The mysterious modification of Black Hawk helicopter was spotted Mosul city’s airport in northern Iraq on February 24, 2017. A helicopter patrols at the site as Iraqi security forces advance forward positions after they retook the Mosul International Airport during an operation carried out to retake western part of Mosul from Daesh in Mosul. That was […]

The U.S. Air Force is preparing to deploy Lockheed Martin’s F-35 fighter jets to Europe. The head of US Air Combat Command said Friday the U.S. Air Force’s F-35 joint strike fighter will soon fly over Europe. “Europe is certainly a place that I think we would like to send that airplane so I can see that […]

During the winter of 1939 and 1940, winter-camouflaged Finnish ski troops for a time held off a much larger Soviet army that had neither skis nor winter camouflaging. The effectiveness of the Finnish army in snow and freezing temperatures was a real eye-opener for the U.S. Army at the time, said Sgt. Sarah Valentine, an […]

Orbital ATK, a global leader in aerospace and defense technologies, will showcase a variety of defense products, services and integration capabilities during IDEX 2017. IDEX takes place biennially at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre. This year’s event, held February 19-23, provides Orbital ATK the opportunity to display its expertise to a global audience at […]

AM General, the premiere Global Vehicle Solutions Provider, will showcase its innovative vehicle solutions, global reach and diversification at the International Defence Exhibition & Conference (IDEX) tradeshow held at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre, Feb. 19 – 23, 2017, Booth 01-C20 in the U.S. Pavilion. “IDEX 2017 is an excellent venue for AM General […]

FLIR Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: FLIR) announced today that it has been awarded a $50 million indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract to provide marine electronics systems under the U.S. Coast Guard’s Scalable Integrated Navigation Systems 2 (SINS-2) program over a five-year period providing the purchaser a right to extend delivery for an additional five years. FLIR […]

The Houthi forces claims their fighters shot down an MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) over the northern Yemen province of Marib. Iranian state media claims that Houthi forces shot down an unmanned aerial vehicle of Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) of the United States federal government. According to local activists, the Houthi forces shot down the plane with a guided […]

The American troops arrived in Romania with their military technic in endowment: M1 Abrams tanks, M2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicles and 155mm self-propelled howitzer M109A6 Paladin type. US troops began to disembark their armoured vehicles on Tuesday at the MK Base, Constanta, as part of the US commitment to secure and to reinforce the Eastern […]

Textron Systems Weapon and Sensor Systems, a business of Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT), announced today the successful testing of G-CLAW™, the company’s precision guided glide weapon, against moving targets. The flight tests, which occurred in October 2016, took place at Yuma Proving Grounds in Arizona. The Weapon and Sensor Systems team conducted the G-CLAW precision […]

Throughout Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom, the armed services used unmanned aerial equipment to capture imagery of battlespaces, execute reconnaissance and conduct airstrikes on enemy targets. These devices proved indispensable in their abilities to move quickly and clandestinely. A team of four Marines with Task Force Southwest practiced flying new drone technology, known […]