US troops conduct first gunnery range in Poland
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The Soldiers of Bravo and Charlie Companies, 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division of United States Armed Forces have rolled out to the fields of Poland for the first time. That was reported by press service of United States Armed Forces. “We arrived in Poland a week ago,” said Capt. […]
US Soldiers on Fort Jackson train on newest M320A1 grenade launcher
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Soldiers on Fort Jackson began training with a new weapons system that can launch grenades while attached to an M4 carbine rifle, or be fired independently. That was reported by press service of the United States Army. A training team was on hand at Fort Jackson Tuesday and Wednesday to familiarize drill sergeants with the newest […]
Israel’s Ministry of Defense to buy 200 advanced tactical trucks from Oshkosh Defense
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Israel’s Ministry of Defense has closed a deal to purchase 200 advanced tactical trucks from Oshkosh Defense, LLC, an Oshkosh Corporation with US military aid funds at a cost of $200 million. That was reported by The Jewish Press. The $200 million deal is to be paid for with Foreign Military Financing (FMF) grant aid funds, […]
XP Power: The Cutting Edge of Military Power Technology
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It used to be said that an army marches on its stomach. Nowadays military forces do a lot more than just marching, and with the ever-increasing use of technology more and more of their duties rely on electricity, and this means that robust equipment for transmitting and converting power that they can rely upon in […]
US guided-missile destroyer USS Michael Murphy to begin Western Pacific deployment
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USS Michael Murphy (DDG 112) is scheduled to depart Pearl Harbor, Hawaii for a regularly-scheduled deployment with the Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group to the Indo-Asia-Pacific Region on Friday, Jan. 13. That was reported by press service of Department of Defense. Michael Murphy will deploy with a crew of approximately 320 Sailors and a detachment of […]
Lockheed Martin unveils wing-body tanker concept for refuel stealth aircraft
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Lockheed Martin has unveiled its concept of next-generation wing-body tanker aircraft for refuel fighters like the F-22 and F-35. That was reported by Graham Warwick. The concept of new stealth tanker aircraft was displayed for the first time at AIAA SciTech Forum. Lockheed has already begun wind-tunnel testing on a four percent scale model of […]
Polish military delegation visits Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation
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January 5th. at the premises of Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation was officially the end of the first stage of production aircraft under the agreement for the supply G550 aircraft to be used for VIP transport missions. After the first stage of production aircraft have been certified Type Certificate issued by the US aviation authority (FAA – […]
US Army tests full-solution fire-control system for sniper weapons
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The US Army conducted test of new full-solution fire-control system for military sniper weapons called the Ballistically Optimized Sniper Scope or BOSS. That was reported by www.army.mil. The new Ballistically Optimized Sniper Scope (BOSS) is a fully integrated, rifle-mounted (using the Picatinny Rail) automated, full-solution fire-control system for sniper weapons. It has a variable power (6-22x magnification) […]
U.S. Navy to deploy E-2D Advanced Hawkeye advanced early warning aircraft to Japan
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The U.S. Navy announced that its newest airborne early warning and control aircraft, the E-2D Advanced Hawkeye, will join the Forward Deployed Naval Forces (FDNF) as part of Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 5 in Japan in February 2017. That was reported by pacom.mil. Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron (VAW) 125, which flies the E-2D, will […]
Vanilla Aircraft claims world record with 56-hour flight
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Vanilla Aircraft, LLC announced that on December 2, their VA001 unmanned aircraft system (UAS) completed a non-stop, unrefueled 56-hour flight. The flight was submitted for a world duration record for combustion-powered unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in the 50-500 kg subclass (Fédération Aéronautique Internationale Class U-1.c Group 1). A representative from the National Aeronautic Association was present […]