Aerospace and logistics company Thales and the European Space Agency (ESA) has announced on Friday an agreement worth about $202.3 million (167 million euros) for the development of the automated reusable spaceplane. According to a company news release, Thales Alenia Space (Thales 67 %, Leonardo 33 %), and AVIO as co-contractor, signed a contract with […]

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The U.S. Army announced on Tuesday that short-range air defense, 5th Battalion, 4th Air Defense Artillery Regiment (5-4 ADAR), 10th Army Air & Missile Defense Command continues to train amid COVID-19 pandemic. Crewmembers of Avenger weapons systems, which are vehicle-mounted short-range air-defense systems that fire Stinger missiles, are maintaining their combat proficiency in a COVID-19 […]

The U.S. Department of Defense has decided to canceled joint military exercise as the novel coronavirus continues to spread globally. The Pentagon recently suspended deployments for troops and their families into South Korea and Italy. Currently decided to canceled major military exercise between the U.S. and several European nations and U.S. involvement will be reduced […]

The U.S. Strategic Command has announced that it began sending significant firepower to the European theater as part of Exercise Global Thunder 20. U.S. Strategic Command launched Bomber Task Force (BTF) mission involving B-52 Stratofortress and B-2 Spirit aircraft to train U.S. Strategic Command forces, assess joint operational readiness, and integrate with a full complement […]

The U.S. Air Forces in Europe Air Forces Africa has reported that one squadron of F-15E Strike Eagle fighter jets was deployed to Europe. According to a statement, the U.S. Air Force deployed one squadron of F-15E Strike Eagles, Airmen, and associated equipment to Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, for theater familiarization and to conduct training […]