Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd., developer and manufacturer of TROPHY APS, the world’s only operational and combat-proven active protection system for armored vehicles, will display its lighter, TROPHY LV (light vehicle) on an Oshkosh Defense M-ATV Base (SXB) 4X4 Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicle at AUSA, Washington DC. The Oshkosh M-ATV is a superior MRAP […]

Paratroopers prepare to  airborne operation at Juliet Drop Zone in Pordenone, Italy, Sept. 30, 2015. The 173rd Airborne Brigade is the U.S. Army Contingency Response Force in Europe, capable of projective forces anywhere in the U.S. European, Africa or Central Command areas of responsibility within 18 hours. U.S. Army photo by Paolo Bovo

The 173rd Airborne Brigade alongside their host-nation allies from the Italian army’s Folgore Airborne Brigade and the 2nd Bridge Engineer Regiment, conducted a combined bridgehead seizure and river crossing as part of Exercise Iguana, here Oct. 2, 2015. The exercise incorporated the use of an Italian army powered floating bridge in order to allow further […]

Army engineers, who are seeking to adapt ongoing research to counter aerial systems that could threaten Soldiers, successfully shot down two aircraft as part of their final technology demonstration. Although the research project began with the objective to counter rockets, artillery and mortars, the project scope was expanded to include threats from unmanned aerial threats, […]

AH-64 Apache flyover during community event with US, German and Lithuanian service members in Jonava, Lithuania October 2015

Counter-terror officials in the Unites States have asked Toyota, the second leading car manufacturer in the world, to help them determine how ISIS has managed to acquire the large number of Toyota trucks that are seen in their propaganda videos. Toyota officials say they do not know how ISIS obtained the vehicles, but the company […]

Led by the Officer Commanding 70 Squadron, Wing Commander Simon Boyle and accompanied by Squadron Leader Kate Houghton of the Air Warfare Centre’s Joint Air Delivery Test and Evaluation Unit, the UK team worked in concert with US forces to complete load and tie-down trials with a US Army Stryker Infantry Combat Vehicle (ICV). This […]

BAE Systems will showcase a full range of technologies and solutions at the Association of the United States Army (AUSA) Annual Meeting and Exposition in Washington, D.C., October 12-14, 2015. Media representatives are invited to visit the company’s exhibit (booth #6343) to learn how BAE Systems is meeting complex U.S. Army challenges. Featured products and […]

Russian aircraft had their closest run-in yet with American war planes over Syria. The yellow aircraft are Russian, the green are American. U.S. pilots flying F-16s out of Turkey first picked up the Russian planes on radar. The Russians closed to within 20 miles, at which point the American pilots could visually identify them on […]

Taliban’s shadow governor for Badakhshan Qari Fasihudin and 40 insurgents were killed as a result of an air strike conducted in Baharak district of Badakhshan, the Afghan ministry of interior said in a press release on Friday night. The attack was carried out at around 6:50 pm in an area located in Baharak district killing […]