Soldiers with 1st Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team (Mustangs) from Fort Hood, Texas participated in live fire exercises as part of their preparation for Combined Resolve XIII on January 16, 2020, according to 241st Mobile Public Affairs Detachment. Combined Resolve XIII is Headquarters Department of the Army (HQDA) directed Multinational Unified […]

U.S. Marines with 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines, 1st Marine Division, made a long distance call via radio to Okinawa, Japan on Jan. 18, 2020, at approximately 1 p.m. on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California. Using the mountainous terrain of Camp Pendleton to their advantage, these Marines were able to amplify their high frequency (HF) […]

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and Dynetics have achieved a significant milestone with the development of the new unique Gremlins air vehicle. Dynetics announced that the new X-61A Gremlins Air Vehicle (GAV) had successfully performed its maiden flight in November 2019. The test took place at Dugway Proving Ground near Salt Lake City, […]

Robotic media blasting used to strip paint from fighter aircraft such as the F-16 Fighting Falcon has been around at Hill Air Force Base for more than three decades. Now, the technology is being used for the first time to remove paint from the A-10 Thunderbolt II. The 576th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron is upgrading its […]

The U.S. Navy newest Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier, USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) departed its homeport of Norfolk, Jan. 16 to begin Aircraft Compatibility Testing (ACT) off the East Coast as the first aircraft, an E-2D landed, on board. ACT continues the at-sea testing of Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS) and Advanced Arresting […]

The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory has developed a unique directed energy weapon demonstrator called the High-power Adaptive Directed Energy System, or HADES, that completed field testing in 2019. “HADES technology was designed with the warfighter in mind,” said the AFRL program manager Dan Marker. “The system works by combining a large number of high […]

The U.S Air Force has achieved a significant milestone with the development of the new X-60A air-launched rocket. The Air Force Research Laboratory’s X-60A program recently achieved a key developmental milestone with the completion of integrated vehicle propulsion system verification ground testing. The X-60A is an air-launched rocket designed for hypersonic flight research. It is being developed […]

For the first time, Boeing and the U.S. Navy flew an F/A-18 Super Hornet equipped with an Infrared Search & Track (IRST) Block II pod in late 2019. IRST Block II is a critical component of the Block III Super Hornet. The Block III conversion will include enhanced network capability, longer range with conformal fuel […]

U.S. aerospace giant Boeing, as well as Sikorsky and Rheinmetall, has submitted its response to the STH invitation to tender for Germany’s New Heavy Lift Helicopter program, also known as Schwerer Transporthubschrauber (STH). The STH invitation to tender was issued on 24 June 2019 by the German procurement authority, specifically, the Federal Office of Equipment, […]

The U.S. Department of Defense and Lockheed Martin announced an agreement worth about $43 million to upgrade to the AN/ALQ-217 Electronic Support Measures (ESM) system for the E-2D Advanced Hawkeye. This modification increases the scope of the existing E-2D AN/ALQ-217D electronic support measures and provides upgrades to the receiver/processor, active front end and receiver antenna […]