ADELPHI, Md: When faced with battlefield threats, American Soldiers depend more than ever on body armor to protect them. To adapt to the evolving dangers of getting shot, the Army created a flagship program dedicated to protection technologies. At the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command’s Army Research Laboratory, leaders designated 10 research programs as […]

ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam: More than 100 aircraft will soar over the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and the Federated States of Micronesia as U.S. forces, Koku Jieitai (Japan Air Self-Defense Force) and the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) collaborates during exercise Cope North, Feb. 12-28. Approximately 2,000 military personnel will hone their […]

The United States is starting to change its force posture in Africa, announcing it is bringing home part of an infantry brigade and replacing them with specialized military trainers. Pentagon officials described the move as “the first of many” that will impact the way the U.S. military operates on the continent, as it shifts its […]

The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to India of an Integrated Air Defense Weapon System (IADWS) for an estimated cost of $1.867 billion. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency delivered the required certification notifying Congress of this possible sale on February 7, 2020. The Government of India has requested […]

Senior officials from the Department of Defense and U.S. Space Force provided the most specific details to date Feb. 5 for how the newly born Space Force is constructed, its structure and the philosophy guiding decisions for bringing the first new military service since 1947 into full reality. In broad terms, the Space Force must […]

The rebuilding of the U.S. military, the creation of the U.S. Space Force and attacks on terrorists were among the topics President Donald J. Trump covered in his State of the Union address. “Our military is completely rebuilt, with its power being unmatched anywhere in the world — and it is not even close,” the […]

WASHINGTON, (Sputnik): The top US commander for the Middle East, Gen. Kenneth McKenzie, made an unannounced visit to Iraq on Tuesday for talks with senior leaders on the future of joint counter-terror operations in the country, Iraqi officials said in separate statements. “Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi today received General Kenneth McKenzie,” the prime minister’s office […]

WARSAW, Poland: In support of Exercise Defender-Europe 20, service members and representatives from Poland, the U.S. and other NATO partners met for a strategic planning workshop in Warsaw, Poland on Jan. 30, 2020. Defender 20 is the largest U.S. force deployment to Europe in more than 25 years. This exercise demonstrates the U.S. military’s ability […]

U.S. forces operating in remote, under-governed regions around the world often find that an area’s distinct cultural and societal practices are opaque to outsiders, but are obvious to locals. Commanders can be hindered from making optimal decisions because they lack knowledge of how local socio-economic, political, religious, health, and infrastructure factors interact to shape a […]

The US Navy and Boeing announced Monday they had flown two fighter jets in exercises under the control of a third jet nearby, proving that multiple pilotless combat missions can be run from a separate aircraft. In experimental tests late last year at the Patuxent River Naval Air Station southeast of Washington, the Navy and […]