In collaboration with the U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command, NNSA conducted successful surveillance flight tests using joint test assemblies (JTA) of the B61-7 and B61-11 nuclear bombs earlier this month. Analysis and flight recorder data from the tests indicate that both were successful. JTAs are mock weapons containing sensors and instrumentation that allow scientists […]

U.S. Army Europe is expanding and building capabilities and capacity for dynamic presence in and around the Black Sea region, especially at the port of Port of Constanta and its logistical and training hubs Camp Mihail Kogalniceanu Airbase Romania (MKAB) and Novo Selo Training Area Bulgaria (NSTA). Dynamic Presence, how land power is committed to […]

Soldiers from 3rd Battalion, 69th Armor Regiment, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division turned in equipment from the European Activity Set to the 405th Army Field Support Brigade at temporary locations in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland throughout the month of September. The Soldiers have been training with the equipment in the Baltics […]

BAE Systems’ Next Generation Bradley Fighting Vehicle demonstrator is debuting today at the Association of the United States Army (AUSA) annual meeting in Washington, D.C. The concept vehicle features an upgraded chassis that allows for significantly increased underbelly protection, improved force protection for mounted troops, compartmentation of fuel and ordnance, and more space and electrical […]

AM General is displaying for the first time the new Hawkeye lightweight 105 mm howitzer based on the chassis of HMMWV at the Annual Meeting and Exposition of the Association of the U.S. Army (AUSA). Hawkeye. In fact, this is a modern 105-mm howitzer, which owns the reduced recoil force. This instrument was installed on the platform of […]

General Dynamics has unveiled a Griffin demonstrator of new tracked vehicle with XM360 120mm cannon at Association of the United States Army (AUSA). The Griffin vehicle based on AJAX tracked platform and equipped XM360 120mm cannon. General Dynamics is using the XM360 because it is much lighter than the Abram’s existing turret and the aim is to create a lighter vehicle […]

The B-52H Ghostrider subsonic heavy bomber  being brought back into service from retirement by the US Air Force to replace aircraft lost from a fire in 2014. The first B-52H Stratofortress to be resurrected from long-term storage at the Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group (AMARG) to rejoin the active strategic bomber fleet soared into the […]

The Cold War and the Arms Race are officially back. Russian President Vladimir Putin has suspended a cooperative program that commits Russia and the United States to eliminating parts of their weapons-grade plutonium stocks. A presidential decree made public on October 3 says the implementation of the U.S.-Russia Plutonium Management and Disposition Agreement (PMDA) must […]

State Sanitary Epidemiological Service of Ministry of Defence of Ukraine received mobile laboratories from the US Government as humanitarian assistance. “We say necessity is the mother of invention. This laboratory is the final result of necessity. The final result is the invention made by the Ukrainian party,” representative of US Defence Threat Reduction Agency of Luka Kluchko said, “This vehicle is a great example of the Ukrainian invention. I wish you good luck in use […]

The United States delivered a batch of mine-resistant ambush protected (MRAP) vehicles to the Egyptian military on Thursday, the US embassy said in an official statement. The heavily armored MRAP vehicles are specifically designed to protect soldiers from blasts emanating from improvised explosive devices (IEDs), landmines, and other types of attacks. Thursday’s delivery is considered the […]