JCB has started 2017 by winning one of the biggest single orders in its 71-year history – a $142-million deal to supply the United States Army with a massive fleet of machines. The company announced today that the U.S Army is to take delivery of more than 1,600 light-capability rough terrain forklifts for deployment on […]

One of eight medium-thrust engines fell off a U.S. Air Force B-52 heavy bomber from Minot AFB, North Dakota, in a Jan. 4 incident. That was reported by www.military.com. The incident occurred during a training flight near Minot Air Force Base, officials confirmed to Military.com. The engine broke up and debris landed in unpopulated area, […]

Supporting the fight around the globe means providing Soldiers with the most advanced technology available. The right technology can ensure overmatch against future adversaries in an increasingly complex and dangerous world, where the threat is often “elusive and ambiguous,” according to Army Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Daniel B. Allyn, speaking at an industry event […]

Chinese military expert Yin Zhuo told CCTV that China’s military deployment in the SouthChina Sea is completely reasonable, in light of the powerful naval force of the U.S. in the region. He made his remarks after American media outlet Fox News quoted the U.S. intelligence community, saying that China has sent hundreds of surface-to-air missiles […]

The Aeroscraft corporation has been in discussions with the Ukrainian State Enterprise “Ukroboronservice” (part of concern UkrObornProm) to produce M4 carbines model WAC47 under licence in Ukraine. According to press-service of concern UkrObornProm, Aeroscraft with Ukroboronservice to produce M4 carbines model WAC47. It’s an accurized M4 variation in 7.62x39mm that takes standard AK-47 magazines. Such arrangements are the result of the Memorandum of […]

Two soldiers are dead after an AH-64 Apache helicopter crashed in Galveston Bay near the Bayport Cruise Terminal Wednesday afternoon. Ccrews responded to reports of a ‘military grade’ Apache helicopter in the water at El Jardin Beach near the Bayport cruise terminal just before 4 p.m. Wednesday. A spokesman for the Texas Army National Guard confirmed the two men […]

Rolls-Royce Corp of Indianapolis, Indiana, a unit of Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC , has been awarded a $408 million modification to a contract to provide maintenance support for V-22 AE1107C engines for the U.S. Marine Corps and Air Force, the Pentagon said in a statement on Tuesday. MissionCare is a performance-based logistics concept that includes an […]

Boeing [NYSE: BA] and partner Saab [Stockholm: SAABB] today completed the first flight of their all-new T-X aircraft, which is designed specifically for the U.S. Air Force’s training requirements. During the 55-minute flight, lead T-X Test Pilot Steven Schmidt and Chief Pilot for Air Force Programs Dan Draeger, who was in the seat behind Schmidt, […]

Chinese Defense Ministry spokesperson Yang Yujun said late Saturday that China has decided to hand over the U.S. underwater drone it captured in its waters to the United States in an appropriate manner. According Yang’s statement on the website of the defense ministry, on the afternoon of December 15, a Chinese naval lifeboat located an […]

Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) has successfully completed the first flight of an E-2D Advanced Hawkeye equipped with aerial refueling (AR). Under a 2013 engineering, manufacturing, and development (EMD) contract award, Northrop Grumman designed, developed, manufactured, and tested several sub-system upgrades necessary to accommodate an aerial refueling capability. “The Northrop Grumman aerial refueling team continues to […]