U.S. Navy releases video footage of three-Carrier Strike Force transit the Western Pacific The USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) and USS Nimitz (CVN 68) Strike Groups transit the Western Pacific with ships from the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force. The strike groups are underway and conducting operations in international waters as part of […]

The United States Air Forces in Europe Warrior Preparation Center held a ribbon cutting ceremony highlighting the delivery and operational status of the new Joint Terminal Attack Controller domed simulator Nov. 2. A JTAC’s job is to direct the action of combat aircraft engaged in close air support. The domed simulator, named Joint Terminal Control […]

The United States flew two B-1B bombers over the Korean Peninsula on Thursday, its Air Force said, ahead of U.S. President Donald Trump’s planned visit to Asia. That was reported by Yonhap. The pair of bombers conducted sequenced bilateral missions with South Korean fighters and Japanese fighters, the U.S. Pacific Air Forces said in a […]

The US Department of Defense (DOD) announced its “drone sprints” project, aimed at advancing “drone swarm” technology. It’s calling on developers nationwide to come up with usable solutions to the challenge of deploying and controlling hundreds of unmanned air and ground vehicles in an urban combat environment. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) — the […]

Textron Systems Marine & Land Systems was awarded the delivery order from the U.S. Army TACOM to provide 55 Mobile Strike Force Vehicles (MSFVs) to the Afghanistan National Army’s (ANA) Defense and Security Forces. According to the Textron Systems, the first vehicle deliveries are scheduled for 2018. Textron Systems also supports the ANA and its MSFVs with training, […]

CONTROP Precision Technologies Ltd. – a company specializing in the field of electro-optics and IR defense and homeland security solutions – wins a contract to provide a significant number of maritime EO/IR payloads to the Vietnamese Navy. This is a follow-on order of a previous order made three (3) years ago. CONTROP’s iSea-40HD will be […]

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq:KTOS), a leading National Security Solutions provider recently completed a UTAP-22 Mako Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) multi-UAS demonstration mission as part of a larger military exercise. The multi-UAS demonstration leveraged the recent test flight series previously conducted in preparation for this integrated operational demonstration, which featured a range of […]

Lockheed Martin announced the successful conduct of the Combat Rescue Helicopter (CRH) Program Training Systems Critical Design Review (CDR). This event prepares the CRH program to proceed to assembly, test, and evaluation of the HH-60W helicopter’s training systems. This marks an important step in developing maintenance and aircrew training devices, courseware products and the training […]

Orbital ATK, a global leader in aerospace and defense technologies marked a significant milestone recently with the delivery of its 100,000th AGM-114 tactical motor, the high performance rocket motor that propels the highly successful HELLFIRE® missile.  The motor is currently in service with the U.S. Armed Forces as well as 16 other allied nations, and […]

Lockheed Martin has rolled the first C-130J-30 military transport plane out of the paint shop for French Air Force. The contracts awarded on 1 December are for USD133.4 million and USD36.6 million, and cover the procurement of two stretched C-130J-30 airlifters and for configuration changes to two C-130J-30 airlifters and two KC-130J tankers respectively. Work on the contract will […]