The Estonian Defence Forces (EDF) has received the next batch of Javelin anti-tank missiles from the USA on 11 December, said in a press release on the official website of  EDF. The batch of Javelin Block-1 type American man-portable fire-and-forget anti-tank missiles that arrived in Estonia on Monday are faster and more powerful than their predecessors, the Block-0 type missiles previously sent […]

The 2d Cavalry Regiment, the longest serving cavalry regiment in the U.S. Army, received its first 30 mm Stryker Infantry Carrier Vehicle – Dragoon (ICVD), named after the soldiers who serve in 2CR known as “Dragoons,” on Rose Barracks, Germany, Dec. 8, 2017.  This Stryker variant was created to fill a capability gap in the […]

LifePort provides standard Bell 412 armor configurations for the cockpit floor, crew seats, cabin floor, and crew side wall areas.  Ballistic Protection Systems (BPS) can be customized to meet ballistic threat levels, areas of vulnerability, and mission profiles.  “We are pleased to once again work with Bell Helicopter to successfully design and certify a ballistic […]

During a US Naval exercise on the last 12 October, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) demonstrated the remote detection and tracking of submerged contacts, such as submarines, using a MQ-9 PREDATOR B Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA). Sonobuoys were deployed by US Navy helicopters and acoustic data gathered from the sonobuoys were used to track underwater targets. […]

The 6th Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment’s Alpha Troop conducted its first ever Shadow unmanned aircraft launch from Butts Army Airfield Dec. 11, 2017. That was reported by Staff Sgt. Jeremy Ganz. After research, planning, proposals and final approval, Butts Army Airfield (BAAF) has finally joined other army airfields with capabilities to launch the Shadow. “In the […]

U.S. Navy Sailors demonstrate a crash and salvage drill as part of Tiger Cruise 2017 aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68), Dec. 8, 2017, in the Pacific Ocean. The Nimitz Carrier Strike Group is on a regularly scheduled deployment to the Western Pacific. The U.S. Navy has patrolled the Indo-Asia-Pacific region routinely for […]

Exercise VIGILANT ACE 18 is underway across the Korean Peninsula and the Wolf Pack’s F-16 Fighting Falcons, better known as Vipers, play host to the fifth-generation Joint Strike Fighter, the F-35A Lightning II, at the historic 8th Fighter Wing, Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea. The Vipers and Lightings began training side-by-side last week in […]

Within five years, the Army would like to start testing remote combat vehicle prototypes, known as RCVs, which are unmanned, as light and as fast as a Stryker, but provide the same level of firepower as an M-1 Abrams tank, said Maj. Alan L. Stephens. Stephens, an Acquisition Corps officer at the Mounted Requirements Division […]

The likelihood is high that the Army won’t get to pick the time and place of its choosing for the next battle, said Gen. Robert Abrams. But it’s likely that the next battle will take place in a megacity, said Abrams, commander of U.S. Army Forces Command. He spoke, Nov. 30, here during the Future […]

Boeing’s Ground Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD) program successfully completed its first key review with the U.S. Air Force, validating program technical requirements prior to the design and development phase of America’s next intercontinental ballistic missile system. The November review established the baseline for the GBSD, which will replace the Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) […]