The Kenya Defence Forces received six Bell Huey II helicopters valued at $106 million (Sh11 billion) from USA. That was reported by www.the-star.co.ke. The U.S Government has donated military helicopters to the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) to help in the war against terror. They will assist troops who are part of the African Union Mission in Somalia, that […]

It was moving day at Fort Carson, Colorado, as The U.S. Army’s 4th Infantry Division’s 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team prepared to ship out.

NATO was started reconnaissance flights over Black Sea to monitor the Ukraine’s missile exercises near Crimea. A NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organisation) AWACS (Airborne Warning and Control System) surveillance plane took off from its air base in Germany on Friday and was en-route to monitor skies above Ukraine and Romania. A NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organisation) […]

Norway plans to order five Boeing Co P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol planes to maintain its surveillance capacity and meet future security challenges, the NATO country’s Defence Ministry said. That was reported by Joachim Dagenborg, Reuters. Norway’s long maritime border with neighbouring Russia has become a renewed focus for the country’s military planners following the Russian annexation […]

Nearly 4,000 Soldiers from 11 NATO countries are in Lithuania to take part in Exercise Iron Sword 2016, which runs from Nov. 20 to Dec. 3. That was reported by www.army.mil. Iron Sword is a Lithuanian led exercise designed to train and evaluate the Lithuanian Mechanized Infantry Brigade (Iron Wolf) Brigade, and the Motorized Infantry […]

Marines with Marine Helicopter Attack Squadron 267 prepared to deploy to Okinawa, Japan, aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, California, Nov. 10, 2016. That was reported by www.marines.mil. HMLA-267 is heading to MCAS Futenma for approximately six months in support of III Marine Expeditionary Force as a part of the Unit Deployment Program. This milestone […]

Lockheed Martin Corp (LMT.N) unit Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co is being awarded a $7.19 billion contract for 90 F-35 Lightning II jets, the Pentagon said on Wednesday. The contract is a modification to a previously awarded low-rate initial production contract, the Pentagon said in a statement. This order includes 76 F-35A aircraft for the U.S. […]

Elbit Systems of America announced today that it was awarded an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (“ID/IQ”) contract for the production of 60mm, 81mm, and 120mm Mortar Weapon Systems, which include the following items: M224 60mm Legacy Mortar Weapon System; M252 81mm Legacy Mortar Weapon System; M224A1 60mm Lightweight (LW) Mortar Weapon System; the M252A1 81mm LW […]

The RQ-4 Global Hawk Unmanned Aerial Systems of the U.S. Air Force has conducted intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance  flights in the skies over Eastern Ukraine and Crimea. The RQ-4 Global Hawk team’s eyes in the sky are can provide a bird’s eye view of potential threats surrounding a large area, giving ground troops a detailed look […]

The 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, has begun its movement to Europe, loading the first trains this week that will send a heavy brigade’s worth of tanks, Bradley fighting vehicles and other equipment overseas in support of Operation Atlantic Resolve. Iron Brigade Soldiers, led by 1st Battalion, 66th Armor Regiment with the […]