Soldiers of Company D, 3rd Combined Arms Battalion, 69th Armor Regiment, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, based out of Fort Stewart, Georgia, marched in the Polish Armed Forces Day Parade here, Aug. 15. The parade, held annually in the capital, commemorates the 96th anniversary of the Polish victory over Soviet Russia at […]

The U.S. Navy conducted its first firing from the SeaRAM® anti-ship defense system produced by Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) installed on the USS Carney stationed in Rota, Spain. The SeaRAM® detected, tracked and engaged an inbound BQM-74E target, intercepting it with a RAM Block II missile in a mid-July test. USS Carney is the second of […]

Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) has received an initial contract to produce Naval Strike Missile (NSM) launchers at its production facility here. The deal ushers in U.S. manufacturing of the Norwegian-developed weapon system. Kongsberg Defence Systems awarded the initial contract for qualification units. The award follows a July announcement that Raytheon will produce NSM launchers in […]

Two independent sources told EurActiv.com that the US has started transferring nuclear weapons stationed in Turkey to Romania, against the background of worsening relations between Washington and Ankara . According to one of the sources, the transfer has been very challenging in technical and political terms. “It’s not easy to move 20+ nukes,” said the […]

The U.S. Army recently declared Initial Operational Capability (IOC) for the Lockheed Martin (LMT) PAC-3 Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE) interceptor. “This is an extremely significant milestone in the maturity of our PAC-3 MSE interceptor, providing the warfighter with a more advanced hit-to-kill interceptor against the full spectrum of lower-tier threats,” said Scott Arnold, vice president […]

The Indo-Asia-Pacific region is no stranger to U.S. bombers. For more than a decade, the U.S. military has maintained a deployed strategic bomber presence in the Pacific, focused on enabling regional security and stability. To sustain that presence, Eighth Air Force, historically known as “the Mighty Eighth,” provides combatant commanders with the B-1 Lancers, B-2 […]

The Louisiana National Guard began providing shelter support to the Baton Rouge River Center last night, as directed by Gov. John Bel Edwards, following search and rescue operations due to heavy flash flooding in 12 parishes since operations began, Aug. 14. “As conditions change the Louisiana Guard] are transitioning and moving toward a 50 percent […]

The global Aegis fleet will expand in the U.S., Japan and the Republic of Korea under a $490 million deal with Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) to bring integrated air and missile defense (IAMD) capabilities to new destroyers. The ships will be equipped with Aegis Baseline 9, the latest evolution of the combat system, capable of […]

USA to  deploy hundred Oshkosh M-ATV high-protection medium tactical vehicles  to strengthen the Libyan forces. The vehicles  were shipped  from Italian port of Livorno towards North Africa on board the ship Ocean Grand.  According to the newspaper Elaf, more than 100 armoured vehicles equipped with the latest technology and military equipment, in addition to a huge number […]

Two F-35A Lightning II stealth fighters from Hill Air Force Base, Utah, landed in Abbotsford, British Columbia, ahead of this weekend’s Abbotsford International Airshow. The aircraft, operated by the 388th Fighter Wing out of Hill AFB, touched down just after 12:30 p.m. local time as media and aviation enthusiasts looked on. The jets will be […]