Over the past few weeks, soldiers from Headquarters 10th Singapore Infantry Brigade (10 SIB) and 5th Battalion Singapore Infantry Regiment (5 SIR) as well as soldiers from 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division from the United States Army Pacific and 29th Infantry Brigade Combat Team from the Hawaii Army National Guard, took part […]

During the Network Integration Evaluation 17.2 exercise here, July 11 – 30, Soldiers tested smaller, lighter communications gear that could be easily moved from one battlefield location to another by sling loaded CH-47 helicopter. If fielded, this gear would increase the speed and efficiency of Soldier operations in the field. The Soldier-led NIE 17.2 exercise, […]

Self-propelled artillery batteries from 3rd Battalion, 29th Field Artillery Regiment, have become proficient in eluding enemy forces following two consecutive multinational exercises in Germany and Romania, where the unit exploited its mobility and survivability skills. “We’ve adopted new fighting tactics, techniques and procedures to counter the tactics of a near-peer enemy that really makes it […]

The US Department of State has approved a possible  $593 million Foreign Military Sale of twelve A-29 Super Tucano aircraft and weapons, including all associated training, spare parts, aviation and ground support equipment, and hangar, facilities, and infrastructure required to support the program. These aircraft will support Nigerian military operations against terrorist organizations Boko Haram and ISIS West […]

Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) today announced the first flight of a VH-92A configured test aircraft in support of the U.S. Marine Corps’ VH-92A Presidential Helicopter Replacement Program. The July 28 flight signals the start of the 250 hour flight test program, which will take place at Lockheed Martin facilities in Owego, New York. The aircraft […]

A helicopter made a hard landing at the Sikorsky Development Flight Center in Palm Beach County Wednesday morning. That was reported by www.wflx.com. Local news photographs taken from a distance appear to show the compound helicopter prototype sitting on a runway with the landing gear retracted. Sikorsky says two crew members on board the S-97 escaped a […]

The Royal Australian Air Force is on track to receive a next eight F-35A Lightning II fighter aircraft in 2018. On the final assembly line of Lockheed Martin in Fort Worth, there are eight fifth-generation F-35A Lightning-2 fighter aircraft expected to be delivered to the Australian Air Force ahead of schedule in 2018. The new F-35A […]

Employees of the Bell Helicopter’s facility in Amarillo, Texas celebrated the 350th delivery of the V-22 Osprey which is manufactured under a 50-50 partnership with Boeing. The aircraft reached initial operational capability (IOC) with the US Marine Corps on June 2007 which uses the MV-22B variant and has more than 360 in order. Fifty CV-22B […]

The U.S. Missile Defense Agency and U.S. Army soldiers of the 11th Air Defense Artillery Brigade from Fort Bliss, Texas, conducted a successful missile defense test today using the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system. A medium-range target ballistic missile (MRBM) was air-launched by a U.S. Air Force C-17 over the Pacific Ocean. The […]

Lockheed Martin successfully conducted the first-ever launch yesterday of the Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM) surface-launch variant from a topside canister. The flight test, at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, proved the missile’s ability to conduct an angled launch from the newly designed topside canister, replicating a ship-launched environment. During the test, the LRASM, its Mk-114 booster […]