which many veterans suffer from. It’s affordable, easy to use, and has no negative social stigma. We are excited to provide hope to people looking for a solution.”
Inspired by his grandfather, who suffered from severe hearing loss that he believed was tied to serving as a hydraulics engineer and specialist in the Air Force, Ellis founded AudioCardio with our nation’s veterans and military in mind.
“Veterans Advantage is always searching for ways to improve the lives of our members and we are excited to offer new discounts on AudioCardio subscriptions to our veteran community,” said Scott Higgins, co-founder and CEO of Veterans Advantage, Army Veteran, and AudioCardio user. “We look forward to working with this app that was specifically started with veterans in mind,” he added.
About Audio Cardio AudioCardio is a data- and science-backed mobile app that generates personalized sound therapies and is designed for people with hearing loss or tinnitus. The app was started with veterans in mind. The founder’s grandfather suffered from severe hearing loss and attributed it to his service as a hydraulics engineer and specialist in the Air Force. AudioCardio delivers personalized sound therapies work by stimulating the cells inside of the ear to help activate and support the cells responsible for hearing. It’s like physical therapy for hearing.
About Veterans Advantage Veterans Advantage, PBC, a registered public benefit corporation, is a military marketing, media and technology company with a socially responsible mission of delivering greater respect, recognition and rewards to its members and their families for service to our country. Co-founded in 1999 by Scott Higgins, a Vietnam War Veteran, and Lin Higgins, the proud daughter of a U.S. Marine, Veterans Advantage provides a platform for companies to create and promote exclusive offers for their customers who are active-duty military, veterans, and their families enrolled in Veterans Advantage. Our Veterans Advantage team is passionate about advocating for the creation of new, lifestyle-enhancing benefits for our members with VetRewards, our premium subscription plan, and redeemed with the VetRewards Card ID. We work with our Fortune 500 partner coalition of travel industry leaders, top brand-name retailers and major service providers offering technology to seamlessly verify their customer’s military status and protect their offers from fraud and dilution while delivering A Real Thank You® to the men and women who have given so much to protect our freedoms.
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