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US State Dept. approves UAE’s purchase of F-35 jets, MQ-9 drones

November 11, 2020

WASHINGTON — The U.S. State Department on Tuesday cleared a massive package of F-35 fighter jets and MQ-9 unmanned systems for the United Arab Emirates, making official a potential sale still opposed by many congressional Democrats. In a statement, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced that the package, which comes with an estimated price tag of $23.37 billion, includes up to 50 F-35s…

3 questions with the US Army’s Synthetic Training Environment lead

November 10, 2020

WASHINGTON — Maj. Gen. Maria Gervais has led the Synthetic Training Environment Cross-Functional Team as part of Army Futures Command since its inception a few years ago, and already the STE has made great strides in bringing state-of-the-art training to the force. …

US Army floats the option of fielding high-altitude balloons

November 10, 2020

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Army is now carving out a path to field high-altitude balloons to provide an additional but less expensive layer of communications, connectivity, range extension and surveillance capabilities, adding resiliency to the service’s existing architecture…

Army Head Coach Monken: COVID Won't Shut Down Team

November 8, 2020

FILE – Army head coach Jeff Monken watches in the second half of an NCAA college football game against Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Sept. 7, 2019. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File) Even as Army head coach Jeff Monken disputes the COVID-19 reasoning for canceling Saturday’s rivalry football game with Air Force, his own team is having issues with the virus. West Point officials…

Army, Marines Want New Machine Guns to Replace the M240 and 'Ma Deuce'

November 8, 2020

1st Lt. Emilio Pacheco, an Expert Infantry Badge Candidate from 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, fires blank rounds from an M2 .50 caliber machine gun during training at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., on Oct. 18, 2019. The Army and Marine Corps are…

Lockheed Martin to build mid-range missile prototype for US Army

November 7, 2020

WASHINGTON — Lockheed Martin has been chosen to build the U.S. Army’s new mid-range missile prototype, landing a nearly $340 million contract to take elements from Navy missiles to forge the new weapon, the service’s Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office…

The Army Is Looking at Changing Up the Size of Its Infantry Squads

November 7, 2020

An Army squad conducts training on Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, on Aug. 27, 2020. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Adeline Witherspoon, 16th Combat Aviation Brigade) Maneuver officials at Fort Benning, Georgia, are looking at restructuring future ground combat units, including an effort that could change the size of the infantry squad. For the past three years, the Army has been rushing to…

Army Still Wants a Precision Infantry Weapon to Destroy the Enemy From Behind Cover

November 7, 2020

A soldier aims an XM25 Counter Defilade Target Engagement weapon system at Aberdeen Test Center, Md. Army photo The XM25 program may be dead, but Army maneuver officials at Fort Benning, Georgia, still want to arm infantry squads with a precision weapon that can destroy…

Teenage Fort Jackson Soldier Dies While Training on Rifle Range, Army Officials Say

November 7, 2020

A soldier participates in Weapons Qualification on the M16 Assault Rifle at the firing range on Fort Jackson, South Carolina, on May 13, 2019. (Army photo by Michael Mascari) A Fort Jackson, South Carolina, soldier died after being injured on the rifle training range, base…

French Navy begins broad revamp of its mine-hunting abilities

November 7, 2020

PARIS — France is to entirely overhaul its mine countermeasures systems, Armed Forces Minister Florence Parly has confirmed, replacing all current equipment ranging from the Éridan class of mine-hunting ships to sonars by 2029. Known by its French acronym SLAM-F (système de lutte anti-mines futur), or future anti-mine warfare system, the program has four distinct segments. The first is…