U.S. Army Futures Command held a virtual roundtable with more than 1,250 participants across industry and academia to discuss the Army’s Project Convergence, Dec. 1, 2020. “There’s a lot of smart people in the Army, but there’s a lot more smart people that are outside the Army helping us solve problems and thinking about how […]

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The U.S. Air Force has been testing new ways of defeating an advanced air-defense system and to carry out multi-service strikes. The details were given in a 3 December media release, to announce more than 25 agencies are participating in exercise Emerald Flag, a collaborative multi-service effort focused on increasing the effectiveness of the joint […]

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Textron Systems Corporation, part of the Textron group, received a $66 million contract from the U.S. Army for the production of the latest-generation Shadow unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The U.S. State Department announced this week that Textron was awarded a $66 million contract for 36 Shadow aircraft in the latest Block III configuration. The contract […]

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The 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team “Iron Horse” has reported on its Twitter account that it looks forward to showing the lethality of tracked M270 Multiple Launch Rocket Systems that recently arrived in Poland. “Looking forward to showcasing lethality alongside them and our European partners,” the Iron Horse икшпфву said in a Twitter post Friday. […]

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U.S. Marines with Marine Rotational Force-Europe 21.1, Marine Forces Europe and Africa, completed their intensive arctic training Sunday, marking the end of a six-week deployment to Setermoen, Norway, and have returned to their home station, Camp Lejeune, N.C. This deployment, according to the press release, was the first of the shorter MRF-E deployments since the […]

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The U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command has announced on Friday that the Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Sioux City (LCS 11) returned from a deployment to the U.S. 4th Fleet area of operations. USS Sioux City returned to Mayport, Fla., Dec. 4, following its deployment to the U.S. 4th Fleet area of operations, according to […]

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U.S. Army M1 Abrams main battle tanks, HMMWVs and other tactical military vehicles were spotted in Lithuanian forest in the training area Pabrade, 15 km from the Belarusian-Lithuanian border, according to multiple reports. According to a recent Army service news release, U.S. troops and tanks have arrived in Lithuania for deployment to support Lithuanian land forces with […]

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A U.S. Navy CMV-22B Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft conducted its first take-off from an aircraft carrier, according to a press release issued Friday by the service press department. For the first time, the Navy version of the Osprey, vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) tilt-rotor aircraft conducted the first ever landings, take-offs, and refueling from the flight […]

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The U.S. Army has plans to improve capabilities MQ-1C Gray Eagle unmanned aerial system, is expected to play a big role in the future of Army aviation. In a notice posted on the U.S. government’s main contracting website, the Army Futures Command is soliciting industry for information on emerging technologies in radar equipment and airborne […]

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Small satellite launch startup Aevum has unveiled the Ravn X unmanned aircraft system that designed to launch small payloads to orbit. In a press release presented by the Aevum, CEO Jay Skylus said that the newest Ravn X unmanned system can take off from a runway and deliver payloads to space using only jet fuel. […]

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