Bell Helicopter has received a contract to construct nine Bell 429  light utility helicopters with customer-unique modifications for the Slovakian armed forces. The US State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Slovakia for Bell 429 light utility helicopters. The estimated cost is $150 million. The Defense […]

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. announced that its Micro Systems, Inc. business unit, part of the Kratos Unmanned Systems Division (USD), has successfully converted a Russian T-72 Tank to operate unmanned. In response to a need by the U.S. Army for a tank target, Kratos/Micro Systems converted the T-72 to be controlled by its […]

U.S. troops in South Korea began installing the equipment of an advanced missile defense system at a site in a southeastern region of the country, facing fierce protests from local residents. South Korea’s Yonhap news agency said the overnight, unannounced operation came just six days after U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) secured the land in Seongju, […]

The Leonardo DRS T-100 is an advanced variant of the M-346 trainer, a globally proven training jet for air forces around the world.  Today, the aircraft is actively training pilots to fly the F-35 for the Netherlands, Israel and Italy.  Additionally, the M-346 is training side-by-side with the F-35 in Italy. In open government procurement […]

US Lockheed Martin F-35 Lighting II jets arrived  in Estonia’s Amari air base on Tuesday. According to the information received by the ERR online media outlet, the jets remained in the Baltic country for several weeks and in that time will carry out training flights with other US and allied forces’ aircraft. Estonia, a former […]

Lockheed Martin has secured a $1.6bn contract to produce additional AN/TPQ-53 counterfire radar systems for the US Army. Using the Q-53 radar system, troops in combat will be able to detect, classify, track and identify the location of enemy indirect fire in either 360° or 90° modes. The radar system can be readily adapted to provide […]

US Marines with Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron 1 conducted forward arming and refueling point operations (FARP) as part of Assault Support Training 1 at the Chocolate Mountain Aerial Gunnery Range, California, in support of the semiannual Weapons and Tactics Instructor Course 2-17, April 17. Lasting seven weeks, WTI is a training evolution hosted […]

U.S. Marines with Marine Attack Squadron (VMA) 311 executed blue-air missions during Exercise MAX THUNDER 17 at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea (ROK), April 17, 2017. VMA-311 AV-8B Harrier pilots combined forces with ROK and U.S. Air Force pilots and were split between two sides, red air and blue air, where they conducted a […]

The USS Michigan guided-missile submarine arrived in South Korea for what a US defense official described as a show of force amid tensions between the US and North Korea. The USS Michigan – capable of firing off salvos of Tomahawk cruise missiles – is to join the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson in drills near […]

Approximately 6,000 U.S. military personnel will participate in exercise Northern Edge 2017 (NE17), a joint training exercise hosted by Alaskan Command scheduled for May 1-12, 2017, on and above central Alaska ranges and the Gulf of Alaska. NE17 is one in a series of U.S. Pacific Command exercises in 2017 that prepares joint forces to […]