US aircraft and about 300 airmen have begun arriving at a military base in Turkey to provide search-and-rescue capabilities to assist the fighting in Iraq and Syria. Pentagon officials said there will be a number of Sikorsky HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopters and search-and-rescue versions of the C-130 transport plane stationed at Diyarbakır Air Base in […]

Boeing KC-46A tanker test aircraft flew 4 hours during 1st flight The Boeing KC-46 Pegasus is a military aerial refueling and strategic military transport aircraft developed by Boeing from its 767 jet airliner. In February 2011, the tanker was selected by the United States Air Force (USAF) as the winner in the KC-X tanker competition to […]

Modern Day Marine is co-sponsored by Marine Corps Base, Quantico, the Exposition’s home base. MCB Quantico, home to the Combat Development Command and the Marine Corps Systems Command, is responsible for setting requirements, developing equipment and systems and purchasing the equipment and systems that the Marine Corps will rely on in the years to come. […]

The Amphibious Combat Vehicle 1.1 (ACV 1.1) is a no-compromise 8×8 platform offering a unique mix of true open-ocean amphibious capability, land mobility, survivability, payload and growth potential to accommodate evolving operational needs. BAE Systems and IVECO Defence have joined forces to present a fully amphibious ACV 1.1 vehicle capable of performing open-ocean ship launch […]

The first fuselage for Bell Helicopter’s V-280 Valor vertical lift aircraft has been completed by Spirit AeroSystems. The fuselage for Bell’s Multi-role Technology Demonstrator program aircraft was completed in just 22 months and is being prepared for shipment to Bell’s final assembly facility in Texas. “Delivering a fuselage from design to completion in 22 months […]

The U.S. Army has awarded BAE Systems a $45 million contract for the production of 90,000 lightweight torso and side armor units for soldiers, the company announced on Thursday. The armor plate inserts are designed to give soldiers protection while also decreasing their carrying load. The contract was awarded through the Soldier Protection System Vital […]

A new era for U.S. forces began quietly and without fanfare in dreary rain on the non-descript flatlands near Mannheim last week when the 405th Army Field Support Brigade, a partner organization to the 21st Theater Sustainment Command, began its first full issue of European Activity Set, or EAS, equipment to rotational forces from U.S.-based […]

Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) officially introduced its new Amphibious Combat Vehicle (ACV) 1.1 offering at the Modern Day Marine trade show in Quantico, Virginia, today. The armored, eight-wheel-drive vehicle is designed to transport up to 13 Marines, transition seamlessly between land and water, and provide high levels of blast protection. The U.S. Marine Corps established […]

Sweden’s Saab (SAABb.ST) is confident of selling training jets to the U.S. Air Force, but believes its bidding partnership with Boeing (BA.N) could lead to further co-operation whoever wins the $11 billion contest, its chief executive said. Boeing and Saab are among contenders for a deal to replace the aging T-38 trainer in a competition […]

Lockheed Martin Skunk Works’ proposal for a next-generation, optionally-manned U-2 surveillance aircraft has morphed into more of a tactical reconnaissance aircraft dubbed “TR-X”. The designation is both a throwback to the U-2’s TR-1 designation in the 1980s but also symbolises a change in thinking that could drive the design to be more of an affordable […]